Issue Details

Issue	#258
Published	May-June 1978
Cover Price	1.00 USD
Pages	84
Editing	Paul Levitz
Notes	Statement of Ownership appears in this issue. Average number of copies sold of each issue during preceding 12 months: 108,573

Cover Details - "Blood and Tinsel"

Genre	horror
Pencils	Joe Orlando (signed)
Inks	Dick Giordano (signed)
Notes	Statement of Ownership appears in this issue. Average number of copies sold of each issue during preceding 12 months: 108,573

5 page House of Mystery story "It's funny the things you notice..."

Characters	Cain; Hiram Charles
Genre	humor
Script	Paul Kupperberg
Pencils	John Calnan
Inks	Tex Blaisdell
Colors	Cory Adams
Letters	Ben Oda
Notes	Framing sequence interspersed before, after, and between the stories in this issue.
Reprinted	in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #31

8 page story "Blood and Tinsel"

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

6 page story "A Demon and his Boy"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	horror; fantasy
Script	Jack C. Harris
Pencils	Steve Ditko
Inks	Steve Ditko
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Letters	Todd Klein
Reprinted	in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #31

6 page story "Gargoyle Twice A Day"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	horror
Script	Scott Edelman
Pencils	Danny Bulanadi
Inks	Bob McLeod
Colors	Jerry Serpe

1 page Cain's Game Room filler

Synopsis	gag cartoon
Genre	humor
Pencils	Dave Manak
Inks	Dave Manak
Letters	Dave Manak (?)

5 page story "Showdown With Death!"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	horror; western
Script	Tom DeFalco
Pencils	Rich Buckler
Inks	Bob McLeod
Colors	Mario Sen
Letters	Clem Robins

9 page story "Wake Up The Dead"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	horror
Script	Jack Oleck
Pencils	E.R. Cruz
Inks	E.R. Cruz
Colors	Mario Sen
Letters	E.R. Cruz (?)

7 page story "The Champ Wouldn't Stay Dead!"

Genre	horror
Script	Sheldon Mayer
Pencils	Bernard Baily
Inks	Bernard Baily
Colors	Cory Adams

1 page Cain's Game Room filler

Synopsis	gag cartoon
Genre	humor
Script	Dave Manak
Pencils	Dave Manak
Inks	Dave Manak
Letters	Dave Manak (?)

10 page story "Once a Criminal"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	horror
Script	Dave Vern [as David V. Reed]
Pencils	Frank Redondo
Inks	Frank Redondo
Colors	Cory Adams
Reprinted	in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #31

1 page Cain's Game Room filler

Synopsis	Four gag cartoons
Genre	humor
Pencils	George Dole (ZA-153); Miguel Repetto (?) (ZA-672); Skaerbaek (?) (ZA-32); (?) (ZA-687)
Inks	George Dole (ZA-153); Miguel Repetto (?) (ZA-672); Skaerbaek (?) (ZA-32); (?) (ZA-687)

5 page story "Street Killer"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	horror
Script	Wyatt Gwyon
Pencils	George Rupert
Inks	Dick Giordano
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Letters	Ben Oda

2 page Cain's Mail Room letters page

Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters submitted by Mike White; D.B. Webb; "Judge Gallows"

1 page Superman Movie Report text article

Synopsis	Biographical sketches of Gene Hackman and Glenn Ford.
Script	Mike Gold (?)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Includes photos of Hackman (as Lex Luthor) and Ford (as Jonathan Kent) from the SUPERMAN movie (1978).

1 page Wonder Woman advertisement "Dilemma"

Characters	Wonder Woman
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Vince Colletta (?)
Notes	Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies