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Issue Details

Issue	#282
Published	July 1980
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.40 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Len Wein
Notes	Comic includes bonus 28-page Superman story published for Radio Shack.

Cover Details

Genre	Horror; Occult
Pencils	Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks	Joe Kubert (signed)

1 page House of Mystery foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Let me ooouuutt!"

Characters	Cain; Len Wein; Jack C. Harris
Genre	Horror; Occult; Humor
Script	Len Wein ?
Pencils	Romeo Tanghal
Inks	Romeo Tanghal

7 page story "The Lady Killer Craves Blood!"

Characters	Cain (narrator)
Genre	Horror; Occult
Script	John Marc DeMatteis [as J.M. DeMatteis]
Pencils	Jerry Talaoc
Inks	Jerry Talaoc
Colors	Adrienne Roy
Reprinted	in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #43

1 page Flash; Hostess advertisement "A Flash in the Dam"

Characters	Flash [Barry Allen]
Genre	superhero
Notes	Hostess Twinkies advertisement.

2 page story "I'm Off To My Funeral"

Characters	Cain (narrator)
Genre	Horror; Occult
Script	George Kashdan
Pencils	Mar Amongo
Inks	Mar Amongo
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Letters	Christian

28 page Superman story "The Computers That Saved Metropolis!"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Major Disaster [Paul Booker]; Shanna; Alec; Margaret Wilson; John Bardeen (Nobel Scientist, Cameo); William Schockley (Nobel Scientist, Cameo); Walter Brattain (Nobel Scientist, Cameo); Lana Lang
Synopsis	Alec and Shanna use a pair of TRS-80 computers to help Superman stop Major Disaster after Superman's powers become difficult for him to control.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Cary Bates
Pencils	Jim Starlin
Inks	Dick Giordano
Notes	Advertising insert for Radio Shack.
Reprinted	from Superman in "The Computers That Saved Metropolis" (DC, 1980 series) #[nn]

1 page Superman illustration "Pin-Up - Superman"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Shanna; Alec
Genre	Superhero
Script	Cary Bates
Pencils	Jim Starlin
Inks	Dick Giordano
Notes	Pin-up that was part of advertising insert for Radio Shack.
Reprinted	from Superman in "The Computers That Saved Metropolis" (1980)

1 page story "Cain's Game Room"

Genre	Humor
Script	Dave Manak
Pencils	Dave Manak
Inks	Dave Manak
Letters	Dave Manak

1 page letters page "Cain's Mail Room"

Letters	Typeset
Notes	Cain answers letters from readers.

6 page story "Some Place Where The Sun Don't Shine"

Characters	Cain (narrator); Devil
Genre	Horror; Occult
Script	Robert Ingersoll
Pencils	Mike Sekowsky
Inks	John Celardo
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Letters	Shelly Leferman
Reprinted	in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #41