Mystery of the Manse: Part One

Mystery of the Manse:Part One
First page of the story.
INDUCKS	XU HM 1F
Writer(s)	Dan Vado
Artist(s)	Mike Moss Brian Belew
Dates	October of 2005 (release date)

Mystery of the Manse: Part One is the first episode of Mystery of the Manse, written by Dan Vado and drawn by Mike Moss and Brian Belew. It features the Ghost Host, and, within his story, his mortal identity of William Gracey (identifying the Host with Master Gracey) as well as Captain Randall Pace.

Plot

The Ghost Host decides to tell his life's story — taking him back to his days as Master William Gracey, first mate of Captain Pace's ship the Pomona, and the fateful night when he beheaded his treacherous captain in a fit of anger, becoming the dreaded pirate “Captain Blood”!

Continuity

• Mystery of the Manse: Final Chapter (2006) establishes that the Host is talking to a Treasure-Hunter.

Behind the scenes

This story was only ever published in October of 2005 in SLG's The Haunted Mansion #1.

Comics & prose based on The Haunted Mansion

Comics SLG Publishing Mystery of the Manse & The Interview • Mystery of the Manse: Part One • Mystery of the Manse: Part Two • Mystery of the Manse: Part Three • Mystery of the Manse: Part Four • • Mystery of the Manse: Part Five • Mystery of the Manse: Final Chapter • The Interview • The Follow-Up Interview • The Final Interview • Misery of the Manse: Part 1 • Anthology Comics • Room for a Thousand • Blueprint for Murder • While the Fifi is Away… • Talking Heads • The New Groundskeeper • Unlicensed & Unofficial Kelly Green's Haunted Mansion Fancomics • Ghoulish Delight • I Can't Even • Impending Doom Is Funny • Prisoner's Escape • It's THAT Time Of Year • Rude • Origins • The Best Pal He'll Ever Have • • Tragic • Never Think Out Loud • Joining the Party • Meanwhile in the Attic • Holiday Spirit • Lack of Communication • Gracey, Please • • Missy and the Hitchhiking Ghost • Not The Reaction He Wanted • Emma Mosier's Haunted Mansion Fancomics • The Museum of the Strange and Unusual • The Ghost Host Doesn't Like Flash • Hattie and Connie's First Meeting • Packing • Hatty and Emily Reunion • Others • Ghost Love • The Misadventures of Miss Ghast • Happy Haunts • Charlie's Head Is In The Hatbox • Other • Coff-In! • Seekers of the Weird • Disney Kingdoms' Haunted Mansion • Cookie Creeps • Prose Short Stories • Spooky Tenants • Family Secrets • A Chat with the Hatbox Ghost • A Haunted Mansion Tale • Solo Books • The Story and Song of the Haunted Mansion • The Haunted Mansion Read-Along Book • Magic from the Haunted Mansion • • Ghost Gallery • Haunted Mansion Pop-Up Book • Haunted Happenings • Short Story Collections & Book Series Enter If You Dare! • The Fortune-Teller • The Face in the Mirror • Music To Their Ears • The Eyes Have It • Late For The Wedding • Tales from the Haunted Mansion • The Fearsome Foursome • Midnight at Madame Leota's • Grim Grinning Ghosts • Memento Mori •