Issue Details

Issue	#206
Published	September 1972
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.20 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Joe Orlando; E. Nelson Bridwell (Assistant Editor)

Cover Details - "The Burning"

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

1 page House of Mystery foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Welcome back! I'm Cain, your conscientious caretaker..."

Characters	Cain
Genre	Occult
Pencils	Bernie Wrightson (signed)
Inks	Bernie Wrightson (signed)
Reprinted	in Roots of the Swamp Thing (DC, 1986 series) #2; in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 [black and white]

6 page story "Sentimental Journey"

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

Half page Cain's Game Room filler "Beastly Funny"

Genre	gags
Pencils	Lore Shoberg
Inks	Lore Shoberg
Notes	Three one-panel gag cartoons. Art credits from the Showcase Presents reprint.
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 [black and white]

8 page story "The Burning!"

Characters	Cain (host); Meg Cooper (witch); Adam Strat
Synopsis	A man, without any memories, is apparently saved from death by Meg Cooper, an ugly witch. After having Meg make him a lot of gold, he betrays her to the local village. She is tried and burned alive and Adam reverts to the straw man he was.
Genre	Occult
Script	Jack Oleck
Pencils	Mike Sekowsky
Inks	Tom Palmer
Reprinted	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]

8 page story "A Real Mother!"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	Occult
Script	Virgilio Redondo [as Virgil Redondo]
Pencils	Ernie Patricio [as Ernesto Patricio]
Inks	Ernie Patricio [as Ernesto Patricio]
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 [black and white]

1 page Cain's Mail Room letters page

Script	E. Nelson Bridwell ? [as Cain]
Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters submitted by Karl Merris; Matt Graham; Frank Verzyl