Issue Details

Issue	#197
Published	December 1971
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Joe Orlando; Mark Hanerfeld (Assistant Editor)

Cover Details - "Ghost Ship"

Genre	horror
Pencils	Neal Adams
Inks	Neal Adams
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 [black and white]

12 page story "Ghost Ship"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	horror
Script	Jack Oleck
Pencils	Jack Sparling
Inks	Jack Sparling
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 [black and white]

5 page story "Mr. Mortem!"

Genre	occult
Pencils	Leonard Starr
Inks	Leonard Starr
Reprinted	from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #20 (November 1953)

1 page Cain's Mail Room letters page

Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters submitted by Deno Jeffrey; Peter R. Thorpe; Garry Huddleston; Tim Lynch; Michael Flynn; Bill Culbertson; Lenny Price

3 page story "I Wish I May, I Wish I Might"

Genre	horror
Script	Len Wein
Pencils	Dick Dillin
Inks	Frank Giacoia
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 [black and white]

8 page story "House of Horrors"

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) #2 [black and white]

1 page Cain's Game Room cartoon

Synopsis	3 gag cartoons
Genre	humor
Pencils	Lore Shoberg (signed) [as Lore]
Inks	Lore Shoberg
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 [black and white]

5 page story "The Guardian of the Past"

Genre	occult
Pencils	Nick Cardy
Inks	Nick Cardy
Reprinted	from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #11 (July-August 1958)