I am a huge fan of the classic english country house mystery, and this book contains all of the usual elements. A criminal professor hides criminals after a holdup by shrinking them, but one of the criminals is actually an undercover cop. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film. All orders packed in oversized cardboard to protect your purchase.
Please fill out the following form to report an issue missing from the database. This page contains all cover art images in the database for this particular comic series. House of mystery started out as a horror anthology, featuring tales of the supernatural as well as supernaturalthemed mystery stories. House of mystery was a longrunning comic book that blended elements of mystery, horror and the supernaturl. The series lasted for 42 issues july, 2008december, 2011 and two annuals. 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. Find the value of the dc comic house of mystery volume 1. Dec 04, 2019 house of mystery was not a title born of the 1970s. Elviras house of mystery comic read elviras house of.
The hottest images and pictures of akasha queen of pain from dota. House of secrets comic book price guide the series that gave birth to the swamp thing, house of secrets was otherwise a fairly run of the mill horror slash mystery series. When public opinion turned against horror comics, the house of mystery survived by drastically toning down its horror content. The complete series list for a coffeehouse mystery cleo coyle. House of mystery comics price guide sell my comic books. The titles first issue contained stories of the supernatural like wanda was a werewolf to articles debunking spiritualism. But even in its final issue, the title stayed true to form.
We can help you find the fair value of your comics. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. Superworld comics buying and selling comic books, free. His descriptions of his tricks are incredibly detailed. Now its horror and suspense tales were introduced by a host named abel, who would also host the satirical comic plop his brother cain hosted the house of mystery. See more ideas about comic books, horror comics and comic book covers. Superworld comics is home to many rare and valuable comics for fun and investment. House of mystery is a comic book series published under the dc vertigo imprint, which also includes preacher, the unwritten, fairest, fables and the sandman. Fine is the lower end of midrange comic book grading and sometimes considered a reading grade, not a collector grade. If he couldnt find a complete explanation for phenomena, he was likely to officially say i dont know, rather than to speculate publicly. Even though its not halloween yet, i try to give this episode that type of feel. House of mystery gives me further insight into the kind of man david abbott was. 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. Like lost, house of mystery has an oddball collection of characters who long to escape their mysterious imprisonment in lost its the island, and here its the house of mystery itself, and each episode features a selfcontained short story about one characters past.
Visit us in ma, or we are happy to do comic book appraisals on location. Mar 08, 2015 the house of mystery is an excellent example of how a crowdpleaser can also have brains and heart. 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. To boost the books sales, house of mystery started including superhero stories, first with. The house of mystery is the name of several horror, fantasy, and mystery comics anthologies published by dc comics. Its light enough to be entertaining but deep enough to be satisfying. House of mystery true crime history listen via stitcher for. The coffeehouse mystery series in order cleo coyle fictiondb. The whole worlds upside down hostess snack cakes ad with batman. House of mystery dc comics comic books started out as a horror anthology, featuring tales of the supernatural as well as supernaturalthemed mystery stories.
A cover gallery for the comic book house of mystery. House of mystery is published by dc comics under the vertigo imprint. Values of house of mystery free comic book price guide. Room and boredom matthew sturges, bill willingham, luca rossi on. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format. House of mystery house of secrets comic book price list. Dc hired horror comic master joe orlando to edit, as the format changed definitively back to horror with a mystery tinged theme all perfectly suiting the name of this title. The series was a quasifollow up towards the original series, with famed horror movie hostess elvira temporarily taking over the job as caretaker of the house of mystery, introducing horror stories similar to the original series. Cain, cantankerous till the end, responded by moving his pet ghouls into the dc publishing. Subscribe to marvel unlimited to access thousands of digital comics for one low price. Like the other vertigo titles mentioned it is recommended for mature readers and contains some graphic violence. Its a charming serial, filled to the brim with humor, suspense, love and adventure. Cain, the caretaker of the house of mystery, and elvira, mistress of the dark find themselves aboard the satellite of love along with joel robinson and his robot pals. Will they be trapped there forever and forced to watch b grade movies for the rest of their lives.
In a last story, fictitious dc editors planned to turn the house of mystery into condo of fun. In the 1960s, warren publishing revived unapologetic horror comics in the form of creepy magazine and. Browse issues from the comic book series, house of mystery, from dc comics. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer. House of mystery was not a title born of the 1970s. Everyone who does will find a full 22 issues of this classic dc series. House of mystery is a light mystery and suspense show that would be acceptable for some younger listeners. 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. We are always interested in buying comic book collections and original comic book art. House of mystery was an anthology series published by dc comics, running for 321 issues from 1951 to 1983. The first 173 issues featured sciencefiction and weird mystery stories, with recurring features including martian manhunter and dial h for hero. Three distinct personalities of the house are shown. House of mystery was started in the golden age, before the comics code authority prevented comic book publishers from using certain words, concepts and.
House of mystery 2nd series comic books from vertigo. This issue features the man with the alien identity. This is the issue that brought the book back to its roots and shifted focus on the house of mystery itself. 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.
The house of mystery vigorsol 2012 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. View market values for books, store your collection, and meet fellow comic fans. The show began as a 15 minute serial, but after almost a year moved to a 30 minute format. He hunted ghosts text story by david kahn as don king, art by raymond perry. The house of mystery vigorsol 2012 release info imdb. In 198687, dc comics would published a new series, elviras house of mystery. Hopefully you will be able to pause it and read it if. Editions of the yellow house mystery by gertrude chandler warner. It also had a companion series named house of secrets.
While we are talking about samus beauty, skills, and professional life, we want to. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Along with house of secrets, house of mystery anchored dcs gothic and mystery line of comics for over 30 years. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comic con new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Matthew sturges, writer of the eisnernominated jack of fables, and his jack cowriter bill willingham. House of mystery at the comic book db archived from the original house of mystery vol. House of mystery comics elviras house of mystery comic. This may be code comic, but these kids are rather young to enter the house of mystery unaccompanied, eh. Alas, after 321 issues and more than thirty years, the house had to close its doors. Elvira finds sanctuary from an angry mob inside the house of mystery. The house of mystery was destroyed when it crashed in the sand in the sahara desert in africa with the justice league dark team trapped to fight off the magic team at the house of secrets.