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House of Mystery (1951-1983 1st Series) comic books 1975-1977

  • Issue #230
    House of Mystery (1951-1983 1st Series) 230

    Cover by Luis Dominguez. Featuring: 12 page story "The Doomsday Yarn" written by Michael Fleisher and drawn by Ramona Fradon; 6 page story "*Experiment In Fear" written by Jack Oleck and drawn by E.R. Cruz. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #239
    House of Mystery (1951-1983 1st Series) 239

    Cover by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. Today the forces of evil assemble to choose a new queen! Featuring: 7 page story "Day of the Witch" written by Jack Oleck and drawn by Abe Ocampo. Plus: 10 page story "Dog Food" written by Russell Carley (script continuity) & Michael Fleisher and drawn by Ramona Fradon. Also: 1 page Cain's Gargoyles filler drawn by Sergio Aragones. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #241
    House of Mystery (1951-1983 1st Series) 241

    Cover art by Ricardo Villagran. Batman and Twinkieless Gotham City Hostess snack cakes ad. "Paid In Full," script by Jack Oleck, art by Frank Robbins; A wanted criminal takes refuge with a witch, whom he then kills; Her cat grows to giant size and kills him in return. "Death Pulls the Strings!", script by Bill Finger, art by Nestor Redondo; A puppeteer uses real little people as his marionettes, then murders them when they rebel. Cain's Game Room cartoon, script by Don Edwing, art by Dave Manak. Justice For All Includes Children 3 public service announcement, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Vince Colletta; Superman teaches the concept of "innocent until proven guilty." Statement of ownership; Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 146,000; Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 118.966. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

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  • Issue #242
    House of Mystery (1951-1983 1st Series) 242

    "The Balloon Vendor" (script by Michael Fleisher, script continuity by Russell Carley, art by Frank Robbins) and "Blood Money" (script by Jack Oleck, art by Jess Jodloman). Superman stars in a one-page public service announcement, "Justice For All Includes Children" (#4). Superman also stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "Superman Saves the Earth." Luis Dominguez cover. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

  • Issue #245
    House of Mystery (1951-1983 1st Series) 245
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    Cover art by Leo Duranona. "A Talent for Murder!", script by David V. Reed (as Coram Nobis), art by Leo Duranona; A struggling painter becomes possessed by the evil spirit of the artist who previously occupied his studio and is forced to carry out the dead man's revenge on the people who caused his death. DC TV Series ad. "Check the J.C. Demon Catalogue under...Death!", script by Bill Parente and Guy H. Lillian III, art by Alex Nino; Emmy Poole and her son Vernon are hated and eventually murdered by their neighbors but they get their revenge through four sample packets of magic seeds that arrived in the mail with a catalogue of magical paraphernalia. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

  • Issue #246
    House of Mystery (1951-1983 1st Series) 246

    Cover by Ernie Chan (as Ernie Chua). Featuring: 10 page Cain story "Death-Vault of the Eskimo Kings" written by Michael Fleisher & Russell Carley (script continuity) and drawn by Mike Vosburg & Sal Trapani; 1 page story "Cain's Game Room" written by Don Edwing (idea) & Dave Manak and drawn by Dave Manak; 6 page story "Tomb It May Concern" written by Jack Oleck and drawn by Jess Jodloman. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

  • Issue #247
    House of Mystery (1951-1983 1st Series) 247

    Cover by Jack Sparling and Vince Colletta. Featuring: 10 page story "The Game of Death" written by Jack Oleck and drawn by Steve Ditko & Wayne Howard; 7 page story "The Ghost of Deadman's Breach!" written by Arnold Drake and drawn by Jess Jodloman. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

  • Issue #249
    House of Mystery (1951-1983 1st Series) 249

    Cover by Ernie Chan (as Ernie Chua) and Vince Colletta. Featuring: 10 page story "Hit Parade of Death" written by Russell Carley (script continuity) & Michael Fleisher and drawn by Buddy Gernale; 6 page story "The Devil Has Two Faces" written by Robert Kanigher and drawn by Nestor Malgapo; 1 page Cain's Game Room filler drawn by Dave Manak. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

  • Issue #250
    House of Mystery (1951-1983 1st Series) 250

    Cover by Ernie Chan (as Ernie Chua) and Vince Colletta. Featuring: 9 page story "Voyage to Hell" written by Jack Oleck and drawn by Leopoldo Duranona; 7 page story "Coffin For A Killer" written by Robert Kanigher and drawn by Alex Nino; 1 page Cain and Abel filler written by John Albano and drawn by Mike Kaluta. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

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  • Issue #252
    House of Mystery (1951-1983 1st Series) 252

