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Issue: House of Mystery #142
Publication Date: April 1964
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Issues: #142 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: 02/20/1964
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): George Kashdan
Disclose Notes: Page counts, ad, and text story information supplied by Ken Rowand via the GCD Errors list.

On-sale date from ad in The Brave and the Bold #53 and 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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The Wax Demons!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Dick Dillin
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Golden Rule

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Bob Oksner
Inker(s): Bob Oksner
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Bob Hope
Character(s): Bob Hope
Synopsis: The Golden Rule is universal.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Later appears in DC comics cover-dated April 1967.
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The Secret of the Masked Vigilantes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Miller
Penciller(s): George Roussos
Inker(s): George Roussos
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Stan Starkman
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: The crew of a crashed alien spaceship secretly aids an Earth city until a criminal learns something that allows him to blackmail them into helping him.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.
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You Demanded It... and Here It Is!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Brown
Inker(s): Bob Brown
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Doom Patrol
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: house ad for The Doom Patrol (DC, 1964 series) #87, on sale March 5
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Electrifying Announcement!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Murphy Anderson
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hawkman
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for Hawkman (DC, 1964 series) #1, on sale February 20
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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; Mrs. Moolah
First Line: We haven't gone out in a long time.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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My Dream-Self Haunted Me

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Miller
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin
Inker(s): George Roussos
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Stan Starkman
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, fantasy
Synopsis: When Dean Colway inherits a castle, the butler uses magic to create a dream-duplicate of Colway that tries to kill him.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCentury Comic #97 published July 1964
as My Dream-Self Haunted Me [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: Writer credit determined by textual analysis from Lou Mougin.
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Two Trail-Blazing Heroes

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tales of the Unexpected; Rip Hunter ... Time Master
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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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): 104 Cars
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Magic for Money

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Wax Demons

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Miller
Penciller(s): Howard Sherman
Inker(s): Howard Sherman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, fantasy
Synopsis: Business is terrible at Roger Leslie's wax museum until he receives a shipment of new figures from his twin brother Clive. However, the figures are actually supernatural demons who steal art treasures for Clive.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8.67
Disclose Notes: Writer credit determined by textual analysis from Lou Mougin.
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Together -- In One Great Comics Magazine!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Brown
Inker(s): Bob Brown
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash; The Atom
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: house ad for The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #53, on sale February 27
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Be first in your neighborhood...
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Pages: 1
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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): Helen of Toy, Co.
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Pages: 1
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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): 100 Toy Soldiers
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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): American Body Building Club
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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): American Seed Co.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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