Original pencil and ink art to the first page of House of Mystery #256 (1978). The artists on this issue were Dick Ayers, W. Howard, and Bernie Wrightson. This title page to the issue contain the recurring characters, Abel and Cain, the title logo, and an amazing view of the House of Mystery festooned with Halloween decorations. Few pages in House of Mystery have show Cain, Abel or the House, as most pages are devoted to the tales and not to the narrator.

Interest in classic horror comics has skyrocketed in the past couple years as announcements of shows and movies based on nearly forgotten characters are reigniting interest. Many comics that once could easily be found in 3/$1 bins are now selling for hundreds of dollars in Mint condition. The printed comic that this page is from is listed as $60 in 9.2 in Overstreet, and can go for many multiples of that in Mint.

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