Greetings! Welcome to the basement of the House of Mystery! I'm Cain--capricious caretaker and downright awful plumber--trying to figure out what's plugging up the works down here before this whole, mind-bending issue goes right down the drain... Heh...Heh...Heh... 
- — Cain
House of Mystery #205 is an issue of the series House of Mystery (Volume 1) with a cover date of August, 1972.
Synopsis for "The Coffin Creature"
Two trappers meet a ghost in the swamp who drifts around in a coffin looking for lost jewels.
Appearing in "The Coffin Creature"
Narrator:
- Cain (Host)
Featured Characters:
- Stinky (Single appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Pierre (Single appearance; dies)
Antagonists:
- The coffin creature / Mrs. La Plat (Dies in flashback) (As a spirit)
Other Characters:
- Claude La Plat (Flashback only)
- A drifter (Dies in flashback)
Locations:
- La Plat Plantation
Items:
- La Plat Jewels
Vehicles:
- Pirogue boat
Synopsis for "Phony Face!"
An alien plays a joke on a wanted criminal by telling him that he is a plastic surgeon and he can change his looks for half the money he stole. The criminal agrees, and after the operation is completed and the bandages removed he plans to shoot him, but he only finds the human mask the creature was wearing. When he looks into the mirror, he sees that his face is hideously distorted.
Appearing in "Phony Face!"
Narrator:
- Cain (Host)
Featured Characters:
- Grant Weymore (Single appearance)
Antagonists:
- Dr. Magog (Single appearance)
Synopsis for "Over The High Side"
Appearing in "Over The High Side"
Narrator:
- Cain (Host)
Featured Characters:
- Dave the Buck (Single appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- "Sweet Lips", Dave's girlfriend (Single appearance)
Antagonists:
- Beelzebub ( In humanoid form)
Locations:
- Biker Garage
- Lombard Ravine
- Demons Road
Vehicles:
- Motorcycle
Notes
- Cain's preface was drawn by Bernie Wrightson.
- This issue is reprinted in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery Vol. 2.
- This issue's "Cain's Game Room" was done by John Albano.
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