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221January 1974
$0.20

House of Mystery #221

DC · January 1974 · on sale October 9, 1973

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Identification plate

Series
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#221
Publication date
January 1974
Key date
January 1974
On-sale date
October 9, 1973
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.20
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0He Who Laughs Last...cover1pencils: Bernie Wrightson; inks: Bernie Wrightson
1Pingo!comic story11script: Michael Fleisher, Russell Carley; pencils: Frank Thorne; inks: Frank Thorne; letters: Ben Oda
2For the Merriest Xmas from DCpromo (ad from the publisher)1letters: Gaspar SaladinoRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Santa Claus
3-cartoon1pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés
4Two Sensational Blockbusters!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy
5He Who Laughs Last....comic story8script: Len Wein; pencils: Berni Wrightson; inks: Mike Kaluta; letters: John Costanza
6-letters page1script: Michael Fleisher; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés

Where to read it

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ISBN 978-1-4012-2183-6		2009On eBay ›

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Series context

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