Sunday, July 16, 2006

Bronze Beauties #12: THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY

Originally a pale, watered down imitation of the EC horror comics of the 50s, DC Comics' The House of Mystery began in 1951, but hit its heyday in the 1960s and '70s when artists such as Alex Toth, Neal Adams, Berni Wrightson and Wally Wood illustrated stories cooked up by young, drug-induced new comics writing minds!!! By the late 1970s, the book had started to lose steam, but its covers remained usually great right up through the end....here’s a bunch of 'em from the Bronze era...

House of Mystery #186, June 1970. Art by Neal Adams.

House of Mystery #187, August 1970, art by Neal Adams.

House of Mystery #201, April 1972. Art by Michael Wm. Kaluta.

House of Mystery #202, May 1972. Art by Michael Wm. Kaluta.

House of Mystery #204, July 1972. Art by Bernie Wrightson.

House of Mystery #207, October 1972. Art by Bernie Wrightson.

House of Mystery #214, May 1973. Art by Bernie Wrightson.

House of Mystery #220, December 1973. Art by Nick Cardy. 

House of Mystery #222, February 1974. Art by Luis Dominguez. 

House of Mystery #224, May 1974. Art by various artists. 

House of Mystery #235, September 1975. Art by Luis Dominguez.

House of Mystery #236, October 1975. Art by Bernie Wrightson.

House of Mystery #254, October 1977. Art by Neal Adams.

House of Mystery #267, April 1979. Art by Michael Wm. Kaluta.

House of Mystery #277, February 1980. Art by Steve Ditko.

House of Mystery #282, July 1980. Art by Joe Kubert.

House of Mystery #292, May 1981. Art by Joe Kubert.

House of Mystery #294, July 1981. Art by Michael Wm. Kaluta.

House of Mystery #314, March 1983. Art by Michael Wm. Kaluta.

House of Mystery #321, October 1983. Art by Michael Wm. Kaluta.






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