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CATALOG RECORD

House of Mystery #195

DC · Series began 1951 · October 1971

Dates

Cover date
October 1971
On sale
August 19, 1971
Pages
52

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Bernie Wrightson, Sergio Aragonés, Nestor Redondo, Mort Meskin, Ralph Reese, Bernard Baily, Michael Wm. Kalutainks: Bernie Wrightson, Sergio Aragonés, Nestor Redondo, George Roussos, Ralph Reese, Bernard Baily, Michael Wm. Kalutacolors: Jack Adlerscript: Joe Orlando, Jack Oleck, Sergio Aragonés, Len Weinletters: Artie Simek, Milt Snapinn, Ben Oda, Ray Holloway

Stories

  • Bat Out of Hell · 8 pages

    Adam Leach kills his wife and hides her body in a wall but a giant vampire bat begins to torment him.

  • The Fantastic Wishing Well · 5.67 pages

    Brad Horton has stolen $150,000 in marked money. He jumps from a train into some woods looking for a place to bury the money until it is safe to spend. He trips and falls into an old well. He wishes he never left the train and suddenly finds himself back there. Leaving the train again he finds his way back to the well where a stone tells him that wishes cost a nickel. He wishes for a million dollars and uses this to buy up the well and surrounding land. Officials visit and want to know the source of his wealth. He makes a wish to escape but the nickel is fake and he is arrested.

  • Countdown! · 3 pages

    Peter and Jason were competing to be the pilot on the first mission to Mars until Peter killed Jason to ensure he would be the pilot.

  • Things Old... Things Forgotten · 10 pages

    Igor Lazlo is creating a road thru the Old Hills in Central Europe but some creature is stopping his progress.

  • Who Am I? · 6 pages

    A man with amnesia is forced to steal against his will by a disembodied head. He is a robot, and the head belongs to his creator. When the police trail the robot home, the scientist tries to escape, but he and the robot end up falling to their deaths.

  • Trick or Treat · 1.5 pages

    A lethal virus which can only be destroyed by contact with water is being transported on the Titanic.

Reprinted in

House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2018), Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (2006), Superman Supacomic (1959), Terror Tales Album (1977), DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (1980)

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