House of Mystery 1951 #251 - 4.5 - $10.00

Promo for Black Lightning #1 (April 1977).

On-sale date from Comic Reader #138.

• - Cover art based in part on unpublished earlier version of cover by Jose-Luis Garcia-Lopez and Bernie Wrightson. Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
• - Framing sequence interspersed before, after, and between the stories. Credits given in letter column in issue #254
• - Letters submitted by Eric Broncke; D.B. Webb; Mike White; Larry Nolletti; Kelly Higgins; Matt Wasserman; O.R. Conant.
• The Collector - The original breakdowns for this story turned up at Auction. Bluelines by Al Sirois with graphite by Wally Wood as Wood refined the work before producing the full pencils.
• Tour of the Top Floor of the House of Mystery - Abel inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited John Calnan. Editorial Coordinator Paul Levitz is caricatured.
• Page 60 Maze - Maze created by Bob Rozakis