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Issue Details

Issue #284
Published September 1980
Cover Price $0.50
Pages 36
Editing Len Wein

Cover Details

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

1 page House of Mystery foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Hi there, fellow hunters!"

Characters Cain; Abel
Genre humor
Script Len Wein (?)
Pencils Romeo Tanghal
Inks Romeo Tanghal
Notes Trophy heads of Len Wein, Jack C. Harris, Paul Levitz, and Joe Orlando are hanging on the wall.

7 page story "Ruby!"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre horror
Script J.M. DeMatteis
Pencils Noly Zamora
Inks Noly Zamora
Colors Tatjana Wood
Letters Esphidy Mahilum

5 page story "The King And The Dragon!"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre horror; fantasy
Script Bud Simons
Pencils Keith GIffen
Inks John Celardo
Colors Tatjana Wood
Letters Shelly Leferman

6 page story "Friends To The End"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre horror
Script Bill Kelley
Pencils Jun LoFamia
Inks Jun LoFamia
Colors Bob LeRose

6 page story "Deadly Peril at 20,000"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre horror
Script Carl Wessler
Pencils Jess Jodloman
Inks Jess Jodloman
Colors Bob LeRose

1 page Cain's Mail Room letters page

Letters typeset
Notes Letters submitted by Alan Naditz; Jerry Solomon; Bill Beck.

1 page Batgirl; Hostess advertisement "A Matter of Good Taste"

Characters Batgirl; Jet-Set Jessie
Synopsis Batgirl stops Jet-Set Jessie with Hostess Twinkies.
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Vince Colletta
Notes Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies.