House of Mystery

The House of Mystery (Eng. The House of Mystery ) is published, the U.S. publisher DC Comics 1951-1983 the title of a comic book series.

Content

House of Mystery involved usually haunted, horror, horror and mystery stories. The series was created as anthology, that is, united them in every issue several stories whose characters and locations mostly stood in no connection whatsoever. Only with issue # 175 in May and June 1968, the various stories - which, however, continue each for itself could be read as self-contained units alone - in an eccentric man named Cain ( the English name connected together by a common framework for action, the biblical Cain, who jokingly referred to as "able care taker " ) the reader to a certain extent at the end of a story picked up and approach led him to the plot of the next story. Characteristic here was Cains showman exemplary demeanor and his patch eeriness and gloom.

Publication

Until its setting in October 1983 House of Mystery reached 321 editions. The series was continued with the series Elvira 's House of Mystery (11 issues and one special edition ) from 1986 to 1987. In addition to House of Secrets was released a "Twin Series " for House of Mystery, which was devoted to similar content and, moreover, of Cain's brother Abel " moderates " was.

Feature rows in House of Mystery

An average issue of House of Mystery contained three to four stories. The various series that appeared within a single edition were mostly detached from each other, while the stories that appeared within a row, in a " series internal continuity " were to each other.

The series, which appeared in House of Mystery, include Martian Manhunter (# 143 to 158/1964-1966 ), the experiences of a stranded on Earth and there verdi ing as a private investigator named Martian J'onn J'ozz has for content, fresh superhero parody Dial H for hero (# 156 to 173/1966-1968 ) and I ... Vampire ( # 290 to 319/1981-1983 ), a series of stories about a heroic vampire.

Contributing Artists

Among the authors who wrote for House of Mystery, include Robert Kanigher, Dennis O'Neil, Frank Robbins, John Albano and Steve Skeates. Signatories that have cooperated in the series, were Jim Aparo, Neal Adams and Sergio Aragones.

Prices

To the prices, which received the series, include the Shazam Award for Best Short Story, 1972 ( for The Demon Within from # 201) and the Shazam Award for Best Humor Story in the same year ( for The Poster Plague by Steve Skeates and Sergio Arragones ).

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