ST302 The Wider DC Horror Line: From Cain and Abel to Vertigo

Cain and Abel: the hosts

The House of Mystery and the House of Secrets, their hosts, and what Moore and Gaiman did with them.

About 120 minutes.

Reading for this lesson

Required House of Mystery #175 Bob Haney, Jack Sparling and Joe Orlando (Cain's first appearance) the issue, or at least the host pages

The Grand Comics Database lists the contents.
Required House of Secrets #81 Various; Abel as host the issue, or the host pages

Link
Required The Saga of the Swamp Thing #33: "Abandoned Houses" Alan Moore (writer); reprints the House of Secrets #92 story by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson within a new frame the whole issue

Re-read from ST202.

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Required The Sandman #2: "Imperfect Hosts" Neil Gaiman (writer), Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg (art) the whole issue