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284September 1980
$0.50

House of Mystery #284

DC · September 1980 · on sale 1980-06-25

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Series
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#284
Publication date
September 1980
Key date
1980-09-00
On-sale date
1980-06-25
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$0.50
Pages
36
Barcode
0709893053009
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Michael Wm. Kaluta; inks: Michael Wm. Kaluta; colors: Tatjana Wood
1-foreword, introduction, preface, afterword1script: Len Wein; pencils: Romeo Tanghal; inks: Romeo Tanghal; letters: Todd KleinCain; Abel
2Ruby!comic story7script: J. M. DeMatteis; pencils: Noly Zamora; inks: Noly Zamora; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Esphidy MahilumCain (host)
4The King and the Dragon!comic story5script: Bud Simons; pencils: Keith Giffen; inks: John Celardo; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Shelly LefermanCain (host)
5Friends to the Endcomic story6script: Bill Kelley; pencils: Jun Lofamia; inks: Jun Lofamia; colors: Bob LeRoseCain (host)
6Deadly Peril at 20,000comic story6script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Jess Jodloman; inks: Jess Jodloman; colors: Bob LeRoseCain (host)
7-letters page1letters: typeset

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

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