Issue Details

Issue	#265
Published	February 1979
Cover Price	$0.40
Pages	36
Editing	Paul Levitz
Notes	Cover intended for the never published Weird Mystery Tales (DC, 1972 series) #26. Cover printed in the limited distribution Cancelled Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1978 series) #2.

Cover Details - "The Curse of the Spider"

Genre	horror
Pencils	Michael W. Kaluta (signed)
Inks	Michael W. Kaluta
Notes	Cover intended for the never published Weird Mystery Tales (DC, 1972 series) #26. Cover printed in the limited distribution Cancelled Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1978 series) #2.

1 page House of Mystery foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Time to clean out the cellar, fear-fans..."

Characters	Cain
Genre	humor
Script	Paul Kupperberg
Pencils	Romeo Tanghal
Inks	Romeo Tanghal

8 page story "The Perfect Host"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	horror
Script	Jack Oleck
Pencils	Bill Draut
Inks	Bill Draut

8 page story "Illegal Procedure!"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	horror
Script	Michael Uslan; Nancy Osher
Pencils	Fred Carrillo
Inks	Fred Carrillo

1 page Cain's Mail Room letters page

Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters submitted by Beppe Sabatini; Stan Tychinski

1 page Superman advertisement "An Unbeatable Power!"

Characters	Superman; Big Dome
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Vince Colletta (?)
Notes	Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies