Issue Details

Issue	#194
Published	September 1971
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Joe Orlando

Cover Details - "Born Loser"

Genre	horror
Pencils	Bernie Wrightson
Inks	Bernie Wrightson
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1

10 page story "Born Loser"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	horror
Script	Jack Oleck
Pencils	Alex Toth
Inks	Alex Toth
Reprinted	in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #24 (August 1982); in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1

8 page story "The Human Wave"

Genre	adventure; supernatural
Pencils	Russ Heath
Inks	Russ Heath
Reprinted	from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #31 (April 1960)

8 page story "The Negative Man"

Genre	science fiction; adventure
Script	Joe Orlando
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	George Roussos
Reprinted	from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #84 (March 1959)

1 page Cain's Mail Room letters page

Script	? [as Cain]
Letters	typeset
Notes	Includes letters from Gerard Triano; Kerry Kirspel; Mary Maude Prange; Beth Marie Krause; Rita Gardocki

1 page Cain's Game Room filler

Genre	humor
Pencils	Sergio Aragones (signed)
Inks	Sergio Aragones (signed)
Notes	Three gag cartoons
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1

1 page Cain's Room 13 filler

Characters	Cain
Genre	humor
Pencils	John Costanza
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1

10 page story "The King Is Dead"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	horror
Script	Jack Oleck
Pencils	Nestor Redondo
Inks	Nestor Redondo
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1