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Issue Details

Issue #297
Published October 1981
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.60 USD
Pages 36
Editing Karen Berger

Cover Details

Characters Andrew Bennett; Deborah Dancer; Dmitri Mishkin
Genre horror
Pencils Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks Joe Kubert (signed)

1 page House of Mystery foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Greetings, fear-weather fiends!"

Characters Cain
Script Karen Berger
Pencils Joe Brozowski
Inks Rodin Rodriguez

10 page I... Vampire story "Chapter Five: Zen Flesh! Zen Bones!"

Characters Andrew Bennett; Deborah Dancer; Dmitri Mishkin; Billy Kessler; Master Shoju; Mary, Queen of Blood (flashback)
Synopsis Bennett and his band encounter a group of Asian vampires who, like him, resist their evil nature.
Genre horror
Script J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils Tom Sutton
Inks Tom Sutton
Colors Adrienne Roy
Letters John Costanza

1 page Batman; Hostess advertisement "Lights... Camera... Crime!"

Characters Batman; Crime Director
Synopsis The Crime Director is supervising a robbery at the Gotham National Bank until Batman distracts his henchmen with Twinkies.
Genre superhero
Script Bob Rozakis
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Vince Colletta
Notes Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies. Copyright © 1981 Continental Baking Company. Script credit from seanbaby.com, where Bob Rozakis recalls this one as his favorite of the six Hostess ads he wrote.

1 page Cain's Game Room story

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

6 page story "Beat The Devil"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre horror
Script George Kashdan
Pencils Fred Carillo
Inks Fred Carillo
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters Esphidy Mahilum

1 page Cain's Mail Room letters page

Script ? [as Cain]
Letters typeset
Notes Letters submitted by Fraser Sherman; Graham Wong; Michael Spicer; Arthur Johns

9 page story "The Idol of Millions"

Genre horror
Script Gerry Conway
Pencils Denys Cowan
Inks Tony de Zuniga
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters Todd Klein