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Issue: House of Mystery #12
Publication Date: March 1953
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Issues: #12 of 321 Issues (405 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/12/1953
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #224-229)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Secret of the Matador's Sword!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan ?
Inker(s): George Klein ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Pages: 1
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Always Remember!

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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Television Bank
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Devil's Chessboard

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Leonard Starr
Inker(s): Leonard Starr
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Chess expert Alan Blake engages in a deadly game on the magical "devil's chessboard" where every lost piece equals a loss in real life. When Blake's queen is taken, his fiancée suffers a heart attack. She survives only, because Blake can promote a pawn to a queen.
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In Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #226 published August 1974
as The Devil's Chessboard [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #3 published March 2009
as The Devil's Chessboard [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #59 published ?
as Das Schachspiel des Teufels [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: First-person narrative.
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[untitled]

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Pages: 0.33
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The Trial of Harry New!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: A séance offers evidence of the innocence of Harry New who is standing on trial for murder in 1918.
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[untitled]

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Baker's 4 in 1 Instant Cocoa Mix
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed)
Inker(s): Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: To sum up, students...
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Disclose Notes: Includes a plug for The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
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Men Never Die in Cell 13

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Synopsis: Two newspaper reporters fake a murder to write a scoop from the death row. But then a real corpse turns up and things get serious.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #6/1970 published June 1970
as Hemmeligheten i celle 13. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: First-person narrative.
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Spilled Salt!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: Superstitions about salt.
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Necco
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Good Neighbor Spirit

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
Feature(s): Leave It to Binky
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Pages: 1
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Black Future

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ed Smalle
Inker(s): Ed Smalle
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Every prophecy of a fortune teller comes true in the life of Jud Taylor. The fortune teller came from the future and knew about Taylor's life.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: First-person narrative.
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America's Most Famous Ghost

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Miller [as Jack E. Miller]
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: Account of the Bell Witch from Tennessee.
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Pages: 2
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The Secret of the Matador's Sword!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Jose Pinto comes into possession of a magic sword, allowing him to win bullfights up to a certain number. In his last fight the sword proves to be cursed and leads to Pinto's death.
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Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: Cover story. First-person narrative.
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Superman Is on Television!

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wilson Chem. Co.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jowett Institute of Physical Training
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Friendship Studios, Inc.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Bill Starts an Air Rifle Club

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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