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Issue: House of Mystery #17
Publication Date: August 1953
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Issues: #17 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: 06/08/1953
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (credited)
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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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Station G-H-O-S-T!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ruben Moreira
Inker(s): Ruben Moreira
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Line of Stars

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Station G-H-O-S-T!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ruben Moreira (signed)
Inker(s): Ruben Moreira (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Andrew Gill; Tom; Bold Eagle; Jeff; Timothy Gill (Ghost); Mr. Yorke; Eddie
Synopsis: Andrew Gill wants to buy the house his ancestor supposedly haunts and uses some trickery on the current owner.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGhosts #3 published January 1972
as Station G-H-O-S-T! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #17 published January 1975
as Station G-H-O-S-T [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Ghosts #1 published January 2012
as Station G-H-O-S-T! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Mission of the Planet of Ice

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sam Glankoff (signed)
Inker(s): Sam Glankoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Sam Glankoff ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Popsicle; Major Mars
Character(s): Major Mars
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray Thompson ?
Penciller(s): Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed)
Inker(s): Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ray Thompson ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Fleer; Dubble Bubble
Character(s): Pud
First Line: Your turn to bat, Pud...
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Includes a plug for polio research.
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Beauty and the Beast!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Ray Burnley
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Synopsis: Linda the lion tamer gets involved in the schemes of a criminal circus director. She is made to believe to inhabit the powers of Greek sorceress Circe who changed men into animals.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: First-person narrative
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A Sprint in Time Spikes Crime

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
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Pages: 1
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Binky Shows "How to Spend a Summer Week!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
Feature(s): Binky
Character(s): Binky
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Pages: 1
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The Man with the X-Ray Eyes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Howard Sherman
Inker(s): Howard Sherman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Synopsis: Police plot to make a murderer confess to his crime. They paint the picture of the murder victim on contact lenses – so the killer is always confronted by the sight.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: First-person narrative.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Pages: 0.33
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Swindle's Ghost

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Miller [as Jack E. Miller] (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Synopsis: Account of Prof. Swindle's phenomenon called "after-images."
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Small illo.
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Black Cat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: The black cat superstition
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Pages: 1
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The Ordeal of Roger Black

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Ely
Inker(s): Bill Ely
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Synopsis: The executioner Roger Black rigs his jobs so that the criminals can escape – and pay him well. In the end something goes wrong, though, and Black takes a weapon in his hand…
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jowett Institute of Physical Training
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stuart Greetings, Inc.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Junior Space Pilots on the Beam!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ray Thompson [as R. T.] (signed)
Inker(s): Ray Thompson [as R. T.] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wilson Chemical Co.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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