Issue Details

Issue	#224
Published	April-May 1974
Frequency	bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.60 USD
Pages	100
Editing	Joe Orlando; Paul Levitz (Assistant Editor)

Cover Details

Characters	Cain (vignette)
Genre	Occult
Pencils	Gerry Talaoc; Bill Draut; Alfredo Alcala
Inks	Gerry Talaoc; Bill Draut; Alfredo Alcala
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3

1 page Cain foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Hee...hee... Welcome, fellow fiends... Welcome to the House of Mystery!"

Characters	Cain
Genre	Occult
Pencils	Joe Orlando
Inks	Joe Orlando
Notes	Introductory page.
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3

9 page story "Night Stalker in Slim City"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	Occult
Script	David Michelinie
Pencils	Frank Robbins
Inks	Frank Robbins
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3

1 page Cain's Game Room story "Cain's Game Room"

Genre	humor; gag
Notes	Three one-panel gag cartoons.
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3

6 page story "The House of Endless Years"

Characters	Cain (host); Judy (girl); Neal (Peggy's brother); old hag; Peggy (girl); Tippy (Peggy's dog)
Synopsis	Two girls, Judy and Peggy, in search of Peggy's lost brother Neal, enter an old house where lives an old hag who warns them to leave for their own good. They don't and find out that the evil house drains the life from those in it by leeching on their fear of death, condemning them to an endless eternity.
Genre	Occult
Script	Gerry Conway
Pencils	Bill Draut
Inks	Bill Draut
Reprinted	from House of Secrets (DC, 1969 series) #83 (December 1969-January 1970)

8 page story "The Deadman's Lucky Scarf"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	Occult
Script	David Izzo (plot); Michael Fleisher (script)
Pencils	Alfredo Alcala (signed)
Inks	Alfredo Alcala (signed)
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3

7 page story "The Reluctant Sorcerer"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	Occult
Pencils	Howard Purcell
Inks	Howard Purcell
Reprinted	from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #49.

8 page The Spectre story "Abraca-Doom!"

Characters	Cain (host); The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Beelzebub/Mister Scratch/The Devil
Genre	Super-hero; Occult
Script	Denny O'Neil
Pencils	Berni Wrightson
Inks	Berni Wrightson
Reprinted	from Spectre, The (DC, 1967 series) #9

5 page story "The One and Only, Fully Guaranteed, Super-Permanent, 100%?"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	Occult
Script	Marv Wolfman
Pencils	Dick Dillin
Inks	Neal Adams
Reprinted	from House of Secrets (DC, 1969 series) #82 (October-November 1969); in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3

7 page story "The Gift That Wiped Out Time"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	Occult
Pencils	Mort Meskin
Inks	George Roussos
Reprinted	from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #120 (March 1962)

2 page letters page "Cain's Mail Room"

Letters	typeset
Notes	LOC from readers Greg Sims, Becky Brothers, Tom Trevor, Paul Kupperberg, Bob O'Brian, Pam Collins, Mark Lucke, Bob Rozakis, Christopher Moose, Cara Sherman, Lisa Anderson, Paul Edwards and Lawrence McDonald.

7 page story "Sheer Fear!"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	Occult
Script	Sheldon Mayer
Pencils	Gerry Talaoc
Inks	Gerry Talaoc
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3

1 page Cain's Game Room filler "Cain's Game Room"

Genre	humor; gag
Script	Sergio Aragonés (signed)
Pencils	Sergio Aragonés (signed)
Inks	Sergio Aragonés (signed)
Notes	Three one-panel gags.
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3

8 page story "The Claws of Death!"

Genre	occult; war
Script	George Kashdan
Pencils	Alex Niño
Inks	Alex Niño
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3

6 page Phantom Stranger story "Mystery in Miniature!"

Characters	Cain (host); Phantom Stranger
Genre	occult
Pencils	Frank Giacoia
Inks	Frank Giacoia
Reprinted	from Phantom Stranger (DC, 1952 series) #6 [where it appeared as "Horror in Miniature"].

3 page story "Photo Finish!"

Genre	occult
Script	Steve Skeates
Pencils	Mike Sekowsky
Notes	Inks credits originally given to Mike Sekowsky in error (per Tony Isabella, March 30, 2006).
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3

1 page Cain's Game Room story "Cain's Game Room"

Genre	humor; gag
Script	Sergio Aragonés (signed)
Pencils	Sergio Aragonés (signed)
Inks	Sergio Aragonés (signed)
Notes	Three one-panel gag cartoons.
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3