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Issue Details

Issue #225
Published June-July 1974
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.60 USD
Pages 100
Editing Joe Orlando

Cover Details

Pencils Luis Dominguez; ?
Inks Luis Dominguez; ?
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Welcome back to the new, enlarged House of Mystery, fear fans!"

Characters Cain
Synopsis intro page
Pencils Bernie Wrightson
Inks Bernie Wrightson
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3

8 page story "The Man Who Died Twice"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre horror
Script Jack Oleck
Pencils Alfredo Alcala
Inks Alfredo Alcala
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3

6 page story "Master of the Unknown"

Characters Cain (host - added to original story)
Genre occult
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Jack Kirby
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)
Reprinted from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #4 (May-June 1957)

11 page story "Fireman, Burn My Child!"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre horror
Script Michael Fleisher; Russell Carley (Script Continuity)
Pencils Frank Thorne
Inks Frank Thorne
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3

25 page story "The Curse of the MacIntyres"

Characters Cain (host - added to original story); Rachel MacIntyre; Rachel's Father; Blair; Frances (Housekeeper); Jamie; Fred; Maggie; Alfie; Adrienne
Synopsis After Rachel's father dies, Rachel moves in with her cousin's family who are all afflicted with a mental illness that her father was trying to create an antidote for.
Genre horror; romance
Pencils Don Heck
Inks Don Heck
Notes The original job number was D-225.
Reprinted from Sinister House of Secret Love (DC, 1971 series) #1 (October-November 1971)

6 page story "See No Evil"

Genre horror
Script Jack Oleck
Pencils Alex Nino
Inks Alex Nino
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3

8 page Phantom Stranger story "The Hairy Shadows"

Characters Phantom Stranger; Cain (host - added to original story)
Genre occult
Script John Broome
Pencils Murphy Anderson
Inks Joe Giella
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)
Notes Corrected writer and inker credits from Arthur Lortie via Phantom Stranger, The (DC, 1952 series) #4 (March 25, 2006). Original writer credit given to Sy Barry. Original inker credit given to Murphy Anderson.
Reprinted from Phantom Stranger, The (DC, 1952 series) #4 (February-March 1953)

4 page Spectre story "Shadow Show"

Characters Spectre; Cain (host)
Genre occult; superhero
Script Mark Hanerfeld
Pencils Jack Sparling
Inks Jack Sparling
Editing Dick Giordano (original editor)
Reprinted from Spectre, The (DC, 1967 series) #9 (March-April 1969)

5 page story "This One'll Scare You To Death!"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre horror
Script George Kashdan ; David Kasakove (story idea)
Pencils E. R. Cruz
Inks E. R. Cruz
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3

1 page activity "Mystery Maze"

Characters Cain (host)
Script Bob Rozakis (puzzle construction)
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3

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

Synopsis gag cartoons
Genre humor
Pencils Sergio Aragones
Inks Sergio Aragones
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3

1 page Room 13 filler "Does Your Hand Have Any of These Lines?"

Synopsis Palmistry demonstration.
Pencils Sergio Aragones
Inks Sergio Aragones
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3

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

Synopsis gag cartoons
Genre humor
Pencils Sergio Aragones
Inks Sergio Aragones
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3

2 page Cain's Mail Room letters page

Letters typeset
Notes letters submitted by John Drake; Steve Gilary; Tom Braden; Jim Calogens; Greg Harried; Danny Richards; Lee Purvis; Richard Lee Sullivan; Craig Douglas; Bill Corron; Valarie Lee; Ken Hamilton; G.H.