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Issue: House of Mystery #3
Publication Date: April 1952
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Issues: #3 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: 02/04/1952
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (managing); Mort Weisinger (assistant); George Kashdan (assistant)
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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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The Dummy of Death!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Brown
Inker(s): Ray Burnley
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
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Buzzy Says "Be Sure of Your Facts!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Buzzy
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The Dummy of Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Brown
Inker(s): Bob Brown
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Synopsis: Ventriloquist James Lang murders his colleague Wendell and steals his puppet "Blockhead". He manages to be successful, until Blockhead starts talking and revealing the murder of his former puppeteer.
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Pages: 7.67
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Vitalis Hair Cream
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Pages: 0.33
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What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
Character(s): Gretchen Fraser
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The Mysterious Painting!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Morris Waldinger
Inker(s): Morris Waldinger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Morris Waldinger
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Synopsis: Two painters separately paint the same picture.
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In Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #12 published April 1957
as The Mysterious Painting [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #57 published November 1962
as The Mysterious Painting! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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"Lucky" Luden's and His Pal Go Exploring in a Haunted House...

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Feature(s): Luden's Cough Drops
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She Wakes Up Screaming

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ruben Moreira (signed)
Inker(s): Ruben Moreira
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Synopsis: Mary Stokes suffers from bouts of madness. Her husband and her doctor surprise her with weird tricks to shock her back to sanity.
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Pages: 6
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed)
Inker(s): Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: Gee! A new boy!
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Ancient Legend!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Morris Waldinger
Inker(s): Morris Waldinger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Morris Waldinger
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Synopsis: Account of haunted landscapes.
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Out of This World; Necco
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The Prophecy of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Howard Purcell
Inker(s): Howard Purcell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Synopsis: A party of explorers opens up an Egyptian tomb and is hit by a curse of death and madness. Professor Sutton, however, has been manipulating events for his own financial benefit.
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I Was a Victim of Black Magic!

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jon Small
Inker(s): George Roussos
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Synopsis: A wheat fungus makes a French woman fantasize about demons.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Phantom Stranger #17 published January 1972
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: First-person narrative.
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He Hunted Ghosts

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David Kahn [as Don King]
Penciller(s): Raymond Perry
Inker(s): Raymond Perry
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Synopsis: Ghost-hunter Harry Price investigates haunted Borley Rectory in England.
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The House Where Evil Lived!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Synopsis: Paul and Helen Morris win a house on the Mexican border which is said to be haunted. Three men died there, and nightly spooks keep running through the cellar. Turns out that illegal aliens are smuggled through the house into US territory.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Feature(s): The Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog
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Feature(s): Wilson Chem. Co.
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Hey Skinny! ...Yer Ribs Are Showing!

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Feature(s): Charles Atlas
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Harman (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Harman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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