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 Lilah Sturges (credited as “Matthew Sturges”), [2] [ 3] [4] debuted the series in July 2008 under the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics . [5] [6]
Plot
Cain (of Cain and Abel ) to the House of Mystery, his home in the Dreaming , and finds that it has disappeared. Seven years later, in Texas, a form architecture student named Bethany “Fig” Keele flees her house burning, saving a handful of skits she once made of a house from her dreams. Keele is pursued by a “Pair of the Conception”, agents of an entity known as “Omneity”; They are two people, a male and a female, always holding hands. If they let go of one another, they will disappear. The peer chases her through the door of the House of Mystery, where she meets the inhabitants of the bar and discovers the terms of what is apparently her imprisonment. Everyone must pay for their drinks with stories, and no one can leave their house by mysterious coachman. None of the house’s occupants are sure why some people might get s stay is at least ostensibly eternal until the coachman inexplicably turns up to take them away. This does not stop some of the inhabitants of trying to get out, nor does it stop. [5]
Collected editions
The series is being collected into trade paperback :
- Room and Boredom (collects House of Mystery # 1-5, 128 pages, January 2009, ISBN 978-1-4012-2079-2 ) [7]
- Love Stories for Dead People (Collects House of Mystery # 6-10, 128 pages, June 2009, ISBN 978-1-4012-2276-5 ) [8]
- The Space Between (Collects House of Mystery # 11-15, 128 pages, January 2010, ISBN 978-1-4012-2581-0 ) [9]
- The Beauty of Decay (collects House of Mystery # 16-20 & Halloween Special 2009, 160 pages, released July 2010, ISBN 978-1-4012-2756-2 ) [10]
- Under New Management (Collects House of Mystery # 21-25, 128 pages, released January 2011, ISBN 978-1-4012-2981-8 ) [11]
- Safe As Houses (Collects House of Mystery # 26-30, 144 pages, released May 2011, ISBN 978-1-4012-3154-5 ) [12]
- Design (collects House of Mystery # 31-35 & Halloween Special 2010, 160 pages, released December 2011, ISBN 978-1-4012-3264-1 ) [13]
- Desolation (collects House of Mystery # 36-42, 160 pages, released August 2012, ISBN 978-1-4012-3495-9 ) [14]
Notes
- Jump up^ “Vertigo House Comics of Mystery # 42” . DC Comics . Retrieved 2011-08-10 .
- Jump up^ Sturges & Willingham on the New House of Mystery Archived2009-12-16 at theWayback Machine.,Newsarama, February 20, 2008
- Jump up^ Sturges is Big Brother of Vertigo’s “House of Mystery”,Comic Book Resources, May 6, 2008
- Jump up^ House Showing: Matt Sturges on House of Mystery,Newsarama, February 17, 2009
- ^ Jump up to: a b Irvine, Alex (2008), “House of Mystery”, in Dougall, Alastair, The Vertigo Encyclopedia , New York: Dorling Kindersley , p. 88, ISBN 0-7566-4122-5 , OCLC 213309015
- Jump up^ NYCC: Vertigo – Welcome to the Edge,Comic Book Resources, April 19, 2008
- Jump up^ Room and Boredom detailsat DC
- Jump up^ Love Stories for Dead People detailsat DC
- Jump up^ The Space Between detailsat DC
- Jump up^ The Beauty of Decay detailsat DC
- Jump up^ Under New Management detailsat DC
- Jump up^ Safe As Houses Detailsat DC
- Jump up^ Design detailsat DC
- Jump up^ Desolation detailsat DC
References
- ‘ House of Mystery’ at the Grand Comics Database
- House of Mystery at the DB Comic Book