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Issue Details

Issue	#196
Published	March 1980
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.40 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Jack C Harris

Cover Details - "The Devil to Pay!"

Pencils	Luis Dominguez
Inks	Luis Dominguez
Notes	Cover contains small logos for The Witching Hour! and The House of Secrets.

5 page The Unexpected story "The Fear of Number 13"

Genre	occult
Script	Carl Wessler
Pencils	Abe Ocampo
Inks	Abe Ocampo
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Reprinted	in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #39

3 page The Unexpected story "Stranger, Beware!"

Genre	occult
Script	Murray Boltinoff [as Bill Dennehy]
Pencils	Jerry Grandenetti
Inks	Jerry Grandenetti
Colors	Jerry Serpe

1 page Batman; Hostess advertisement "Batman and Professor Plutonium"

Characters	Batman
Genre	superhero
Notes	Hostess Twinkies advertisement.

1 page Witching Hour! foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Come and Get It--- Fresh and fragrant doughnuts!"

Characters	Mordred; Mildred; Cynthia
Genre	occult
Script	Murray Boltinoff
Pencils	E. R. Cruz
Inks	E. R. Cruz

2 page Witching Hour story "Never Trust A Devil-Doll"

Characters	Mildred (host)
Genre	occult
Script	George Kashdan
Pencils	Ernesto Patricio
Inks	Ernesto Patricio
Colors	Jerry Serpe

1 page House of Secrets foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "H-hello readers! A-and welcome to the House of Secrets' d-dungeon!"

Characters	Abel
Genre	horror; occult
Script	Jack C Harris
Pencils	Romeo Tanghal
Inks	Romeo Tanghal

5 page House of Secrets story "The Devil to Pay"

Characters	Abel (host)
Genre	occult
Script	Mike W. Barr
Pencils	Vic Catan [as Vicatan]
Inks	Vic Catan [as Vicatan]
Colors	Jerry Serpe