House of Mystery (2008)

House of Mystery (2008)

House of Mystery (2008)

House of Mystery (2008)

Volume 2

Name:

House of Mystery

Start year:

2008

Publisher:

DC Comics

Aliases:

First issue:

House of Mystery #1 Room and Boredom, Part 1: The First Drink is on the House

Last issue:

House of Mystery #42 Three for the Road; A Birth of Spiders; Book Report; Room and Boredom (Slight Refrain)

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An ongoing series and spin-off of The Sandman set in The Dreaming from writer Matthew Sturges and for the first few issues, Bill Willingham. Similar to the original House of Mystery series, there are different stories told each issue with a framing device around them. The premise involves Cain, caretaker of the House of Mystery finding his home disappeared. Eventually a woman by the name of Bethany "Fig" Keele is summoned to the house. Inside the bar, various other characters are forced to tell stories as they come and go.

Annuals

House of Mystery Halloween Annual #1-2

Trade Paperbacks

#01-05: Room and Boredom
#06-10: Love Stories for Dead People
#11-15: The Space Between
#16-20, Halloween Annual #1: The Beauty of Decay
#21-25: Under New Management
#26-30: Safe As Houses
#31-35, Halloween Annual #2: Conception
#36-42: Desolation

Issues

#1 Room and Boredom, Part 1: The First Drink is o… July 1st, 2008

#2 Room and Boredom, Part 2: "...I Was Wondering … August 1st, 2008

#3 Room and Boredom, Part 3: Thanks, But No Thanks September 1st, 2008

#4 Room and Boredom, Part 4: The Longing October 1st, 2008

#5 Room and Boredom, Part 5: She Brought Down the… November 1st, 2008

#6 Love Stories for Dead People: Prologue - The C… December 1st, 2008

#7 Beneath the Skin: Chapter Two of Love Stories … January 1st, 2009

#8 Reveal Yourself: Chapter Three of Love Stories… February 1st, 2009

#9 What You Don't See: Chapter Four of Love Stori… March 1st, 2009

#10 La Belle Et Le Bete Noir: Chapter Five Of Lov… April 1st, 2009

#11 Call and Response: Part One of the Space Betw… May 1st, 2009

#12 Push and Pull: Part Two of the Space Between;… June 1st, 2009

#13 The Thirteenth Hour; The Lace Anniversary; 13… July 1st, 2009

#14 Lost and Found: Part Three of the Space Betwe… August 1st, 2009

#15 Hide and Seek: Part Five of the Space Between… September 1st, 2009

#16 Entropy: Part One of the Beauty of Decay; The… October 1st, 2009

#17 Poetics: Part Two of the Beauty of Decay; Mis… November 1st, 2009

#18 Academics: Part Three of the Beauty of Decay;… December 1st, 2009

#19 Convergence: Part Four of the Beauty of Decay… January 1st, 2010

#20 Elegies: Part Five of the Beauty of Decay; Sp… February 1st, 2010

#21 Management, Part 1 of 4; Abomination March 1st, 2010

#22 Management, Part 2 of 4; Fig and Strawberry's… April 1st, 2010

#23 Management Part 3 of 4; Sucked In May 1st, 2010

#24 Management Part 4 of 4; Romantic Comedy (With… June 1st, 2010

#25 Comes the Hunter; The Heart's Filthy Lesson; … July 1st, 2010

#26 Walden Away/True Love Sucks/The Universe Does… August 1st, 2010

#27 Flying Killer Robots/Mother Issues/Time Trave… September 1st, 2010

#28 Announcement 1: Public/Announcement: Private/… October 1st, 2010

#29 Mindworms/Rejection, Rejected/It's All Done W… November 1st, 2010

#30 Monsters/The Goblin King/Baby Universes/Probl… December 1st, 2010

Characters in volume

Fig Keele Appeared in 41 issue(s)

Cress Appeared in 33 issue(s)

Harry Bailey Appeared in 31 issue(s)

Ann Preston Appeared in 30 issue(s)

Cain Appeared in 29 issue(s)

Tursig Appeared in 28 issue(s)

Jordan Mayer Appeared in 27 issue(s)

Poet Appeared in 26 issue(s)

Algernon Wells Appeared in 25 issue(s)

Peter Keele Appeared in 23 issue(s)

Simon Appeared in 19 issue(s)

Abel Appeared in 17 issue(s)

Genevieve Montaigne Appeared in 17 issue(s)

Strawberry Keele Appeared in 16 issue(s)

Rod Cannon Appeared in 15 issue(s)

Byzantium Mack Appeared in 12 issue(s)

Goldie Appeared in 12 issue(s)

Lotus Blossom Appeared in 12 issue(s)

Mister Overhill Appeared in 12 issue(s)

