Issue Details

Issue	#C-23
Published	Winter 1973
Cover Price	1.00 USD
Pages	84
Editing	Joe Orlando; Michael Fleisher (editorial assistant)

Cover Details - "Do You Dare Enter... the House of Mystery"

Genre	horror
Pencils	Nick Cardy
Inks	Nick Cardy
Letters	typeset

1 page filler "The House of Mystery"

Characters	Cain; Dracula
Genre	horror; humor
Pencils	Sergio Aragones (signed)
Inks	Sergio Aragones (signed)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside front cover. Contents page, border art by Aragones and indicia.

11 page House of Mystery story "The House of Gargoyles!"

Characters	Cain; Francois (sculptor, flashback); French sculptor; Jimmy; Samuel
Genre	horror
Script	Jack Oleck
Pencils	Jack Sparling (signed)
Inks	Jack Sparling (signed)
Reprinted	from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #175 (July-August 1968).

Half page story "Cain's Game Room"

Genre	humor
Script	Sergio Aragones
Pencils	Sergio Aragones
Inks	Sergio Aragones

1 page story "untitled"

Genre	horror; humor
Script	Sergio Aragones?
Pencils	Sergio Aragones
Inks	Sergio Aragones
Notes	A monster presents a board game.

1 page story "Cain's Game Room"

Genre	humor
Script	Sergio Aragones
Pencils	Sergio Aragones
Inks	Sergio Aragones
Notes	Three panel gags.

10 page House of Mystery story "The Secret of the Egyptian Cat"

Characters	Cain; Isha (priestess); Konassos (sorcerer); Ra-Na (cat)
Genre	horror
Script	Robert Kanigher
Pencils	Bernie Wrightson (signed)
Inks	Bernie Wrightson (signed)
Reprinted	from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #186 (May-June 1970).

1 page story "Cain's Game Room"

Genre	humor
Script	Sergio Aragones
Pencils	Sergio Aragones
Inks	Sergio Aragones
Notes	Three vertical panel gags.

10 page story "The Widow's Walk"

Characters	Angus Beame; Homer Clyde; his wife Mildred; Mary Bourne; her father Mr. Bourne
Genre	horror
Script	Howie Post [as Howard Post]
Pencils	Neal Adams
Inks	Joe Orlando
Reprinted	from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #179 (March-April 1969).

1 page story "Roll the Lucky Dice!"

Genre	horror; humor
Script	Sergio Aragones?
Pencils	Sergio Aragones
Inks	Sergio Aragones
Notes	A monster presents a board game.

2 page House of Mystery story "untitled"

Characters	Cain; Gregory (gargoyle); Sergio Aragones
Genre	humor
Script	Sergio Aragones?
Pencils	Sergio Aragones (signed)
Inks	Sergio Aragones (signed)

1 page story "untitled"

Genre	horror; humor
Script	Sergio Aragones?
Pencils	Sergio Aragones (signed)
Inks	Sergio Aragones (signed)
Notes	A monster presents a board game.

2 page House of Mystery illustration "Pinup"

Characters	Cain; Gregory (gargoyle)
Genre	horror
Pencils	Bernie Wrightson (signed)
Inks	Bernie Wrightson (signed)
Notes	Central pinup printed sideways. Signature dated 1973.

6 page House of Mystery story "His Name Is... Kane"

Characters	Abel; Carmine Infantino; Gil Kane; Joe Orlando
Genre	horror
Script	Mike Friedrich
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Wally Wood
Reprinted	from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #180 (May-June 1969).

Half page story "Cain's Game Room"

Genre	humor
Script	Sergio Aragones
Pencils	Sergio Aragones
Inks	Sergio Aragones
Notes	Two panel gags.

1 page story "Cain's Game Room"

Genre	humor; horror
Script	Sergio Aragones
Pencils	Sergio Aragones (signed)
Inks	Sergio Aragones (signed)
Letters	Sergio Aragones
Notes	Three panel gags.

11 page story "The Devil's Doorway"

Characters	Belial [Satan]; Beth Warren; Cain; Cathy Warren; Phillip Warren
Genre	horror
Script	Jack Oleck
Pencils	Alex Toth (signed)
Inks	Alex Toth (signed)
Reprinted	from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #182 (September-October 1969).

1 page story "Cain's Game Room"

Genre	humor
Script	Sergio Aragones
Pencils	Sergio Aragones (signed)
Inks	Sergio Aragones (signed)
Letters	Sergio Aragones
Notes	Four panel gags.

7 page story "The Poster Plague!"

Characters	Cain; Debbie; Gregory (gargoyle); Harold (cat); Warren
Genre	humor
Script	Steve Skeates
Pencils	Sergio Aragones
Inks	Sergio Aragones
Reprinted	from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #202 (May 1972).

12 page story "Nightmare"

Characters	Cain; Judy; her father; Miss Winter (governess); Pan
Genre	horror
Script	Jack Oleck
Pencils	Neal Adams
Inks	Dick Giordano
Reprinted	from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #186 (May-June 1970).

1 page text article "Behind the Scenes at the House of Mystery"

Characters	Alex Toth; Bernie Wrightson; Bob Haney; Cain the Caretaker; Gil Kane; Howie Post; Jack Oleck; Jack Sparling; Joe Orlando; Mike Friedrich; Neal Adams; Robert Kanigher; Sergio Aragones; Steve Skeates [all in mini-portraits]
Script	? [as Cain the Caretaker]
Pencils	? (photographs); various (illos)
Inks	? (photographs); various (illos)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside back cover. Haney, Wrightson, Post, Adams, Kane, Oleck, Toth, Skeates, Aragones and Orlando appear in photographs. Sparling, Kanigher and Friedrich appear in caricatures.