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Issue: House of Mystery #41
Publication Date: August 1955
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Issues: #41 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 Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/31/1955
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 14 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
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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Dinosaur Island!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Ely
Inker(s): Bill Ely
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Draw Me!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Art Instruction, Inc.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Impossible Tricks!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Leonard Starr
Inker(s): Leonard Starr
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Synopsis: Two journalists work to expose a stage magician's tricks, but one of them is secretly working with the fraud to undermine the investigation.
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Pages: 6
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This Famous Symbol Is Your Guarantee...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer; Charles Paris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #205 and Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #221
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The House That Couldn't Be Destroyed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Howard Sherman
Inker(s): Howard Sherman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Synopsis: A wrecking crew is unable to demolish a house until the last descendant of its ancestral family dies.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Moolah the Mystic
Character(s): Moolah the Mystic
First Line: Ah, come right in.
Synopsis: Moolah's powers of prognostication don't work very well.
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In Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #56 published December 1960
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Pages: 1
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Greeting Cards of Destiny

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jim McArdle
Inker(s): Jim McArdle
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Synopsis: Several people receive antique greeting cards which seem to successfully foretell coming disasters.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Professor Eureka
Character(s): Professor Eureka
First Line: Professor, I want you to go to Egypt...
Synopsis: The professor investigates the tomb of King Tut-Anka.
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Pages: 2
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Strangest Rainfalls in History

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Miller (credited)
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
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Pages: 2
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Binky Says: "Never Underestimate a New Idea!"

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 Schiff
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Binky
Character(s): Binky; Allergy
Synopsis: Binky advises Allergy not to give up on thinking of a new idea to win the soap box derby by reminding him of famous inventors who persevered in their plans.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Published "in cooperation with leading national social welfare and youth-serving organizations."
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Dinosaur Island

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Ely
Inker(s): Bill Ely
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Synopsis: Dr. Wallace exposes two living dinosaurs as a hoax perpetrated by a lazy researcher.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
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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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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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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): Daisy Air Rifle
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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