Comic Title: Showcase Presents:The House of Mystery Vol. 3 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2009
On Sale Date: January 28, 2009 Direct Market Date January 28, 2009
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Direct Market Date January 28, 2009
Source: Previews, #241

Cover Price: $16.99
Page Count: 520
Editor: Scott Nybakken

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

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.