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Updated # of issues, added recent collected editions, removed collected editions on the side (it'll get ridiculously long as more and more compilations come out), and changed a bit of the wording in the introduction
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|publisher = [[Vertigo (DC Comics)|Vertigo]]
|publisher = [[Vertigo (DC Comics)|Vertigo]]
|date = July [[2008 in comics|2008]] -
|date = July [[2008 in comics|2008]] -
|issues = 31 + 2 Halloween Annual (as of December 2010)
|issues = 36 + 2 Halloween Annual (as of April 2011)
|main_char_team =
|main_char_team =
|writers = [[Matthew Sturges]]<br>[[Bill Willingham]]
|writers = [[Matthew Sturges]]<br>[[Bill Willingham]]
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|creative_team_year =
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|creators =
|TPB = Room and Boredom
|ISBN = 1-40122-079-7
|TPB1 = Love Stories For Dead People
|ISBN1 = 1-40122-276-5
|TPB2 = The Space Between
|ISBN2 = 1-40122-581-0
|subcat = Vertigo
|subcat = Vertigo
|sort = House of Mystery
|sort = House of Mystery
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'''House of Mystery''' is an occult and horror-themed [[comic book]] [[comics anthology|anthology]] [[ongoing series|series]] based on the classic ''[[House of Mystery]]'' series that ran from 1951 to 1983. It is written by [[Bill Willingham]] and [[Matthew Sturges]].<ref>[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=147423 Sturges & Willingham on the New House of Mystery], [[Newsarama]], February 20, 2008</ref><ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16316 Sturges is Big Brother of Vertigo’s "House of Mystery"], [[Comic Book Resources]], May 6, 2008</ref><ref>[http://www.newsarama.com/comics/020917-House-Mystery.html House Showing: Matt Sturges on House of Mystery], [[Newsarama]], February 17, 2009</ref> It debuted in July 2008, published by the [[Vertigo Comics|Vertigo]] [[imprint]] of [[DC Comics]].<ref name="vert-ency">{{Citation | last = Irvine | first = Alex | author-link = Alexander C. Irvine | contribution = House of Mystery | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The Vertigo Encyclopedia | pages = 88 | publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]] | place = New York | year = 2008 | ISBN = 0-7566-4122-5 | oclc = 213309015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16084 NYCC: Vertigo - Welcome to the Edge], [[Comic Book Resources]], April 19, 2008</ref>
'''House of Mystery''' is an occult and horror-themed [[comic book]] [[comics anthology|anthology]] [[ongoing series|series]] based on the classic ''[[House of Mystery]]'' series that ran from 1951 to 1983. The writers, [[Bill Willingham]] and [[Matthew Sturges]]<ref>[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=147423 Sturges & Willingham on the New House of Mystery], [[Newsarama]], February 20, 2008</ref><ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16316 Sturges is Big Brother of Vertigo’s "House of Mystery"], [[Comic Book Resources]], May 6, 2008</ref><ref>[http://www.newsarama.com/comics/020917-House-Mystery.html House Showing: Matt Sturges on House of Mystery], [[Newsarama]], February 17, 2009</ref>, debuted the series in July 2008 under [[Vertigo Comics|Vertigo]] [[imprint]] of [[DC Comics]].<ref name="vert-ency">{{Citation | last = Irvine | first = Alex | author-link = Alexander C. Irvine | contribution = House of Mystery | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The Vertigo Encyclopedia | pages = 88 | publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]] | place = New York | year = 2008 | ISBN = 0-7566-4122-5 | oclc = 213309015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16084 NYCC: Vertigo - Welcome to the Edge], [[Comic Book Resources]], April 19, 2008</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
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The series is being collected into [[trade paperback (comics)|trade paperback]]:
The series is being collected into [[trade paperback (comics)|trade paperback]]:


*''Room and Boredom'' (collects ''House of Mystery'' #1-5, 128 pages, January 2009, ISBN 1-40122-079-7)<ref>[http://dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=10788 ''Room and Boredom'' details] at DC</ref>
*''Room and Boredom'' (collects ''House of Mystery'' #1-5, 128 pages, January 2009, ISBN13 9781401220792)<ref>[http://dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=10788 ''Room and Boredom'' details] at DC</ref>


*''Love Stories for Dead People'' (collects ''House of Mystery'' #6-10, 128 pages, June 2009, ISBN 1-40122-276-5)<ref>[http://www.dccomics.com/vertigo/comics/?cm=11668 ''Love Stories for Dead People'' details] at DC</ref>
*''Love Stories for Dead People'' (collects ''House of Mystery'' #6-10, 128 pages, June 2009, ISBN13 9781401222765)<ref>[http://www.dccomics.com/vertigo/comics/?cm=11668 ''Love Stories for Dead People'' details] at DC</ref>


