CATALOG RECORD

House of Mystery #267

DC · Series began 1951 · April 1979

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Dates

Cover date: April 1979
On sale: January 23, 1979
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #267 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition40¢ cover

Barcode 0709893053004 · shared with another edition
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UK pence edition0.12 GBP cover

British

Printed cover price 0.12 GBP.

Barcode 0709893053004 · shared with another edition
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Creators

pencils: Michael Wm. Kaluta, Romeo Tanghal, Abe Ocampo, Ruben Yandoc, Curt Swan, George Tuska, Joe Shuster, Juan Ortiz, Ross Andru, Fred Hembeckinks: Michael Wm. Kaluta, Romeo Tanghal, Abe Ocampo, Ruben Yandoc, Joe Shuster, Augie Scotto, Dick Giordano, Fred Hembeckcolors: Tatjana Wood, Jerry Serpescript: Paul Kupperberg, T. Casey Brennan, Don Thompson, Steve Clement, Arthur Gutowitz, Bob Rozakis, Fred Hembeckletters: Todd Klein, Esphid Mahilum, Clem Robins, Fred Hembeckediting: Bob Rozakis, Anthony Tollin

Stories

A Strange Way to Die · 5 pages
A man is led to his death by the ghost of the girl he killed in a car accident.
The Mouse of History · 6 pages
A mouse escapes from a cage in research assistant Paul Jonas's lab, and leads him to a magic book that can alter the future. He uses the book to his advantage, but the mouse inadvertently causes his death by chewing parts of the pages away, which changes the words written in the book.
The Lovely Little Lady with the Sea-Green Tail! · 5 pages
A marine biologist finds a mermaid and keeps her captive, but when he tries to lure her mate to add to the exhibit he is eaten by the creature that emerges from the sea.

Characters

Cain

Reprinted in

Weird Mystery Album (1980), The Best of DC (1979), Weird Mysteries (1980)