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Issue Details

Issue	#261
Published	October 1978
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.50 USD
Pages	44
Editing	Paul Levitz

Cover Details - "The Husker"

Genre	horror
Pencils	Michael W. Kaluta (signed)
Inks	Michael W. Kaluta

1 page House of Mystery foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Cain the caretaker here, fear fans..."

Characters	Cain
Genre	humor
Script	Paul Kupperberg
Pencils	Bill Draut (signed)
Inks	Maurice Whitman (signed)

6 page story "The Husker!"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	horror
Script	Greg Potter
Pencils	Jerry Grandenetti
Inks	Jerry Grandenetti
Colors	Cory Adams
Letters	Todd Klein

6 page story "Gypsy Shade"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	horror
Script	Arnold Drake
Pencils	Jess Jodloman
Inks	Jess Jodloman
Colors	Cory Adams

1 page Batman; Hostess advertisement "The Corsair of Crime"

Characters	Batman; Robin; Corsair of Crime; Commissioner James Gordon; Chief O'Hara
Synopsis	Batman distracts the Corsair's pirate crew with Hostess Fruit Pies.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Notes	Advertisement for Hostess Fruit Pies; Copyright © Continental Baking Company

1 page Cain's Game Room cartoon

Genre	humor
Script	Dave Manak
Pencils	Dave Manak
Inks	Dave Manak
Letters	Dave Manak ?

6 page story "Jungle Demon"

Genre	horror
Script	Bill Kelley
Pencils	Ruben Yandoc [as Rubeny]
Inks	Ruben Yandoc
Colors	Cory Adams

1 page DC Publishorial text article

Synopsis	biography of Jenette Kahn
Letters	typeset

5 page story "In The Two Faces of Death!"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	horror
Script	Steve Skeates
Pencils	Arthur Suydam
Inks	Arthur Suydam
Colors	Cory Adams

1 page Cain's Mail Room letters page

Script	? [as Cain]
Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters submitted by Bill Rensom; John Elliot; Unsigned