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Issue Details

Issue #291
Published April 1981
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.50 USD
Pages 36
Editing Len Wein

Cover Details - "The Dawn of the Living Undead!"

Characters Andrew Bennett; Emil Veldt
Genre horror
Pencils Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks Joe Kubert (signed)

1 page House of Mystery foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Hi there, thrill-seekers..."

Characters Cain; Gregory
Genre humor
Script Len Wein
Pencils Don Newton
Inks Joe Orlando

8 page I... Vampire story "Chapter Two: Night of the Living Undead!"

Characters Andrew Bennett; Emil Veldt; Deborah Dancer; Dmitri Mishkin
Synopsis Andrew vanquishes the vampire drug dealer Emil Veldt.
Genre horror
Script J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils Tom Sutton
Inks Tom Sutton
Colors Adrienne Roy
Letters John Costanza

1 page Wonder Woman; Hostess advertisement "Old Gold"

Characters Wonder Woman; the Borrower
Synopsis Wonder Woman stops the Borrower from stealing Egyptian artifacts by distracting him with Hostess Twinkies.
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Vince Colletta
Notes Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies. Copyright © 1981 Continental Baking Company.

6 page story "A Cardboard Hero"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre horror
Script Joe Gill
Pencils Noly Zamora
Inks Noly Zamora
Colors Jerry Serpe

2 page House of Mystery story "Drat! The doorbell!"

Characters Cain; J. Clinton Dewey
Synopsis Cain allows a crooked real estate agent to believe he has succeeded in swindling Cain out of the House of Mystery, but of course it is a trick.
Genre humor
Script Mike W. Barr
Pencils Romeo Tanghal
Inks Kim DeMulder
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Milt Snapinn

1 page Cain's Mail Room letters page

Script ? [as Cain]
Letters typeset
Notes Letters submitted by Greg Kujawa; Graham Wong

8 page story "The Seas Run Red!"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre horror
Script J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils Dick Ayers
Inks John Celardo
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Shelly Leferman