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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published October 1983
Cover Price 1.50 USD
Pages 36
Editing Joe Orlando; ? (reprint editor)

Cover Details

Characters Vernon Glute
Genre horror
Pencils Bernie Wrightson
Inks Bernie Wrightson
Reprinted from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #1 (September-October 1973) [from p. 5 of "The Gourmet"]

1 page text article "Berni Wrightson: An Artist Of Fearsome Skills"

Script Allan Asherman
Letters typeset
Notes Inner front cover. Profile on artist Bernie Wrightson.

6 page Pierre Gouny story "Molded In Evil"

Characters Cain (story host); Clothilde; Pierre Gouny
Synopsis A sculptor seeks solace in his sculptures, but it's not to his wife's liking.
Genre horror; humor
Script Ed Noonchester (idea); George Kashdan
Pencils Bernie Wrightson
Inks Bernie Wrightson
Editing Joe Orlando; Paul Levitz (assistant)
Reprinted from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #5 (May-June 1974)

10 page Isha story "The Secret Of The Egyptian Cat"

Characters Cain (story host); Isha; Konassos
Synopsis An Egyptian priestess held captive by an evil sorcerer turns the tables on her captor.
Genre horror
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Bernie Wrightson
Inks Bernie Wrightson
Notes No writing credit.
Reprinted from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #186 (May-June 1970)

8 page Mark Chase story "House Of Madness!"

Characters Barnabas; Cain (story host); Mark Chase
Synopsis A man, trapped in time, is tortured but manages to escape.
Genre horror
Pencils Bernie Wrightson
Inks Bernie Wrightson
Notes No credits.
Reprinted from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #188 (September-October 1970)

6 page Vernon Glute story "The Gourmet"

Characters Cain (story host); Hormsley; Vernon Glute
Synopsis A gluttonous man pays a dear price for his appetite.
Genre horror
Script Steve Skeates
Pencils Bernie Wrightson
Inks Bernie Wrightson
Editing Michael Fleisher? (associate editor)
Notes Cover story.
Reprinted from Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #1 (September-October 1973)