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.

Hardcovers

 * House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus, vol. 1 - Collects vol. 1 #174-200. -


 * House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus, vol. 2 - Collects vol. 1 #201-226. -

Trade Paperbacks

 * Showcase Presents The House of Mystery, vol. 1 - Collects vol. 1 #174-194 (in B&W) -


 * Showcase Presents The House of Mystery, vol. 2 - Collects vol. 1 #195-211 (in B&W) -


 * Showcase Presents The House of Mystery, vol. 3 - Collects vol. 1 #212-226 (in B&W) -


 * 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?" - -


 * House of Mystery, vol. 1: Room and Boredom - Collects vol. 2 #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." -


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


 * House of Mystery, vol. 3: The Space Between - Collects vol. 2 #11-15. "The characters trapped inside the House of Mystery finally discover how and why they’ve been imprisoned there." -


 * House of Mystery, vol. 4: The Beauty of Decay - Collects vol. 2 #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." -


 * House of Mystery, vol. 5: Under New Management - Collects vol. 2 #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..." -


 * House of Mystery, vol. 6: Safe as Houses - Collects vol. 2 #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." -


 * House of Mystery, vol. 7: Conception - Collects vol. 2 #32-35 & Halloween Annual #2. "Fig learns why the Pair of Conception chased her into the House of Mystery." -


 * House of Mystery, vol. 8: Desolation - Collects vol. 2 #36-42. "The final confrontations between Fig and, well, everyone!" -

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.

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