House of Mystery #180 is an issue of the series House of Mystery (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1969.
Synopsis for "Comes a Warrior"
A warrior seeks a quest to immortalize him and believes he has found it in a dragon that is said to be menacing a village. He succeeds in slaying the dragon, but the animating spirit of the dragon reveals to him that he was a guardian of the demon-temple preventing the foul demons from escaping, and now because of the warrior's actions, they are free.
Appearing in "Comes a Warrior"
Narrator:
- Cain (Host)
Featured Characters:
- Rangarry (Single appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- A Dragon (Single appearance; dies)
- Guardian spirit (Single appearance)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- A villager (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
Locations:
- House of Mystery
- 673 A.D.
- A small village
- Temple of Ashtar
Items:
- Rangarry's sword
Synopsis for "His Name Is... Kane"
Gil Kane goes to the House of Mystery to write his own stories, but the editor pursues him, insults his penciling, and Kane kills him. But the editor and writer have their revenge by pulling Kane into a piece of his own artwork, which Cain comments "is exactly like what he's been drawing for 40 years" and hangs the framed picture on the wall of Room 13.
Appearing in "His Name Is... Kane"
Narrator:
- Cain (Host)
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Other Characters:
Locations:
Synopsis for "Scared to Life"
A man sees a man during the night carrying a coffin who disappears after a few moments right before his eyes. The episode is so eerie that he never forgets it, and ten years later, he sees the same face on the elevator operator as he prepares to enter the elevator. This shocks him so much that he resolves to ask the office manager who the employee is, but before he can reach the office down the hall, a shuddering crash is heard as the elevator cable breaks and the operator and everyone inside are killed.
Appearing in "Scared to Life"
Narrator:
- Cain (Host)
Featured Characters:
- Lord Dufferin (Single appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Ghastly coffin carrier (As a spirit) (Single appearance)
Locations:
Notes
- In the second story, Gil Kane and his associates break the Fourth Wall by stepping into the story from the outside.
- The Marv Wolfman/Bernie Wrightson third story, in this issue, has basically the same plot with a minor variation as the Steve Ditko story in Tales of Suspense 21.
- "Comes a Warrior" is reprinted in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery Vol. 1.
- "His Name Is... Kane" is reprinted in Limited Collectors' Edition #C-23, Welcome Back to the House of Mystery #1, and Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery Vol. 1.
- "Scared to Life" is reprinted in House of Mystery #226 and Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery Vol. 1.
- Other features appearing in this issue of House of Mystery include:
- "Cain's Game Room" by Sergio Aragonés. Reprinted in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery Vol. 1.
- "Oscar Horns In!", a text story by Cliff Rhodes, with illustrations by Joe Orlando. Reprinted in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery Vol. 1.
- "Cain's True Case Files" drawn by Morris Waldinger. This particular true-crime article originally appeared in Gang Busters #33, it appears again in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery Vol. 1.
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