House of Mystery #186
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Secret of the Egyptian Cat," sorcerer Konassos brings his mysterious white cat to the House of Mystery, where Cain witnesses a startling transformation. The tale unfolds through the haunting story of Isha, an Egyptian priestess of Nu-Ta the Cat-God, captured and turned into a white cat by Konassos’s dark magic. Written by Robert Kanigher and illustrated with eerie precision by Wrightson, this chilling fantasy blends ancient mysticism and feline vengeance. The cover, a striking piece by Neal Adams, captures the story’s eerie allure.
In "The Secret of the Egyptian Cat," a chilling tale from House of Mystery #186, sorcerer Konassos brings his white cat to the House of Mystery, where Cain witnesses a haunting transformation. The cat becomes Isha, a captured Egyptian priestess of Nu-Ta the Cat-God, who was turned into a feline by Konassos to keep her under his control. Now trapped in animal form, she must outwit her captor and find a way to reclaim her humanity—before her only ally, Ra-Na, falls victim to the sorcerer’s cruelty.
In "Nightmare," a lonely girl named Judy forms a secret bond with Pan, an animated statue that brings her joy in a dreamlike world. As her real-world health falters and her father tries to convince her the friendship was only imagination, the line between fantasy and reality begins to blur—until a quiet, heartbreaking moment reveals what might have truly been real all along.
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Reprinted in Limited Collectors' Edition #C-23 (1973), House of Mystery #225 (1974), Cauchemars #[nn] (1979), DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #17 (1982), Iskalde Grøss #1/1982 (1982), The Masterworks Series of Great Comic Book Artists #3 (1983), Dossier Negro #216 (1988), Fantomen #8/1996 (1996), Fantomet #8/1996 (1996), Fantomet #13/1997 (1997), Welcome Back to the House of Mystery #1 (1998), Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery #1 (2006), Classici DC: House of Mystery #2 (2009), Classici DC: House of Mystery #1 (2009), House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus #1 (2019), Horror #72
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