House of Mystery #179 (1969) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Widow's Walk	cover	1	pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams; colors: Neal Adams, Jack Adler	Mary Bourne
1	Welcome to the House of Mystery	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Joe Orlando; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando
2	Sour Note!	comic story	6	script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Jerry Grandenetti; inks: George Roussos; letters: Ira Schnapp	Cain
3	The Man Who Murdered Himself!	comic story	3	script: Marv Wolfman; pencils: Bernie Wrightson; inks: Bernie Wrightson; letters: Ray Holloway	Cain
4	Roll The Lucky Dice!	activity	1	script: Joe Orlando; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés; letters: Gaspar Saladino
5	-	cartoon	1.17	script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés
6	The Widow's Walk	comic story	10	script: Howie Post; pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Joe Orlando; letters: Ben Oda	Angus Beame; Mary Bourne; Mr. Bourne (Mary's father); Homer Clyde (Mr. Bourne's servant); Mildred Clyde (Homer's wife); lawyer; various crewmen of Angus Beame; exotic item merchant; modern-day beachgoers
7	The Dead Tell Tales	comic story	0.67	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tom Nicolosi; letters: Ira Schnapp
8	Fandom Picks the Winners	text article	0.67	script: Mark Hanerfeld
9	-	statement of ownership	0.33	letters: typeset

Collection	Year
House of Mystery #228	1974	On eBay ›
House of Mystery #229	1975	On eBay ›
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #17	1982	On eBay ›
The Saga of Ra's Al Ghul #3	1988	On eBay ›
Limited Collectors' Edition #C-23	1973	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-0786-1	2006	On eBay ›

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