| Characters |
Cain (story host); Isha (priestess); Konassos (sorcerer); Ra-Na (cat) |
| Synopsis |
To the House of Mystery comes Konassos, a sorcerer, with his white cat. Cain one night sees the cat transform into a woman who tells her tale. Isha, Egyptian priestess of the temple of Nu-Ta the Cat-God, is captured and held captive by Konassos. The sorcerer to better control her transforms the priestess into a white cat. Trapped in her feline form, Ra-Na a male cat escorts her but is then poisoned by the sorcerer. She plots her revenge and one day concocts a magical spell that transforms her back into a woman and Konassos into a mouse which she then introduces to Ra-Na's friends. |
| Genre |
horror |
| Script |
Robert Kanigher |
| Pencils |
Bernie Wrightson |
| Inks |
Bernie Wrightson |
| Reprinted |
in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-23 (Winter 1973-1974); in Masterworks Series of Great Comic Book Artists, The (DC, 1983 series) #3 (October 1983); in Welcome Back to the House of Mystery (DC, 1998 series) #1 (July 1998); in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 |
| Characters |
Cain (story host); Judy; Judy's father; Miss Winter (governess); Pan (statue brought to life) |
| Synopsis |
A lonely little girl, Judy, seeks a friend and finds it in Pan, an animated statue. They play together in a fantasy world, but meantime in the real world she is struck by a fever and a doctor tries to cure her. As she improves, her father convinces her that Pan is just a statue. The statue, with a girl who's now grown up, sheds a tear. |
| Genre |
horror |
| Script |
Jack Oleck |
| Pencils |
Neal Adams; Joe Orlando (pg 1: Cain head) |
| Inks |
Dick Giordano; Joe Orlando (pg 1: Cain head) |
| Notes |
Uncredited Cain head on the top of page one. Judy was modelled after Neal Adams' daughter Kris Adams. (Note corrected by Zeea (Adams) Moss via the GCD Errors list, February 2010.
Jack Oleck had used this plot before in an 1950s story for Marvel. |
| Reprinted |
in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-23 (Winter 1973-1974); in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #17 (January 1982); in Welcome Back to the House Of Mystery (DC, 1998 series) #1 (July 1998); in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 |