Comic Title: House of Mystery:The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2020
On Sale Date: July 21, 2020 Direct Market Date July 22, 2020
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Direct Market Date March 11, 2020
Source: Previews, #370
Listed as 2019

Direct Market Date March 11, 2020
Source: DC Previews, #15

Cover Price: $150.00
Page Count: 840

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Title: "A Deal with a Sorcerer"
Pages: 7

Writer: John Albano
Artist: Nestor P. Redondo

Reprinted From:
House of Mystery #202 (1972)

Feature Character(s)

• Cain (aka Mr. Gaufridi; last appearance in House of Mystery #199; no further appearances)

Villain(s)

• Franklin Owen (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Urbain (an employee of Mr. Gaufridi; no further appearances)
• Paul and his partner (armored car drivers; no further appearances)
• An unnamed tramp and a group of bar patrons (no further appearances)
• Mr. Petty (a millionaire; no further appearances)

Comments:
Although not explicitly stated, Mr. Gaufridi is Cain. How he was able to grant Owen mystic powers is never explained.

Synopsis:
Franklin Owen is a desperate man who has known only poverty and misery. He seeks out a sorcerer named Mr. Gaufridi and bargains his soul in exchange for power to enrich himself. Using his new power, Franklin robs an armored car. While fleeing the scene, police shoot at him and he injures his leg on a fence. A tramp then mugs him of his ill-gotten gains in an alley. When Owen finds the tramp in a bar, the patrons beat him.

Franklin recovers in the hospital and decides that his powers brought him nothing but trouble. He seeks out Gaufridi again to undo his bargain. On the doorstep, he sees a rich man pass by the house. Owen is envious of the man's wealth, so he changes his mind once again. During his next caper, Owen has done in by a witch.