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Issue Details

Issue #201
Published April 1972
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 52
Editing Joe Orlando; Mark Hanerfeld (Assistant Editor)

Cover Details - "The Demon Within"

Genre Horror
Pencils Michael W. Kaluta (signed)
Inks Michael W. Kaluta (signed)
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 [black and white]

1 page House of Mystery foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "You wouldn't think so -- but it can get kinda lonely around here sometimes!"

Characters Cain; Frankenstein monster
Genre humor
Pencils Bernie Wrightson (signed)
Inks Bernie Wrightson (signed)
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 [black and white]

8 page story "Put Your Trust in a Killer!"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre Horror
Script Steve Skeates
Pencils Adolfo Buylla
Inks Adolfo Buylla
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 [black and white]

6 page story "Million-Dollar Magic"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre Horror
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily
Reprinted from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #60 (March 1957)

1 page Cain's Game Room cartoon

Genre gag
Pencils Sergio Aragones (signed)
Inks Sergio Aragones
Notes 3 gag cartoons
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 [black and white]

8 page story "Hail the Conquering Aliens"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre Horror
Pencils Ruben Moreira (signed)
Inks Ruben Moreira (signed)
Reprinted from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #103 (October 1960)

7 page story "The Demon Within!"

Characters Cain (host); Gary Winters (boy who can become a monster); Gary Winters (Gary's father); Kathy Winters (Gary's sister); Mildred Winters (Gary's mother)
Synopsis A boy who has magical powers, repeatedly transforms himself in public into a gruesome monster, terrifying everyone. His family decides first to cure him and then to have him lobotomized.
Genre Horror
Script Joe Orlando (plot); John Albano
Pencils Jim Aparo
Inks Jim Aparo
Letters Jim Aparo
Reprinted in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-52 (October 1977); in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #24 (August 1982); in Wrath of the Spectre (DC, 1988 series) #4 (August 1988); in Welcome Back to the House of Mystery (DC, 1998 series) #1 (July 1998); in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 [black and white]

7 page story "A Tale of Vengeance!"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre Horror
Script John Albano
Pencils Sam Glanzman
Inks Sam Glanzman
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 [black and white]

1 page Cain's Mail Room letters page

Script Mark Hanerfeld ? [as Cain]
Letters typeset
Notes Includes letters from Dan Gheno; Jay Howell Zilber; Ron Lahusen; Bob Keeter