*''The Space Between'' (collects ''House of Mystery'' #11-15, 128 pages, January 2010, ISBN 1-40122-581-0)<ref>[http://www.dccomics.com/vertigo/graphic_novels/?gn=13678 ''The Space Between'' details] at DC</ref>
*''The Space Between'' (collects ''House of Mystery'' #11-15, 128 pages, January 2010, ISBN13 9781401225810)<ref>[http://www.dccomics.com/vertigo/graphic_novels/?gn=13678 ''The Space Between'' details] at DC</ref>


*''The Beauty of Decay'' (collects ''House of Mystery'' #16-20 & Halloween Special 2009, 160 pages, released July 2010, ISBN 1-40122-756-2)<ref>[http://www.dccomics.com/vertigo/graphic_novels/?gn=15050 ''The Beauty of Decay'' details] at DC</ref>
*''The Beauty of Decay'' (collects ''House of Mystery'' #16-20 & Halloween Special 2009, 160 pages, released July 2010, ISBN13 97814012275622)<ref>[http://www.dccomics.com/vertigo/graphic_novels/?gn=15050 ''The Beauty of Decay'' details] at DC</ref>

*''Under New Management'' (collects ''House of Mystery'' #21-25, 128 pages, released January 2011, ISBN13 9781401229818)<ref>[http://www.dccomics.com/vertigo/graphic_novels/?gn=16367 ''Under New Management'' details] at DC</ref>

*''Safe As Houses'' (collects ''House of Mystery'' #26-30, 144 pages, released May 2011, ISBN13 9781401231545)<ref>[http://www.dccomics.com/vertigo/graphic_novels/?gn=17712 ''Safe As Houses'' details] at DC</ref>


==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 14:43, 12 April 2011

House of Mystery
Cover of House of Mystery #1 (July 2008). Art by Sam Weber.
Publication information
PublisherVertigo
ScheduleMonthly
FormatOngoing series
Genre
Publication dateJuly 2008 -
No. of issues36 + 2 Halloween Annual (as of April 2011)
Creative team
Written byMatthew Sturges
Bill Willingham
Artist(s)Luca Rossi
Letterer(s)Todd Klein
Colorist(s)Lee Loughridge
Editor(s)Shelly Bond
Angela Rufino

House of Mystery is an occult and horror-themed comic book anthology series based on the classic House of Mystery series that ran from 1951 to 1983. The writers, Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges[1][2][3], debuted the series in July 2008 under Vertigo imprint of DC Comics.[4][5]

Plot

Cain (of Cain and Abel) attempts to return to the House of Mystery, his home in the Dreaming, and finds that it has disappeared. Meanwhile, in Texas, a former architecture student named Bethany "Fig" Keeler flees her burning house, saving only a handful of sketches she once made of a house from her dreams. Keeler is pursued by a "Pair of the Conception", agents of an entity known as the "Omneity"; they are two people, a male and a female, always holding hands. If they let go of one another, they will disappear. The pair chases her through a door and unwittingly into the House of Mystery, where she meets the inhabitants of the house bar and discovers the terms of what is apparently her imprisonment. Everyone must pay for their drinks with stories, and no one can leave without being picked up by the house's mysterious coachman. None of the house's occupants are sure why some people might get to leave and others not, so each person's stay is at least ostensibly eternal until the coachman inexplicably turns up to take them away. This doesn't stop some of the inhabitants from trying to get out, nor does it stop Cain from attempting to get back in.[4]

Collected editions

The series is being collected into trade paperback:

  • Room and Boredom (collects House of Mystery #1-5, 128 pages, January 2009, ISBN13 9781401220792)[6]
  • Love Stories for Dead People (collects House of Mystery #6-10, 128 pages, June 2009, ISBN13 9781401222765)[7]
  • The Space Between (collects House of Mystery #11-15, 128 pages, January 2010, ISBN13 9781401225810)[8]
  • The Beauty of Decay (collects House of Mystery #16-20 & Halloween Special 2009, 160 pages, released July 2010, ISBN13 97814012275622)[9]
  • Under New Management (collects House of Mystery #21-25, 128 pages, released January 2011, ISBN13 9781401229818)[10]
  • Safe As Houses (collects House of Mystery #26-30, 144 pages, released May 2011, ISBN13 9781401231545)[11]

Notes

  1. ^ Sturges & Willingham on the New House of Mystery, Newsarama, February 20, 2008
  2. ^ Sturges is Big Brother of Vertigo’s "House of Mystery", Comic Book Resources, May 6, 2008
  3. ^ House Showing: Matt Sturges on House of Mystery, Newsarama, February 17, 2009
  4. ^ a b Irvine, Alex (2008), "House of Mystery", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The Vertigo Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, p. 88, ISBN 0-7566-4122-5, OCLC 213309015
  5. ^ NYCC: Vertigo - Welcome to the Edge, Comic Book Resources, April 19, 2008
  6. ^ Room and Boredom details at DC
  7. ^ Love Stories for Dead People details at DC
  8. ^ The Space Between details at DC
  9. ^ The Beauty of Decay details at DC
  10. ^ Under New Management details at DC
  11. ^ Safe As Houses details at DC

References

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