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Issue: House of Mystery #74
Publication Date: May 1958
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Issues: #74 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: 03/04/1958
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 14 (7 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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Dragon of Times Square!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Brown
Inker(s): Bob Brown
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
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): Joe Weider
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Anti-Gravity Menace

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily
Inker(s): Bernard Baily
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A strange spacecraft flying through Earth's atmosphere emits anti-gravity rays that cause anything they touch to float away.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBig Boy #34 published July 1959
as La Menace-pesanteur [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAdventures into the Unknown #5 published ?
as The Anti-Gravity Menace [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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New! Exciting! Mystifying!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sid Greene
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): The New Adventures of Charlie Chan
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for New Adventures of Charlie Chan, The (DC, 1958 series) #1, on sale March 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, science fiction
Feature(s): Doctor Rocket
Character(s): Doctor Rocket
First Line: This is the big day, Dr. Rocket.
Synopsis: The doctor's expedition to space doesn't get very far.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The School for Sorcerers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Ely
Inker(s): Bill Ely
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Synopsis: The Great Jakarta, a stage magician, tries to prove to his students that there is no such thing as real magic.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBig Boy #35 published August 1959
as L'Ecole des sorciers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #226 published August 1974
as The School for Sorcerers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #3 published March 2009
as The School for Sorcerers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #62 published ?
as Die Schule für Hexenmeister [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Man Who Refused to Die!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; George Kashdan
Penciller(s): Ed Smalle
Inker(s): Ed Smalle
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): A True Tall Tale
Synopsis: Sgt. Charles D. Engel, shot down over the Atlantic, was lost at sea for twenty-one days before being recovered.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagReal Fact Comics #21 published July 1949
was The Man Who Refused to Die! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Man with the Martian Body

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Roussos
Inker(s): George Roussos
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Reporter Joe Lipari encounters a Martian who switches bodies with him.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBig Boy #35 published August 1959
as L'Homme dans la peau d'un Martien [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Phony Space Ships

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Buzzy Scoffs at "That Deep, Dark Secret!"

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: teen
Feature(s): Buzzy
Character(s): Buzzy Brown; Susie Gruff
Synopsis: Margie learns that having a mental patient in the family is nothing to be ashamed of.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated July 1952.
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The Dragon of Times Square

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Brown
Inker(s): Bob Brown
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Sir Gawain is fighting a dragon in King Arthur's time when he and the dragon are transported to modern-day New York City by a bolt of lightning.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBig Boy #35 published August 1959
as Le Dragon des temps modernes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #228 published December 1974
as The Dragon of Times Square [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Mystery Tales #35 published January 1978
as The Dragon of Times Square [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #70 published ?
as Der Drache vom Times Square [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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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): Stephens Credit Sales
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
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): Junior Sales Club of America
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
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): Garcelon Stamp Co.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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