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Issue Details

Issue #270
Published July 1979
Cover Price 0.40 USD
Pages 36
Editing Paul Levitz; Joe Orlando (Managing Editor)

Cover Details - "Black Mass"

Genre horror
Pencils Joe Orlando (signed)
Inks Vince Colletta (signed)

1 page House of Mystery foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Hello there, werewolf watchers!"

Characters Cain
Script Paul Kupperberg
Pencils Romeo Tanghal
Inks Romeo Tanghal

5 page story "The Collector!"

Characters Cain (host)
Script J. M. deMatteis
Pencils Jim Sherman
Inks Joe Rubinstein
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Clem Robinson

8 page story "Black Mass"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre horror
Script Wyatt Gwyon
Pencils Jerry Bingham
Inks Jerry Bingham
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Todd Klein

1 page Batman; Hostess advertisement "Someone Is Kidnapping the Great Chefs of Gotham City"

Characters Batman; Commissioner James Gordon; Mr. Foxx
Synopsis Batman pays Mr. Foxx his ransom in Hostess treats.
Pencils Curt Swan
Notes Advertisement for Hostess Cup Cakes.

3 page story "A Model Murder"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre horror
Script Scott Edelman
Pencils Tenny Henson
Inks Tenny Henson
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Esphid Mahilum [as Esphidy]

1 page Cain's Mail Room letters page

Synopsis Letter submitted by Brad Barnes.
Script Paul Levitz (?) [as Cain]
Letters typeset