Issue Details

Issue	#294
Published	July 1981
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.50 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Karen Berger

Cover Details - "The Darkness!"

Genre	horror
Pencils	Michael W. Kaluta (signed)
Inks	Michael W. Kaluta (signed)

1 page House of Mystery foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Ahoy, me horror-hungry mates!"

Characters	Cain
Genre	humor
Script	Karen Berger
Pencils	Joe Brozowski
Inks	Adrian Gonzales

8 page story "The Darkness!"

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

1 page Plastic Man; Hostess advertisement "Gold for Dessert"

Characters	Plastic Man; Woozy Winks
Synopsis	Plastic Man offers a gold thief Hostess Twinkies instead.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Vince Colletta
Notes	Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies. Copyright © 1981 Continental Baking Company.

8 page story "Old Haunts"

Genre	horror
Script	Bruce Jones
Pencils	Tom Yeates
Inks	Tom Yeates
Colors	Carl Gafford
Letters	John Costanza

1 page Cain's Game Room filler

Characters	Cain; Witch Hazel
Genre	humor
Script	Dave Manak ?
Pencils	Dave Manak
Inks	Dave Manak
Letters	Dave Manak ?

7 page story "Congratulations, Mr Bates -- It's a Warlock!"

Characters	Cain (host)
Genre	horror
Script	Paul Kupperberg
Pencils	George Tuska
Inks	Tony DeZuniga
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Letters	Todd Klein

1 page Cain's Mail Room letters page

Script	? [as Cain]
Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters submitted by Steve Andrews; Wendy Baum; Mark Amundsen; Charles David Haskell