The most popular of the DC "weird" series, House of Mystery
had already quite a history when the contents turned weird. It started out
as a rather tame horror series in 1952, only two short years before the
Comics Code was introduced. In the sixties, the focus turned towards super-heroes,
with Manhunter from Mars (known to most of us as J'onn J'onzz
the Martian Manhunter. Later, the series went from bad to worse when
the series starred Robby Reed, with his Dial 'H' for Hero
run.
Untimately, with #174, the series returned to showcase weird stories. #176
introduced Cain, the malevolent caretaker of the House, who would
reign supreme, despite usurpers such as the Spectre (#225) and the
I, Vampire feature (#295-321).
Run: #174 (??)-#321 (October 1983).
Creator credits: Neal Adams art #236 covers #s175-192, 197, 199, 251-254;
Alfredo Alcala art #s209, 217, 219, 224, 227; Murphy Anderson art #s37,
212 cover #37; Jim Aparo art #209; Sergio Aragones art #s185, 186, 194,
196, 200, 202, 229, 251; Bernard Bailey art #279; Gene Colan reprints #202;
Johnny Craig art #s263, 275, 295, 300; Steve
Ditko art #s236, 247, 254, 258, 276 cover #277; George Evans cover #218;
Keith Giffen art #284; Mike Golden art #s257, 259; Russ Heath reprints #194
cover #203; Wayne Howard art #s182, 185, 187, 196, 247, 254, 279 reprints
#229; Mike Kaluta art #s195, 200 reprints #250 covers #s200-202, 210, 212,
233, 260, 261, 263, 265, 267, 268, 273, 276, 284, 287, 288, 293-295, 300,
302, 304, 305, 309-319, 321; Gil Kane art #s196,
253, 300; Jack Kirby reprints #s194, 199; Joe Kubert covers #s282, 283,
285, 286, 289-292, 297-299, 301, 303, 306-308; Joe Maneely reprints #227;
Mort Meskin reprints #s195, 224, 229; Gray Morrow art #s192, 196, 255, 320;
Don Newton art #s259, 272; Alex Nino art #s204, 212, 213, 220, 224, 225,
245, 250, 252-256, 283; Joe Orlando art #s175, 178, 240 covers #s240, 258,
262, 264, 270-272, 274, 275, 278, 296; Ralph Reese art #s195, 200, 205;
Marshall Rogers art #s254, 274, 277; George Roussos art #224; Mike Sekowsky
art #282; Jack Sparling art #203; Jim Starlin art #s207, 282 cover #281;
Joe Staton art #300; Tom Sutton art #s189, 271, 290, 291, 293, 295, 297-299,
302, 303, 306-309, 310-314; George Tuska art #s293, 294, 316; Berni Wrightson
covers #s193-195, 204, 207, 209, 211, 213, 214, 217, 219, 221, 231, 236,
255, 256.
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