House of Mystery #195 Values

Publisher: DC, 1971

About House of Mystery #195

Bernie Wrightson cover, Swamp creature story (similar to Swamp Thing), and art. Sergio Aragones art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Bat Out of Hell!

Pencils: Bernie Wrightson [as Wrightson] (signed)

Inks: Bernie Wrightson [as Wrightson] (signed)

Colors: Jack Adler

STORY DETAILS

(9 Stories)

Title: Bat Out of Hell

Characters: Cain (host); Adam Leach

Synopsis: Adam Leach kills his wife and hides her body in a wall but a giant vampire bat begins to torment him.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Jack Oleck (credited)

Pencils: Nestor Redondo [as N. Redondo] (credited)

Inks: Nestor Redondo [as N. Redondo] (credited)

Title: The Fantastic Wishing Well

Characters: Brad Horton

Synopsis: Brad Horton has stolen $150,000 in marked money. He jumps from a train into some woods looking for a place to bury the money until it is safe to spend. He trips and falls into an old well. He wishes he never left the train and suddenly finds himself back there. Leaving the train again he finds his way back to the well where a stone tells him that wishes cost a nickel. He wishes for a million dollars and uses this to buy up the well and surrounding land. Officials visit and want to know the source of his wealth. He makes a wish to escape but the nickel is fake and he is arrested.

Pages: 5.670

Pencils: Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed)

Inks: George Roussos; Mort Meskin ?

Letters: Artie Simek

Notes: Signature (Meskin) on lower edge of splash panel. Following discussion on GCD Main, inker changed to George Roussos with a query on Meskin as inker. Meskin and Roussos had a collaborative relationship from the 1940s onwards (information from Lambiek). While Meskin and Roussos DID collaborate extensively during this period, their inking styles were quite distinct. A look at the faces in close up will usually reveal which man has inked them. This looks like pure Meskin.

Title: Countdown!

Characters: Cain (host); Jason; Valerie; Peter

Synopsis: Peter and Jason were competing to be the pilot on the first mission to Mars until Peter killed Jason to ensure he would be the pilot.

Pages: 3.000

Script: Len Wein

Pencils: Ralph Reese [as Reese] (signed)

Inks: Ralph Reese [as Reese] (signed)

Letters: Milt Snapinn

Notes: Len Wein script credit from House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2019 series) #1.

Title: Things Old... Things Forgotten

Characters: Cain (host); Igor Lazlo; Gork; Eric Roder; Hans

Synopsis: Igor Lazlo is creating a road thru the Old Hills in Central Europe but some creature is stopping his progress.

Pages: 10.000

Pencils: Bernie Wrightson

Inks: Bernie Wrightson

Letters: Ben Oda

Notes: Story has Swamp Thing and Parliament of Trees similarities or overtones, and is listed in Overstreet as "Swamp creature story by Wrightson similar to Swamp Thing." One creature looks like The Heap plus there is an Old Ones / Elementals ("creatures of the old hills") vibe.

Title: Who Am I?

Synopsis: A man with amnesia is forced to steal against his will by a disembodied head. He is a robot, and the head belongs to his creator. When the police trail the robot home, the scientist tries to escape, but he and the robot end up falling to their deaths.

Pages: 6.000

Pencils: Bernard Baily

Inks: Bernard Baily

Title: Trick or Treat

Synopsis: A lethal virus which can only be destroyed by contact with water is being transported on the Titanic.

Pages: 1.500

Pencils: Mike Kaluta [as M.W. Kaluta] (signed)

Inks: Mike Kaluta [as M.W. Kaluta] (signed)

Letters: Ray Holloway

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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	1	1	3	1	4	2	7	7	11	15	24	26	30	35	26	34	42	32	14	0	0	315
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	11
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	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	4	2	7	7	11	15	25	28	30	37	28	34	46	32	15	0	0	327

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