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Cover of House of Mystery #290
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CATALOG RECORD

House of Mystery #290

DC · Series began 1951 · March 1981

Dates

Cover date
March 1981
On sale
December 23, 1980
Pages
36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #290 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition50¢ cover

    Direct

    No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

    This edition’s page
  • Newsstand edition50¢ cover

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 0709893053003

    Source ↗
  • UK pence edition0.15 GBP cover

    British

    Printed cover price 0.15 GBP.

    This edition’s page

Reprinted in

Hellfire (1981), I... Vampire! (2012), DC Through the '80s: The End of Eras (2021)

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