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257March-April 1978
$1.00

House of Mystery #257

DC · March-April 1978 · on sale 1977-12-13

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Identification plate

Series
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#257
Publication date
March-April 1978
Key date
1978-03-00
On-sale date
1977-12-13
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$1.00
Pages
84
Barcode
0709893053004
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Tatjana Wood
3-foreword, introduction, preface, afterword5script: Paul Kupperberg; pencils: Ric Estrada; inks: Wayne Howard; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Milt SnapinnCain; Abel; "Killer" Cowan
4The Ebony Godcomic story8script: Arnold Drake; pencils: E. R. Cruz; inks: E. R. Cruz; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: E. R. CruzCain
5-comic story1script: Dave Manak; pencils: Dave Manak; inks: Dave Manak; letters: Dave Manak
6A Gift from Satancomic story10script: Jack Oleck; pencils: Ernie Chan; inks: Bill Draut; colors: Liz BerubeCain, Satan
7To Catch a God!comic story7script: Barry Jameson; pencils: Michael Golden; inks: Michael Golden; colors: Jerry SerpeCain
8-cartoon1
9Mirror Madnesscomic story10script: Joe Gill, Otto Binder, Guy Lillian; pencils: Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Tony DeZuniga; colors: Jerry SerpeCain
10Haunts Upon a Time...comic story8script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Jess Jodloman; inks: Jess Jodloman; colors: Jerry SerpeAbel
11-cartoon1pencils: Mike DeCarlo, Kevin Woodcock; inks: Mike DeCarlo, Kevin Woodcock
12The Fastest Draw in the East!comic story3script: Scott Edelman; pencils: Mark Bright; inks: Aubrey Bradford; colors: Jerry SerpeAbel
13-cartoon1
14Father to the Beast!comic story9script: David Michelinie; pencils: Arthur Suydam; inks: Arthur Suydam; colors: Jerry SerpeAbel
15-letters page2script: Paul Levitz
16Superman Movie Report 2promo (ad from the publisher)1script: Mike GoldSuperman

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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Series context

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