DC Special #11

DC Comics

United States

Published
March-April 1971
Page count
68
Cover price
0.25 USD
Colour
Colour
Size
Silver Age size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
DC [single circle]
 
DC [single circle]
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/24077

Credits

Editing
Joe Orlando, Editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Beware...the Monsters Are Here! Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense
Code
J-1034

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Neal Adams, line art
 
, inker
 
Bernie Wrightson , inker
Colours
, colourist
Text
Gaspar Saladino, letterer
Show/hide 1. Untitled Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1 page

"Gadzooks!"

Featuring

Genre
Humour; horror-suspense
Code
J-798
Characters
Cain

Credits

Writing
Len Wein , scripter
Art
Sergio Aragonés, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist
Text
Ben Oda , letterer
Show/hide 2. The House of Gargoyles! (Cain) Comic story, 11.67 pages

Featuring

Feature
Cain
Genre
Horror-suspense
Characters
Cain (host); Francois (sculptor, flashback); French sculptor; Jimmy; Samuel

Credits

Writing
Sergio Aragonés, scripter
Art
Jack Sparling, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist
Text
Milt Snapinn , letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #175 (July-August 1968)
The House of Gargoyles
Also printed
Australia
Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #55 ([November 1969?])
The House of Gargoyles

Synopsis

Gargoyles come to life and take revenge on the man who killed their designer.

Show/hide 3. Survey Winners Promo (ad from the publisher), 1 page

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, typeset
Show/hide 4. The Moon Monster (Cain) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Cain
Genre
Horror-suspense
Code
J-1054
Characters
Cain (host); Martin Kell; Dr. Gaines; Karaba; Chief Sutaya (flashback)

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Bernard Baily, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
Joe Letterese , letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #97 (April 1960)
The Moon Monster
Also printed
Australia
Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #28 (August 1960)
The Moon Monster

Synopsis

Radiation from a meteorite transforms a man into a strange creature that affects gravity like the moon.

Show/hide 5. The Creatures from Nowhere! Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense
Code
J-1055
Characters
Cain (host); Tom Conroy; Anna Smith; Police Chief Hodges

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Jack Kirby, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
Artie Simek, letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #70 (January 1958)
The Creatures from Nowhere
Also printed
Australia
Five-Score Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #11 (March 1959)
The Creatures from Nowhere!
 
United States
The Jack Kirby Omnibus (DC, 2011 series) #1 (July 2011)
The Creatures from Nowhere

Synopsis

When strange creatures appear all over town, anthropologist Tom Conroy is called to try to understand where they came from.

Show/hide 6. Welcome to Our Monster Convention! (Cain) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Cain
Genre
Humour; horror-suspense
Code
J-921?
Characters
Cain

Credits

Writing
Len Wein , scripter
Art
Sergio Aragonés, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
Ben Oda , letterer
Show/hide 7. Return of the Barsto Beast Comic story, 7.67 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense
Code
J-1061
Characters
Lance Steele; Greg Peters; Roger Vardon

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Ruben Moreira, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #116 (November 1961)
Return of the Barsto Beast

Synopsis

A film crew comes to a town to make a movie about a monster that terrorized the town years earlier. During filming the star is turned into a monster.

Show/hide 8. Prisoners on Beast Asteroid (Cain) Comic story, 8.67 pages

Featuring

Feature
Cain
Genre
Science fiction
Code
J-1057
Characters
Cain (host); Mark; Vern

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Ruben Moreira, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist
Text
Joe Letterese , letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #113 (August 1961)
We Were Prisoners on Beast Asteroid

Synopsis

Two space explorers on a distant asteroid are menaced by four creatures that emerge from mysterious capsules.

Show/hide 9. Moonstruck Text story, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense
Code
J-1041

Credits

Writing
Len Wein, author
Art
, line art (illustration)
Colours
, colourist
Text
, typeset
Show/hide 10. The Stone Sentinels of Giant Island (Cain) Comic story, 7.67 pages

Featuring

Feature
Cain
Genre
Horror-suspense
Code
J-1056
Characters
Cain (host); Professor Spears; Morgan; Drew; Harry

Credits

Writing
Jack Kirby , scripter
Art
Jack Kirby, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
Joe Letterese, letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #85 (April 1959)
The Stone Sentinels of Giant Island
Also printed
Australia
Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #24 (April 1960)
The Stone Sentinels of Giant Island

Synopsis

A scientific expedition comes across an unknown island with stone statues resembling those on Easter Island. After one of the statues comes to life, Prof. Spears deciphers an tablet and discovers that the statues are sentries for an ancient alien base under the island. Luckily, the tablet also tells the scientists how to deactivate the sentries, and they are able to escape before the island submerges.

Show/hide 11. That's It, Kiddies! (Cain) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Cain
Genre
Humour; horror-suspense
Code
J-834
Characters
Cain

Credits

Writing
Len Wein , scripter
Art
Sergio Aragonés, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist
Text
Ben Oda , letterer

Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.