Issue Details

Issue	#209
Published	December 1972
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.20 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Joe Orlando; E. Nelson Bridwell (Assistant Editor)

Cover Details

Pencils	Bernie Wrightson
Inks	Bernie Wrightson
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 [black and white]

1 page House of Mystery foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Greetings out there! I'm Cain, caretaker and part-time babysitter here..."

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

8 page story "For Money...For Love!"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	horror
Script	Steve Skeates
Pencils	Alfredo Alcala
Inks	Alfredo Alcala
Letters	Alfredo Alcala
Notes	The first page has a separate job number (J-1756) than the next 7 pages (J-1708).
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 [black and white]

Half page Cain's Game Room cartoon

Genre	gags
Script	Bill Riley
Pencils	Bill Riley
Inks	Bill Riley
Letters	Bill Riley ?
Notes	2 gag cartoons
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 [black and white]

1 page Cain's Mail Room letters page

Script	E. Nelson Bridwell ? [as Cain]
Letters	typeset
Notes	Includes letters from Dan Gheno; Mike Murphy; Craig Stone; Laurie Hannon; Art Stampler

8 page story "Maniacs"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	horror
Script	Steve Skeates
Pencils	Ruben Yandoc
Inks	Ruben Yandoc
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 [black and white]

5 page story "Tomorrow, I Hang!"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	horror
Script	E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils	Jim Aparo
Inks	Jim Aparo
Letters	Jim Aparo
Reprinted	in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #24 (August 1982); in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 [black and white]