Comic Title: House of Mystery #224
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: Apr/May 1974
On Sale Date: January 10, 1974 Newsstand Date January 10, 1974
Source: Comic Reader, #103

Copyright Date January 10, 1974
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1974

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.60
Page Count: 96
Circulation: 178025
Editor: Joe Orlando

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "Abraca-Doom"
Pages: 9

Feature(s):
Spectre (of Earth-2)

Writer: Dennis J. O'Neil
Artist: Bernie Wrightson

Reprinted From:
Spectre #9 (1969)

Feature Character(s)

• Spectre (last appearance in Spectre #9; next appearance in Spectre #9)

Villain(s)

• The Devil (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Fredrick Foost and Willard (an amateur magician and his assistant; no further appearances)
• The royal family of Marlovia (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The Spectre investigates the life of Fredrick Foost, a small-time magician. Foost bargains with the Devil, who gives him a magic wand known as Abraca-Doom. Foost uses the wand to acheive fame as a professional magician. He then begins amassing power by making himself the ruler of a small country. The Spectre continues to withhold judgment, until Foost presses for additional power. Foost then encounters his old assistant Willard who made the same bargain with the Devil as his old boss. The two magicians then must pay the price for their demonic bargains as the Devil collects their souls.