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Issue Details

Issue #268
Published May 1979
Cover Price $0.40
Pages 36
Editing Paul Levitz

Cover Details - "The King and the Curse"

Genre horror
Pencils Michael W. Kaluta
Inks Michael W. Kaluta

1 page House of Mystery foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Walk softly here, readers..."

Characters Cain
Genre humor
Script Paul Kupperberg

7 page story "Night Call, Collect"

Genre horror
Script Wyatt Gwyon
Pencils Ruben Yandoc
Inks Ruben Yandoc
Colors Jerry Serpe

2 page story "Dead Buddy"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre horror
Script Bill Kelley
Pencils Jerry Grandenetti
Inks Jerry Grandenetti
Colors Gene D'Angelo
Letters Milt Snapinn
Reprinted in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #41

6 page story "The Man Who Spoke With Spirits"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre horror
Script T. Casey Brennan
Pencils Jess Jodloman
Inks Jess Jodloman
Colors Bob LeRose
Letters Marcos Pelayo

1 page Cain's Game Room filler

Synopsis 3 gag cartoons
Genre humor
Pencils Hageman (?); Lutner (?); ?
Inks Hageman (?); Lutner (?); ?

1 page Cain's Mail Room letters page

Letters typeset
Notes Letters submitted by D.B. Webb; "Quintus H. Interest"

1 page Superman advertisement "The Ionic Storm"

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Vince Colletta (?)
Notes Advertisement for Hostess Fruit Pies