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Issue: House of Mystery #174
Publication Date: May 1968
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Issues: #174 of 321 Issues (405 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/14/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

First issue edited by Joe Orlando; genre changes from superhero to horror.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #1 published April 2006
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #1 published April 2006
as House of Mystery #174 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Per Joe Orlando, from an interview in Comic Book Artist #1: "Carmine gave me the book (House of Mystery) and I remember that I drew the first cover from Carmine's layout." On The Drawing Board #66, April 1968, credits Roussos with cover art. Some suspect Orlando penciled and Roussos inked the cover.

Nick Cardy is erroneously credited in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 and the book The Art of Nick Cardy, along with Carmine Infantino and George Roussos on inks.
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The Wondrous Witch's Cauldron

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Synopsis: A witch's cauldron that brings it's owner fame, fortune, and long life passes from owner to owner.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #58 published January 1963
was The Wondrous Witch's Cauldron [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3.5
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The Man Who Hated Good Luck!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Synopsis: In order to receive great fortune, Don Barker must reject three lesser stroked of good luck.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #17 published February 1959
was The Man Who Hated Good Luck! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.5
Disclose Notes: Phantom Stranger-esque character
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Page 13
First Line: You'd better hang on to your good luck amulets...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #1 published April 2006
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Lt. Hunter; Hellcats; Spectre
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Comics on sale during March 1968. Small cover images for Our Fighting Forces #113 and Spectre #4.
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Museum of Worthless Inventions

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Professor Amos Todd
First Line: All these crazy contraptions are scientifically impossible! Could this be... witchcraft?
Synopsis: Amos Todd sells tickets to his Museum of Worthless Inventions when he sees a flash of light come through the rain clouds. He shows a gold making machine and then a power pill which converts water to gasoline. He is surprised when the water suddenly bursts into flame. In the storm he helps a doctor's car with a power pill and water. He finds all inventions now work and fixes the hospital generator with a perpetual motion machine. Back at the museum criminals steal the gold making machine. Todd follows using mechanical wings which stop working as he lands. All machines return to uselessness.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #13 published October 1958
was Museum of Worthless Inventions [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
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The Court of Creatures

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Mark Merlin; Elsa; Cottswald Creatures
Synopsis: Mark exposes Governor Tarsus' plot to keep himself in power by scaring his people with the Cottswald Creatures.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #43 published April 1961
was The Court of Creatures [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8.5
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1.

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