House of Mystery Vol. 3: The Space Between
House of Mystery’s third arc meanders unenlighteningly. Rina, who somehow left the house in the first arc, is in the space between worlds, where a dead ringer for John Barrymore’s Hyde in the silent Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde persuades her to betray the house to an army of monsters. At the house, Fig’s getting down with barkeep Harry. Later, during a fight, Fig’s dad carries Harry into the space between, where other house denizens eventually join them. With the gratifying exceptions of Gilbert Hernandez (Love and Rockets) and especially Eric Powell (The Goon), the guest artists of House’s trademark interpolated stories merely vary main-story artist Luca Rossi’s stylistic theme. --Ray Olson