House of Mystery



House of Mystery is published by DC Comics under the Vertigo imprint. Current price per issue is $2.99.

Last Issue

 * House of Mystery #41: 07 Sep 2011

Current Issue

 * House of Mystery #42: 05 Oct 2011

Next Issue

 * none

Status
Monthly series. Final issue is #42.

House of Mystery #42
This is the current issue, and therefore no story information will be posted about this issue. Please check your local comic shop for copies of this issue.

Trade Paperbacks

 * I, Vampire - Collects vol. 1 #290, 291, 293, 295, 297, 299, 302 and 304-319, plus The Brave and the Bold vol. 1 #195. "Vampiric Lord Andrew Bennett turned his beloved Mary Seward into a vampire, hoping to keep her by his side through eternity. But what happens when her power turns her evil?" - WorldCat - ISBN 1401233716 - (forthcoming, February 2012)


 * House of Mystery, vol. 1: Room and Boredom - Collects #1-5. "Filled with peculiar, otherworldly characters from all walks of life, this series... focuses on five people trapped in the reality-warping House of Mystery, a supernatural bar where tales are the legal tender and only the finest storytellers are patrons! But how – and why – they’re stuck inside is all just a little piece of the puzzle." - WorldCat - ISBN 1401220797


 * House of Mystery, vol. 2: Love Stories For Dead People - Collects #6-10. - WorldCat - ISBN 1401222765


 * House of Mystery, vol. 3: The Space Between - Collects #11-15. "The characters trapped inside the House of Mystery finally discover how and why they’ve been imprisoned there." - WorldCat - ISBN 1401225810


 * House of Mystery, vol. 4: The Beauty of Decay - Collects #16-20 & Halloween Special 2009. "Now relocated to the Space Between, Fig, Peter and Jordan venture into the city of ghosts to visit the abandoned Pathfinder’s Academy." - WorldCat - ISBN 1401227562


 * House of Mystery, vol. 5: Under New Management - Collects #21-25. "Fig reopens the bar with Cain as her new partner. Trouble arises, though, when a young man arrives claiming to have a very special relationship with Fig..." - WorldCat - ISBN 1401229816


 * House of Mystery, vol. 6: Safe as Houses - Collects #26-31. "Witches and goblins abound as Fig and The Witch Queen run from the Thinking Man’s robot army that is fighting for control of the Summerlands." - WorldCat - ISBN 1401231543


 * House of Mystery, vol. 7: Conception - Collects #32-35 & Halloween Annual #2. "Fig learns why the Pair of Conception chased her into the House of Mystery." - WorldCat - ISBN 1401232647 - (forthcoming, December 2011)

Creative Team
Writers: Matthew Sturges & Bill Willingham. Artist: Luca Rossi.

Publishing History
First published in 2008.

A previous House of Mystery series was published for 321 issues from 1951–1983.

Order Codes
These are the order codes and prices as provided by Diamond Distribution. Your local comic shop should be able to order these for you.

Future Publication Dates
Dates subject to change at the whims of the publisher or distributor. Please see the Diamond Shipping Lists for current information.


 * House of Mystery, vol. 7: Conception TP: 28 Dec 2011
 * I, Vampire TP: 08 Feb 2012

News & Features

 * 29 Apr 2010 - Exquisite Corpse by Matt Sturges
 * 26 Oct 2009 - War Rocket Ajax Episode 10 – Halloween Special w/ Matt Sturges (audio)
 * 13 Apr 2009 - Triskaidekaphobiacs Beware: House of Mystery Celebrates #13
 * 17 Feb 2009 - House Showing: Matt Sturges on House of Mystery
 * 05 Feb 2009 - Behind the Page - Matthew Sturges, Part 1
 * 17 Dec 2008 - Matthew Sturges is Ready to Run!
 * 06 May 2008 - Sturges is Big Brother of Vertigo’s House of Mystery

Links

 * DC Comics - Publisher's Website