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Issue Details

Issue #290
Published March 1981
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.50 USD
Pages 36
Editing Len Wein

Cover Details - "I... Vampire!"

Characters Andrew Bennett
Genre horror
Pencils Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks Joe Kubert (signed)

1 page House of Mystery foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Salutations, shock-seekers ..."

Characters Cain; Abel
Genre humor
Script Len Wein
Pencils Greg Curry
Inks Greg Curry

10 page I... Vampire story "I... Vampire!"

Characters Andrew Bennett (introduction); Deborah Dancer; Dmitri Mishkin; Mary Seward (flashback)
Synopsis Andrew Bennett relates the story of his vampire curse, and how his beloved Mary became Mary, Queen of Blood. He and his present-day allies, Deborah Dancer and Dmitri Mishkin, are attacked by the vampires of Mary's organization, the Cult of the Blood Red Moon.
Genre horror
Script J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils Tom Sutton
Inks Tom Sutton
Colors Adrienne Roy
Letters John Costanza

1 page Wonder Woman; Hostess advertisement "Wonder Woman and the Baron!"

Characters Wonder Woman; the Chocolate Baron
Synopsis Wonder Woman captures the Chocolate Baron with the help of Hostess Cup Cakes.
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Vince Colletta
Notes Advertisement for Hostess Cup Cakes. Copyright © 1980 Continental Baking Company.

5 page story "An Exercise in Fear"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre horror
Script Murray Boltinoff [as Bill Dennehy]
Pencils Ernie Chan
Inks Ernie Chan

7 page story "Special Defects"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre horror
Script George Kashdan; Don Glut (story idea)
Pencils Ruben Yandoc [as Rubeny]
Inks Ruben Yandoc
Colors Jerry Serpe

1 page Cain's Game Room story

Genre humor
Script Dave Manak
Pencils Dave Manak (signed)
Inks Dave Manak
Letters Dave Manak ?

12 page Cain's Mail Room letters page

Script ? [as Cain]
Letters typeset
Notes Letters submitted by Steve Blanks; Alan Naditz; Michael E. Iacca