Keele Appeared in 11 issue(s)

Johnny Spats Appeared in 9 issue(s)

Administrator Ceorel Appeared in 8 issue(s)

Daphne Appeared in 8 issue(s)

Walden Appeared in 8 issue(s)

Floyd Appeared in 7 issue(s)

Queen Diana Appeared in 7 issue(s)

Rina Appeared in 7 issue(s)

Karg Appeared in 6 issue(s)

Hungry Sally Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Chloe Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Died in volume

Abel

Administrator Ceorel

Chloe

Dandy Dirk Prescott

Joseph Meauchand

Karg

Keele

Lucien

Mark

Peter Keele

Poet

Prince Rapture

Queen Diana

Rina

Rod Cannon

Simon

Strawberry Keele

Sukh

Tethys

The Hunter of the Ages

Thinking Man

Tommy the Neck

Concepts in volume

Horror Appeared in 42 issue(s)

Flashback Appeared in 41 issue(s)

Nudity Appeared in 20 issue(s)

Sex Appeared in 19 issue(s)

Anthropomorphism Appeared in 18 issue(s)

Magic Appeared in 13 issue(s)

Ghosts Appeared in 10 issue(s)

Witches Appeared in 8 issue(s)

Familiars Appeared in 6 issue(s)

Robots Appeared in 6 issue(s)

Homosexuality Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Aliens Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Marriage Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Animal Attacks Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Fourth Wall Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Swimming Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Twin Appeared in 3 issue(s)

War Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Detective Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Occult Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Religion Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Substance Abuse Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Suicide Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Werecreatures Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Archery Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Giant Monsters Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Incest Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Knights Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Metafiction Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Ninjas Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Locations in volume

The House of Mystery Appeared in 41 issue(s)

The City in the Space Between Appeared in 8 issue(s)

New York City Appeared in 7 issue(s)

The House of Secrets Appeared in 6 issue(s)

The Dreaming Appeared in 4 issue(s)

France Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Space Appeared in 3 issue(s)

England Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Paris Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Stuffytown Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Austin, Texas Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Boston Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Brooklyn Appeared in 1 issue(s)

California Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Czechia Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Florence Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Georgia Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Golden Gate Bridge Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Hell Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Indiana Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Italy Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Jupiter Appeared in 1 issue(s)

London Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Massachusetts Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Order Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Prague Appeared in 1 issue(s)

San Francisco Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Texas Appeared in 1 issue(s)

The Hollows Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Objects in volume

Vorpal Sword Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Authors in volume

Lee Loughridge Appeared in 42 issue(s)

Lilah Sturges Appeared in 42 issue(s)

Todd Klein Appeared in 42 issue(s)

Luca Rossi Appeared in 35 issue(s)

Angela Rufino Appeared in 33 issue(s)

Esao Andrews Appeared in 33 issue(s)

José Marzán, Jr. Appeared in 33 issue(s)

Shelly Bond Appeared in 18 issue(s)

Bill Willingham Appeared in 9 issue(s)

Gregory Lockard Appeared in 9 issue(s)

Werther Dell'Edera Appeared in 6 issue(s)

Sam Weber Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Andrew Pepoy Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Bernie Wrightson Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Glenn Fabry Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Sergio Aragonés Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Stefano Landini Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Tony Akins Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Aaron Campbell Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Al Davison Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Alisa Kwitney Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Annie Wu Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Antonio Fuso Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Brandon Graham Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Brendan McCarthy Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Carine Brancowitz Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Chris Roberson Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Cristiano Cucina Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Darwyn Cooke Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Dave Justus Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Story arcs in volume

"House of Mystery" Room and Boredom

"House of Mystery" The Beauty of Decay

Teams in volume

Goblins Appeared in 32 issue(s)

Pair of the Conception Appeared in 19 issue(s)

Dragons Appeared in 7 issue(s)

Dinosaurs Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Vampires Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Werewolves Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Pirates Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Mermaids Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Native Americans Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Zombies Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Fairies Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Mummies Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Nazis Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Werecats Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Characters first appearance

Administrator Ceorel In issue #11

Albert Crimp In issue #1

Algernon Wells In issue #1

Ann Preston In issue #1

Baron Qui In issue #42

Bataar In issue #14

Bête Noir In issue #10

Betty In issue #16

Blind Buck In issue #21

Byzantium Mack In issue #6

Chloe In issue #16

Chris In issue #13

Constance Wells In issue #22

Cress In issue #1

Dandy Dirk Prescott In issue #21

David In issue #16

Dickerson In issue #6

Enrico Canepazzo In issue #2

Eric In issue #13

Every1 In issue #37

Fig Keele In issue #1

Floyd In issue #4

Genevieve Montaigne In issue #12

Harry Bailey In issue #1

Hungry Sally In issue #1

Johnny Spats In issue #1

Jordan Mayer In issue #1

Joseph Meauchand In issue #6

Karg In issue #22

Kathy In issue #13