Issue Details

Issue	#296
Published	September 1981
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.50 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Karen Berger

Cover Details - "Who...or What... Are the Night Women?"

Genre	horror
Pencils	Carmine Infantino (signed)
Inks	Joe Orlando (signed)

1 page House of Mystery foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Greetings, fear-fans. This month finds Cain..."

Characters	Cain
Genre	humor
Script	Karen Berger
Pencils	Joe Brozowski
Inks	Rodin Rodriguez

7 page story "Night Women"

Genre	horror
Script	Gerry Conway
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	John Celardo
Colors	Carl Gafford
Letters	John Costanza

1 page Wonder Woman; Hostess advertisement "Wonder Woman Versus the Robot Master"

Characters	Wonder Woman; Robot Master
Synopsis	The Robot Master commands four robot duplicates of himself to commit crimes, but Wonder Woman knows that only the human will be unable to resist Twinkies, not the robots.
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

3 page story "Work For The Dying!"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	science fiction; horror
Script	George Kashdan
Pencils	Ron Randall
Inks	Tex Blaisdell
Colors	Carl Gafford
Letters	Milt Snapinn

6 page story "Killed In The Ratings"

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

8 page story "New Hope"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	science fiction; horror
Script	Dan Mishkin; Gary Cohn
Pencils	Bob Hall
Inks	John Celardo
Colors	Bob LeRose
Letters	Milt Snapinn

Half page Cain's Mail Room letters page

Script	? [as Cain]
Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters submitted by R.J. Humphreys; Bobby Blank. Remainder of page is an advertisement for the film Superman II (opening June 19, 1981).