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Cover: Michael Wm. Kaluta
House of Mystery #295
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Chapter 4: Mother Love / Mother Hate!", a group of thieves deploy a bizarre plan using laughing gas laced with Kryptonite to disable Superman—only for the Man of Steel to outwit them with a surprisingly effective weapon: Twinkies. With art by Curt Swan and inks by Vince Colletta, this 1981 House of Mystery tale blends surreal menace with unexpected humor, all framed by Michael Wm. Kaluta’s striking cover.
Contains 4 stories
Chapter 4: Mother Love / Mother Hate!
Andrew BennettDmitri MishkinDeborah DancerMary, Queen of Blood (flashback)Dunya Mishkin [Miss Smith](flashback)Ivan Mishkin (flashback)
Red or Blue?
Cain (host)
The Unveiling
Cain (host)
A Louse Is Not a Home
Cain (host)
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Full credits
writer J. M. DeMatteis
artist, inker Tom Sutton
colorist Adrienne Roy
letterer John Costanza
cover pencils, inks Michael Wm. Kaluta
Reprints
Reprinted in Lyn Gordon #14/1982 (1982), The House of Mystery Special #2 (1984), Jeg...en vampyr #1 (1984), I, Vampire #[nn] (2012), DC Through the '80s: The End of Eras #[nn] (2021)
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