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House of Mystery #186

DC · Series began 1951 · May-June 1970

Dates

Cover date
May-June 1970
On sale
March 3, 1970
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Neal Adams, Bernie Wrightson, Sergio Aragonés, Joe Orlandoinks: Neal Adams, Bernie Wrightson, Sergio Aragonés, Joe Orlandocolors: Jack Adlerscript: Robert Kanigher, Joe Orlando, Sergio Aragonésletters: Irv Watanabe, John Costanza

Stories

  • The Secret of the Egyptian Cat · 10 pages

    To the House of Mystery comes Konassos, a sorcerer, with his white cat. Cain one night sees the cat transform into a woman who tells her tale. Isha, Egyptian priestess of the temple of Nu-Ta the Cat-God, is captured and held captive by Konassos. The sorcerer to better control her transforms the priestess into a white cat. Trapped in her feline form, Ra-Na a male cat escorts her but is then poisoned by the sorcerer. She plots her revenge and one day concocts a magical spell that transforms her back into a woman and Konassos into a mouse which she then introduces to Ra-Na's friends.

  • Nightmare · 12 pages

    A lonely little girl, Judy, seeks a friend and finds it in Pan, an animated statue. They play together in a fantasy world, but meantime in the real world she is struck by a fever and a doctor tries to cure her. As she improves, her father convinces her that Pan is just a statue. The statue, with a girl who's now grown up, sheds a tear.

Reprinted in

Limited Collectors' Edition (1972), Welcome Back to the House of Mystery (1998), Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (2006), House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2018), DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (1980), The Masterworks Series of Great Comic Book Artists (1983)

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