House of Mystery #196 Values

Publisher: DC, 1971

About House of Mystery #196

Tony DeZuniga cover. Gray Morrow, Gil Kane, and Sergio Aragones art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: A Girl and Her Dog

Pencils: Tony DeZuñiga

Inks: Tony DeZuñiga

Colors: Jack Adler

STORY DETAILS

(9 Stories)

Title: A Girl and Her Dog

Characters: Cain (host); Peter (dog); Michael; Lissa; Miss Cruthers

Synopsis: During WWII, two orphans are chased through bomb-ravaged London by Satan worshipers.

Pages: 9.000

Script: Gerry Conway

Pencils: Gray Morrow

Inks: Gray Morrow

Letters: John Costanza

Title: The Alien Within Me

Characters: Professor Vraney; Professor Adams

Synopsis: An alien sends his image to Earth to stop a bomb sent here by his race.

Pages: 7.670

Pencils: Alex Toth [as Alexander Toth] (signed)

Inks: Alex Toth [as Alexander Toth] (signed)

Letters: Stan Starkman ?

Notes: The artist signs as "Alexander Toth" on the final page, while "Art By: Alex Toth" is found on the splash panel.

Title: Child of the Dead!

Characters: Cain (host); Walter Scott

Synopsis: A woman is buried but when grave robbers dig her grave up they find her alive.

Pages: 2.000

Script: Jack Oleck

Pencils: Wayne Howard (signed)

Inks: Wayne Howard (signed)

Letters: Milt Snapinn ?

Title: Dark Journey

Synopsis: A man who takes a fortune that was meant to build a hospital in Africa is cursed by the village witch doctor.

Pages: 6.000

Pencils: Nick Cardy [as NC] (signed)

Inks: Nick Cardy [as NC] (signed)

Letters: Pat Gordon

Notes: "Art by Nick Cardy" has been added to the original artwork for this reprint.

Title: My Heart Becomes So Icy Cold

Pages: 1.000

Script: Len Wein

Pencils: Tony DeZuñiga

Inks: Tony DeZuñiga

Letters: Ben Oda

Notes: "Homage" to William Wordsworth's poem "My Heart Leaps Up" (1802). DeZuñiga art per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Joe Orlando. House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2019 series) #1 credits the art to Joe Orlando.

Title: The Little People!

Characters: Cain (host); Michael O'Bannion

Synopsis: Michael O'Bannion makes a bargain with the little people to trade his unwanted baby girl for a baby boy.

Pages: 10.000

Script: Jack Oleck

Pencils: Gil Kane (credited)

Inks: Frank Giacoia (credited)

Letters: Milt Snapinn

Notes: Jack Oleck is identified as the writer in the letters page of House of Mystery #200.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	7	9	8	13	11	2	0	0	62
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	7	9	8	14	11	2	0	0	63

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