House of Mystery #227
October-November 1974 · 0.60 USD · 100 pages
On sale 1974-07-11
Rated Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Synopsis
Four gag cartoons, top two possibly by John Albano, bottom two by Joe Orlando: Men's Turkish Bath. An alien enjoys "All You Can Eat" at Al's restaurant. The neighbors see a witch with a stew pot. The undertaker is standing by with an fresh grave for the outcome of a pistol duel.
Credits
- Script
- Michael Fleisher, John Albano, Joe Orlando, Jack Miller, Howard Purcell, Don Glut, Paul Levitz, Sergio Aragonés
- Pencils
- The Redondo Studio, Nestor Redondo, John Albano, Joe Orlando, John Giunta, Sergio Aragonés, Bill Ely, Howard Purcell, Frank Redondo, Joe Maneely, Dennis Janke, Alfredo Alcala
- Inks
- The Redondo Studio, Nestor Redondo, John Albano, Joe Orlando, John Giunta, Sergio Aragonés, Bill Ely, Howard Purcell, Frank Redondo, Joe Maneely, Dennis Janke, Alfredo Alcala
- Colours
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Editor
- Joe Orlando
- Assistant editor
- Paul Levitz
- Script continuity
- Russell Carley
Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #108.
Reprinted from
Reprinted in
- Horror #59
- Horror #61
- Horror #64
- Horror #108
- Weird Mystery Tales #31— Amended reprint from The Phantom Stranger (DC, 1952 Series) #2 (October-November 1952)
- Terror Tales Album #5
- Terror Tales Album #7— Job number (J-1559), and copyright details deleted from reprint. Cain (host) removed and story tile changed to single line to fill the blank space. Page headings deleted: “The House of Mystery” (odd pages) and “Cry, Clown, Cry” (even pages), except for pp1 which had no heading.
- Terror Tales Album #8— Job number (J-1568), and copyright details deleted from reprint. Host (Cain) deleted from pp1 with top panel cropped. Page headings deleted: “Girl in the Glass Sphere” (odd pages) and “The House of Mystery” (even pages), except for pp1.
- Comic Reader #108— 0.25 page black and white copy
- Weird Mystery Tales Album #3
- La Maison du Mystère #21— N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]
- Spectral #12— N&B [B&W]
- Névrose #1— N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]