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Issue Details

Issue #257
Published March-April 1978
Cover Price 1.00 USD
Pages 84
Editing Joe Orlando

Cover Details

Genre horror
Pencils Joe Orlando (signed)
Inks Dick Giordano (signed)

5 page House of Mystery foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "'Twas the night before Christmas..."

Characters Cain; Abel; "Killer" Cowan
Genre humor
Script Paul Kupperberg
Pencils Ric Estrada
Inks Wayne Howard
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Milt Snapinn
Notes Framing sequence interspersed before, after, and between the stories in this issue.

8 page story "The Ebony God"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre horror
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils E.R. Cruz
Inks E.R. Cruz
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters E.R. Cruz (?)

1 page Cain's Game Room filler

Genre humor
Script Dave Manak
Pencils Dave Manak
Inks Dave Manak
Letters Dave Manak (?)
Notes Gag cartoon.

10 page story "A Gift From Satan"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre horror
Script Jack Oleck
Pencils Ernie Chan
Inks Bill Draut
Colors Liz Berube

7 page story "To Catch A God!"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre horror
Script David Michelinie [as Barry Jameson]
Pencils Michael Golden
Inks Michael Golden
Colors Jerry Serpe

1 page Cain's Game Room filler

Genre humor
Notes Three gag cartoons; signatures are not legible.

10 page story "Mirror Madness"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre horror
Script Joe Gill; Otto Binder; Guy Lilian
Pencils Jerry Grandenetti
Inks Tony deZuniga
Colors Jerry Serpe

8 page story "Haunts Upon A Time..."

Characters Abel (host)
Genre horror
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Jess Jodloman
Inks Jess Jodloman
Colors Jerry Serpe

1 page Cain's Game Room filler

Genre humor
Pencils Kevin Woodcock; Mal; Mike DeCarlo (?)
Inks Kevin Woodcock; Mal; Mike DeCarlo (?)
Notes Three gag cartoons.

3 page story "The Fastest Draw in the East"

Characters Abel (host)
Genre horror
Script Scott Edelman
Pencils Mark Bright
Inks Aubrey Bradford
Colors Jerry Serpe

1 page Cain's Game Room filler

Genre humor
Notes Three gag cartoons; signatures are illegible or nonexistent.

9 page story "Father to the Beast!"

Characters Abel (host)
Genre horror
Script David Michelinie
Pencils Arthur Suydam
Inks Arthur Suydam
Colors Jerry Serpe

2 page Cain's Mail Room letters page

Letters typeset
Notes Letters submitted by D.B. Webb; M.S. Raucher; Mike White; Larry Herlihy.

1 page Superman Movie Report text article "Superman Movie Report 2"

Characters Superman
Synopsis Progress report on the SUPERMAN motion picture (1978).
Script Mike Gold
Letters typeset
Notes Includes photo of Christopher Reeve as Superman.

1 page Batman and Robin advertisement "Batman and Sable Lady"

Characters Batman; Robin; Sable Lady [the Mink Marauder]
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Vince Colletta (?)
Notes Hostess Cup Cake advertisement on inside front cover.