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Issue Details

Issue #202
Published May 1972
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 52
Editing Joe Orlando; Mark Hanerfeld (Assistant Editor)

Cover Details - "The Shearing of a Soul!"

Genre horror
Pencils Michael W. Kaluta (signed)
Inks Michael W. Kaluta (signed)
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 [black and white]

1 page House of Mystery foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Welcome back! Don't let the size of my little flock fool you!"

Characters Cain
Genre humor
Pencils Michael W. Kaluta (signed)
Inks Michael W. Kaluta (signed)
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 [black and white]

7 page story "The Shearing of a Soul!"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre horror
Script Gerry Conway
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks Frank Giacoia
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 [black and white]

7 page story "A Deal with a Sorcerer!"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre horror
Script John Albano
Pencils Nestor Redondo
Inks Nestor Redondo
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 [black and white]

7 page story "Stay Away From Me --You Might Die"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre occult
Pencils Gene Colan
Inks Gene Colan
Reprinted from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #72 (October 1962)

1 page story "Trick or Treat"

Characters Adolf Hitler
Pencils Sid Greene
Inks Sid Greene
Reprinted in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #60; in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 [black and white]

7 page story "The Poster Plague"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre humor
Script Steve Skeates
Pencils Sergio Aragones
Inks Sergio Aragones
Reprinted in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-23; in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #60; in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 [black and white]

6 page story "The Phantom on Wheels!"

Characters Cain (host)
Genre occult
Pencils John Prentice
Inks John Prentice
Reprinted from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #58 (January 1957)

1 page Cain's Mail Room letters page

Script Mark Hanerfeld ? [as Cain]
Letters typeset
Notes Includes letters from Mike Flynn; Matt Graham; Dan Gheno