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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Halloween Countdown 2009 Day 13: The House of Mystery #293 and #296

Michael Kaluta did the cover for The House of Mystery #293 (June 1981) for DC Comics. The chilling tales include "Henson's Pooch" (one of my favorites), "The Senior Sin" and the "I...Vampire" series continues with chapter three titled "The Burning!" Interesting ads include Fun Factory (own fake vampire blood for $1.50 and x-ray vision see thru glasses for $1.95), BubbleYum, Grit, Superman Club, Hostess Twinkies Cakes presents Superman in "Gold Mine Rescue", Life Savers Sweepstakes (win a year's supply of candy and lollipops) and Johnson Smith Company (own spy pen radio for only $3.75 and a ventriloquist dummy for $3.49).
cover of The House of Mystery #293
The House of Mystery #296 (September 1981) cover was done by Carmine Infantino and Joe Orlando (their initials are found at the lower right hand corner). The chilling tales include "Night Watch", "Work for the Dying", "Killed in the Ratings" and "New Hope". Ads of interest includes Hostess Twinkies Cakes presents "Wonder Woman Versus the Robot Master", Life Savers sleeping bag, free Attack of the Mutants game when you send two dollars for catalog to Yaquinto Publications and half page ad for Superman II movie magazine.
cover of The House of Mystery #296
Both issues features "Cain's Mail Room" but the second has only half a page of letters.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

2008 Halloween Countdown 14: Elvira's House of Mystery #10

I like the cover of Elvira's House of Mystery #10 (December 1986) drawn by the legendary Joe Orlando because of the writings on the chaulk board and the monster kids. My favorite writing is "Cthulhu's mother dresses him funny" and I like the wolfboy with glasses.

The five page segment featuring the Mistess of the Dark is titled "The Cain Mutiny" pencilled by Dwight Turner and inked by Dick Giordano. The two horror stories featured are "Death For Rent" (haunted house) and "Low Man on the Totem Pole" (Native American werewolf).

As an added bonus, Elvira's House of Mystery #10 features a word search puzzle titled "Weird Words".
Elvira's House of Mystery #10 cover
Elvira's House of Mystery #10 cover

The Cain Mutiny page 1
The Cain Mutiny page 1

The Cain Mutiny page 2
The Cain Mutiny page 2

The Cain Mutiny page 3
The Cain Mutiny page 3

The Cain Mutiny page 4
The Cain Mutiny page 4

The Cain Mutiny page 5
The Cain Mutiny page 5

Elvira's Weird Words puzzle
Elvira's Weird Words puzzle