House of Mystery #285 (1980) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Kill, Clown, Kill!	cover	1	pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert; colors: Tatjana Wood
1	-	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Len Wein; pencils: Romeo Tanghal; inks: Romeo Tanghal	Cain
2	Cold Storage	comic story	7	script: Paul Kupperberg; pencils: E. R. Cruz; inks: E. R. Cruz; colors: Jerry Serpe	Cain (host)
4	Man Without Fear	comic story	3	script: Mike W. Barr; pencils: Ernie Patricio; inks: Ernie Patricio; colors: Jerry Serpe	Cain (host)
5	Kill, Clown, Kill!	comic story	7	script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Tenny Henson; inks: Tenny Henson; colors: Jerry Serpe	Cain (host)
6	-	letters page	1	script: ? [as Cain]; letters: typeset
7	Sound and Fury	comic story	7	script: Mike W. Barr; pencils: John Garcia; inks: John Garcia; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Milt Snapinn	Cain (host)

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

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 0709893053010
British	price 0.15 GBP; barcode 0709893053010

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