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Issue Details

Issue	#229
Published	February-March 1975
Cover Price	$0.60
Pages	100
Editing	Joe Orlando
Notes	Creature reprint spotted by Frank Battaglia (submitted via the error list, December 2006).

Cover Details - "Nightmare Castle!"

Genre	mystery
Pencils	Nestor Redondo; Berni Wrightson (creature in background left)
Inks	Nestor Redondo; Berni Wrightson (creature in background left)
Notes	Creature reprint spotted by Frank Battaglia (submitted via the error list, December 2006).
Reprinted	from DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #4 [creature in left background, from cover]

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword

Characters	Cain
Pencils	Nestor Redondo
Inks	Nestor Redondo

11 page story "Sir Greeley's Revenge!"

Genre	mystery
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Jack Sparling
Inks	Jack Sparling
Reprinted	from House of Mystery #181 (July-August 1969)

6 page story "Sour Note!"

Genre	mystery
Script	E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils	Jerry Grandenetti
Inks	George Roussos
Reprinted	from House of Mystery #179 (March-April 1969)

36 page story "Nightmare Castle"

Genre	mystery
Script	Robert Kanigher
Pencils	Nestor Redondo
Inks	Nestor Redondo
Notes	inventory story originally intended for Secrets of Sinister House #6 (August-September 1972)

3 page Cain's True Case Files story "The Dead Can Kill!"

Genre	mystery
Script	Marv Wolfman
Pencils	Bernie Wrightson
Inks	Bernie Wrightson
Reprinted	from House of Mystery #183 (November-December 1969)

6 page story "I Was A Spy For Them"

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Mort Meskin
Inks	Mort Meskin
Reprinted	from Tales of the Unexpected #16 (August 1957)

11 page story "Mask of the Red Fox"

Genre	mystery
Script	Robert Kanigher
Pencils	Alex Toth
Inks	Alex Toth
Reprinted	from House of Mystery #187 (July-August 1970)

3 page Cain's True Case Files story "Grave Results!"

Genre	mystery
Script	Marv Wolfman
Pencils	Wayne Howard
Inks	Wayne Howard
Reprinted	from House of Mystery #182 (September-October 1969)

1 page filler "Cain's Gargoyles"

Genre	humor
Pencils	Sergio Aragones
Inks	Sergio Aragones

2 page Cain's Mailroom letters page

Letters	typeset
Notes	letters submitted by Lisa Anderson; John Elliot; Rena Allen; Donna Petras; Mike Chapman; P.A. Grant; George Williams

1 page activity "Mystery Crossword"

Characters	Cain
Script	Bob Rozakis (puzzle construction)
Notes	crossword puzzle