Welcome Back to the House of Mystery #1

In "The Gourmet," wealthy food connoisseur Vernon Glute finds his obsession with the finest frog legs tested when his lavish lifestyle collides with an unnatural swarm of legless frogs. With his ever-loyal servant Hormsley at his side and the story hosted by Cain, the feast turns deadly as the kitchen becomes a battleground of hunger and horror.

In "Sno' Fun!", Dr. Wallace B. Peterson’s ambition leads him to murder his colleague Professor Strauss, only to be captured by a forgotten race of monstrous beings in Antarctica. Years later, he escapes and seeks refuge at the House of Mystery, where his strange transformation finally reveals the true cost of his survival.

In "The Secret of the Egyptian Cat," a tale from Welcome Back to the House of Mystery #1, sorcerer Konassos brings his enigmatic white cat, Ra-Na, to the House of Mystery, where host Cain witnesses a chilling transformation. The cat, once the priestess Isha, recounts her captivity and transformation at Konassos’s hands, her desperate quest for vengeance unfolding through ancient magic and a feline companion’s loyalty.

In "The House of Endless Years," two girls, Judy and Peggy, venture into a haunted house to find Peggy's missing brother, Neal, only to encounter an ancient hag who warns them to flee. As they press on, the house reveals its true nature—a place that feeds on fear and traps its victims in an endless cycle of dread, stretching time into an unending nightmare.

In "The Demon Within!", a young boy named Gary Winters struggles with a terrifying secret—his body transforms into a monstrous form in public, leaving fear in its wake. As his family grapples with how to help him, desperate measures push them toward a decision that could change everything.

In "The Burning!", Adam Strat awakens with no memory, rescued from death by Meg Cooper, a witch whose appearance belies her power. When he betrays her to the village, her fate unfolds in fire—and Adam’s true nature is revealed in the ashes.

In the eerie halls of the House of Mystery, comic book legend Gil Kane seeks escape from his creative stagnation—only to find himself trapped in a nightmare of his own making. When his editor, Joe Orlando, confronts him with sharp words, the tension erupts in a shocking moment that spirals beyond control. Now, Gil Kane’s fate is etched into the very art he once created, framed by Abel and displayed among the House’s other haunted masterpieces.

In this chilling summer tale from *Welcome Back to the House of Mystery #1*, young Richard, a boy in a wheelchair, arrives at a remote camp only to find the air thick with unease. As one camper vanishes into the lake, the others grow convinced the counselors are alien invaders—and begin hunting them down. When Richard tries to warn the head counselor, Ressler, he becomes the next target, fleeing through the woods only to uncover a truth far stranger than he ever imagined.

In 1850 Paris, sculptor Pierre Gouny pushes the limits of his craft, discovering a way to bring his creations to life—only to find his ambitions clashing with his wife Clothilde’s demands for commercial gargoyle work. When he fashions a statue of a woman to escape their stifling life, Clothilde destroys it, driving him to a desperate act that traps her within a gargoyle’s form, where she awakens… and he becomes part of the sculpture.