House of Mystery #282 is an issue of the series House of Mystery (Volume 1) with a cover date of July, 1980.
Synopsis for "The Lady Killer Craves Blood"
A vampire takes vengeance when his girlfriend is slain, but since he fed on the blood of a young girl afterwards, he comes to feel that he and the man he murdered are the same so he commits suicide by standing in the dawn's light.
Appearing in "The Lady Killer Craves Blood"
Narrator:
- Cain (Host)
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Synopsis for "I'm Off to My Funeral"
Appearing in "I'm Off to My Funeral"
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Synopsis for Superman: "The Computers That Saved Metropolis!"
This story is reprinted from Superman in The Computers That Saved Metropolis.
Major Disaster uses synthesized Green Kryptonite Crystals to fog Superman's super brain, and launches three attacks on Metropolis. Luckily, with the aid of a microphone attached to his costume, schoolkids Shanna and Alec, pupils of Superman's old friend schoolteacher Ms. Wilson, are able to use their new TRS-80 computers to provide the Man of Steel with the super fast calculations he needs to be able to use his powers to thwart Major Disaster's disasters.
Appearing in Superman: "The Computers That Saved Metropolis!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Lana Lang
- TRS-80 Computer Whiz Kids (First appearance)
- Shanna (First appearance)
- Alec (First appearance)
- Margaret Wilson (First appearance)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Sixth Grade Students
- Timothy Yarrow
- Jason
- Karen
- William
- Metropolis Police Department
- Citizens of Metropolis
- Mom (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Cindy (Single appearance)
- Dad (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Mom (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Tommy (Single appearance)
- Stacey (Single appearance)
- Boyfriend (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- NASA
- Astronauts (Flashback only)
- Computer Operators (Cameo) (Flashback only)
- John Bardeen (Cameo) (Flashback only)
- William Shockley (Cameo) (Flashback only)
- Walter Brattain (Cameo) (Flashback only)
- Computer Factory Workers (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- WGBS Employees
- Cameraman (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Producer (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
Locations:
- 1945 (Mentioned only)
- 1948 (Mentioned only)
- Space
- Krypton (Mentioned only)
- Mars (Mentioned only)
- Jupiter
- Saturn
- The Moon (Flashback only)
- Earth
- Metropolis
- School (Unnamed) (outskirts of Metropolis)
- Sixth Grade Classroom
- Roof
- Major Disaster's Hideout
- 344 Clinton Street
- Clark Kent's Apartment
- Airport (Unnamed)
- Metropolis Resevoir (Destroyed)
- Metropolis Police Headquarters
- School (Unnamed) (outskirts of Metropolis)
- Nuclear Reactor (Unnamed) (north of Metropolis)
- Metropolis
Items:
- ENIAC (Unnamed) (Flashback only)
- Apollo Program
- Viking Program
- Voyager Program
- Radio Tubes
- Transistors
- TRS-80 Microcomputers
- BASIC
- Tornado
- Green Kryptonite (as Kryptonite crystals)
- Thunderstorm
- Flood
- Radioactive Gases
Vehicles:
- Challenger Lunar Module
- Sports Car
- Jetliner
Synopsis for "Some Place Where the Sun Don't Shine"
Appearing in "Some Place Where the Sun Don't Shine"
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Notes
- "The Computers That Saved Metropolis!" was produced for a RadioShack giveaway comic. It was also published in Action Comics #509, Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2) #265 and Superboy (Volume 2) #7.