Shop for house of mystery 1951 1983 comics on, your friendly online comic book store. This issue features the man with the alien identity. House of mystery was not a title born of the 1970s. Room and boredom matthew sturges, bill willingham, luca rossi on.
An interesting comic from vertigo by matthew sturges jack of fables and bill willingham that combines an overall storyarc with an anthology, since all the patrons of the house of mystery have to pay with stories. There isnt just one mystery in the new house of mystery. A cover gallery for the comic book house of mystery. House of mystery is a comic book series by vertigo comics. The house of mystery is the title of several different horror suspense anthology comic book series from dc comics in the time from 19511983. House of mystery comic books from dc atomic avenue. Suggest owning both volumes just to delve into our comic past.
In the 1960s, warren publishing revived unapologetic horror comics in the form of creepy magazine and. View market values for books, store your collection, and meet fellow comic fans. Aunt molly has entered a joketelling contest at a local comedy club and cam, her best friend eric, and mr. If you have any questions you can contact me anytime.
Values of house of mystery free comic book price guide. Hopefully you will be able to pause it and read it if. It is also the name of the titular setting of the series. Alas, after 321 issues and more than thirty years, the house had to close its doors. House of mystery is an american occult and horrorthemed comic book anthology series, based on the house of mystery series that ran from 1951 to 1983.
I will also be listing more rare books so check out my other listings. The latest installment in the beloved cam jansen mystery chapter book series from david a. In honor of free comic book day, i am going to bring together two of my lives. In the madness of 1996 when comic shops appeared like pimples on teenagers, paul moved his store to beautiful burbank, ca. Matthew sturges, writer of the eisnernominated jack of fables, and his jack cowriter bill willingham. Prime auction ends monday may 4 to wednesday may 6. Occult researcher dexter waring is writing a wellpublicized book debunking the supernatural while at the same time running a scam to convince wealthy people that they are endangered by evil mystical forces. The house of mystery is the name of several horror, fantasy, and mystery comics anthologies. House of mystery was started in the golden age, before the comics code authority prevented comic book publishers from using certain words, concepts and. The original logo for the house of mystery volume was designed by gaspar saladino like dcs popular sciencefiction comics mystery in space and strange adventures, house of mystery was a.
It also had a companion series named house of secrets. Find the value of the dc comic house of mystery volume 1. Join house of mystery regulars matthew sturges and bill willingham, former vertigo editor alisa kwitney, newcomer dave. The series lasted for 42 issues july, 2008december, 2011 and two annuals. The titles first issue contained stories of the supernatural like wanda was a werewolf to articles debunking spiritualism. House of mystery at the comic book db archived from the original. The writers, bill willingham and lilah sturges credited as matthew sturges, debuted the series in july 2008 under the vertigo imprint of dc comics. House of mystery was an anthology series published by dc comics, running for 321 issues from 1951 to 1983. Read house of mystery 1951 comic online free and high quality.
The house of mystery is the name of several horror, fantasy, and mystery comics anthologies published by dc comics. For other uses, see house of mystery disambiguation. House of mystery 1951, jim aparo and gray morrow art, is a comic book published by dc comics. House of mystery comics price guide sell my comic books.
This page contains information about house of mystery volume 1. In the latest comic book legends revealed, discover which comic book creators were the models for dc comics cain and abel. Bethany fig keele is running away from her burning house and the two figures who are chasing her. However, with the growing backlash against horror comics in the mid1950s, as well as the advent of the comics code authority and its restrictions on horrorthemed storylines banning stories dealing with such supernatural fare as werewolves, vampires, and. House of mystery started out as a horror anthology, featuring tales of the supernatural as well as supernaturalthemed mystery stories. See more ideas about comic books, horror comics and comic book covers. Along with house of secrets, house of mystery anchored dcs gothic and mystery line of comics for over 30 years. In a last story, fictitious dc editors planned to turn the house of mystery into condo of fun. Like dcs popular sciencefiction comics mystery in space and strange adventures, house of mystery was a wide ranging anthology title, but what made it different was that its content was mostly horror themed. We have a passion for bringing comic book writers and artists together to enhance to.
House of mystery started out as a horror anthology, featuring tales of. It is notable for being the title that introduced the character the swamp thing. Elvira finds sanctuary from an angry mob inside the house of mystery. The comic book debuted in 1951 during the horror boom fueled by e. When public opinion turned against horror comics, the house of mystery survived by drastically toning down its horror content.
And in one of the most bizarre teamups in comic book history, cain and superman fought sidebyside to prevent the magician mister mxyzptlk from taking control of the house of mystery. This is a book where you can have a pirate, a psychic detective, a spaceman, a french romantic poet and an nyu film student sitting at a table having a beer together. Please fill out the following form to report an issue missing from the database. The man who could read minds, pencils by howard purcell, inks by stan kaye. This second incarnation was called house of mystery and carried mostly comics, as the pogs and spawn toy faze had left him somewhat disenchanted. The house of mystery is the name of several horrormysterysuspense anthology comic book series. But even in its final issue, the title stayed true to form. Thankfully, the house of mystery got a new tenant thatwell, that at least made sense. Were a small press comic book publisher in boise, idaho. About genre fantasy comic summary matthew sturges, writer of the eisnernominated jack of fables, and his jack cowriter bill willingham, proudly unlock the doors to the house of mystery, a new. House of mystery 19511983 1st series comic books mycomicshop. A description of tropes appearing in house of mystery. Cain, cantankerous till the end, responded by moving his pet ghouls into the dc publishing. House of mystery was therefore forced to gradually refocus itself as a suspense and science fiction title.
House of mystery was a longrunning comic book that blended elements of mystery, horror and the supernaturl. The house speaks to her, telling her she must listen to the stories of some of the previous residents in order to find her destiny and escape the house. In this special issue, five writers get together to tell one fantastic tale. The house of secrets is the name of several mystery, fantasy, and horror comics anthologies published by dc comics. House of mystery is published by dc comics under the vertigo imprint. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format. Browse issues from the comic book series, house of mystery, from dc comics. A mindreader blackmails several men because he knows all their secrets. The whole worlds upside down hostess snack cakes ad with batman.
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