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.