Issue Details

Issue	#283
Published	August 1980
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.40 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Len Wein

Cover Details - "...And the Bugs Shall Inherit the Earth!"

Genre	horror
Pencils	Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks	Joe Kubert (signed)

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "The House of Mystery"

Characters	Cain
Genre	humor
Script	Len Wein
Pencils	Romeo Tanghal
Inks	Romeo Tanghal

8 page story "One Last Beautiful Swindle!"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	horror; crime
Script	Sheldon Mayer
Pencils	Romeo Tanghal
Inks	John Celardo
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Letters	Milt Snapinn
Reprinted	in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #41

1 page Green Lantern; Hostess advertisement "The Bobsled Run"

Characters	Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Vince Colletta ?
Notes	Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies.

1 page Cain's Mail Room letters page

Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters submitted by Mike Sorvocinski; Sue Lattanzio; Mark Broy; Jack Regel.

8 page story "Kill Me Gently!"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	horror
Script	George Kashdan
Pencils	Alex Nino
Inks	Alex Nino

1 page activity "The DC Feature Page"

Letters	typeset
Notes	2/3 of page is a crossword puzzle. Other 1/3 is Ask the Answer Man.