    Cover art by Neal Adams. "The Whole World's Upside Down" Hostess snack cakes ad with Batman. 5 page House of Mystery framing sequence written by Paul Kupperberg, pencils by John Calnan, inks by Jack Abel. "The Devil Strikes at My Old Kentucky Home!", script by Paul Kupperberg, pencils by Don Perlin, inks by Romeo Tanghal; The House of Mystery is scouted as a location for an amusement park, then for a movie, but Cain and his fellow weird inhabitants scare everyone away. Cain & Abel cartoon page, artby Sergio Aragonés. "The House Called Blefestry," script by Bill Kunkel, art by Alfredo Alcala; Owen Sherwood is haunted by terrible nightmares, but when he consults a psychiatrist he learns that the nightmares are real. "The Man Who Saw Tomorrow!", script by Jack Oleck, art by Bill Draut; An evil baron steals the secret of foretelling the future from an alchemist, but it leads to his death. "Markham's Masterpiece," script by David Michelinie, pencils by Frank Redondo, inks by Tex Blaisdell; Stanley Markham steals sculptures done by an old lady and passes them off as his own; Eventually he murders her so she can't reveal the truth, but her ghost returns for revenge. The "Hidden Talent" Puzzle page by Bob Rozakis. House of Mystery pinup by Derek Carter. Witch's Tails cartoon, art by Sergio Aragonés. "Grim Choice!", script by Arnold Drake, art by Frank Robbins; After a plane crash in the mountains, Dolph Culhane is forced to eat the race horse he just bought in order to stay alive, but after he is rescued he learns that the horse was diseased, just as he starts to feel the symptoms himself. "Man Killers," script by Jack Oleck, art by Rudy Florese; A gang of conquering barbarians are captured and killed by a band of Amazons. "The House of Secrets Speaks...Out", script by Jack C. Harris, pencils by John Calnan, inks by Jack Abel; Two people arrive at Abel's door to see if his house can be used to relocate Cain when the House of Mystery is torn down. Shade the Changing Man ad. "From Beyond the Grave!", script by Marjorie K. Darland, art by Alex Nino; Maude West finally joins her dead fiancee, fifty years after the accident that killed him. #1 Sol Harrison DC Profiles article by Mike Gold. 84 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.00.

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    $11 42854: HOUSE OF MYSTERY #252 VG Grade
    $11 42854: DC Comics HOUSE OF MYSTERY #252 VG Grade
    3 days left Auction HOUSE OF MYSTERY #2 (1977) NEAL ADAMS COVER - 4.0 VERY GOOD (DC)

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  • Issue #254
    House of Mystery (1951-1983 1st Series) 254

    Cover by Neal Adams. Featuring: 5 page House of Mystery framing sequence written by Paul Kupperberg and drawn by Ric Estrada & Jack Abel; 10 page story "The Night Job" written by Russell Carley (script continuity) & Michael Fleisher and drawn by Jess Jodloman; 7 page story "Good For Nothing" written by Jack Oleck and drawn by Steve Ditko & Wayne Howard; 1 page Abel's Fables filler by Dave Manak; 7 page story "Dead Man's Bride" written by Jack Oleck and drawn by Alex Nino; 7 page story "The Curse of the Sea Monkey!" written by Lois Maiwald and drawn by E.R. Cruz; 3 page story "Gregory the Gargoyle" starring Cain, Abel, Paul Kupperberg, Jack C. Harris and Gregory the Gargoyle, written by Jack C. Harris and drawn by Ric Estrada & Jack Abel; 6 page story "Skin Game" written by Jack Oleck and drawn by Abe Ocampo; 1 page Cain's Game Room filler by Dave Manak; 8 page story "Trial By Fire" written by Steve Skeates (as Chester Hazel) and drawn by Ernie Chan & Bill Draut; 1 page Cain's Fear Facts! filler by Dave Manak; 7 page story "The Devil's Plague" written by Arnold Drake and drawn by Marshall Rogers; 1 page House of Mystery Puzzle activity (crossword). 84 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.00.

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  • Issue #255
    House of Mystery (1951-1983 1st Series) 255

    Cover by Berni Wrightson. Featuring: 5 page House of Mystery framing sequence written by Paul Kupperberg and drawn by Ric Estrada & Wayne Howard; 8 page Cain story "Small Wonder" written by Jack Oleck and drawn by Ernie Chan & Vince Colletta; 10 page Cain story "The Evil Half" written by Jack Oleck and drawn by Ruben Yandoc; 1 page story "Cain's Game Room" by Dave Manak; 11 page story "Sometimes, Leopards Can...." by Gray Morrow; 1 page Cain's Game Room story "The Bermuda Triangle" by Dave Manak; 3 page Abel story "Is Anyone Listening?" written by Jack C. Harris and drawn by Ric Estrada & Wayne Howard; 8 page Cain story "When You Wish Upon A Star" written by Cary Burkett and drawn by Frank Redondo; 7 page Cain story "Bed of Roses" written by Robert Kanigher and drawn by Alex Nino; 1 page Cain's Game Room story "Monster Book of World Records!" by Dave Manak; 8 page story "The Killing" written by Jack Oleck and drawn by Bill Draut; 1 page story "The Victim!" written by Cary Burkett and drawn by Alex Saviuk & Aubrey Bradford. 84 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.00.

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    $11 House of Mystery #255 DC Comics 1977 VG/FN Wrightson cover
    $11 House of Mystery 255 (1977) VG/FN Bernie Wrightson cover

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