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Issue: House of Mystery #160
Publication Date: July 1966
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Issues: #160 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: 05/19/1966
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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The Wizard of Light!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robby Reed [also as Plastic Man; as Giantboy; as King Kandy]; The Wizard of Light [Dr. Drago]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagCuentos de Misterio #103 published ?cover
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Dial H for Hero #[nn] published June 2010
as House of Mystery #160 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Dynamite's Coming!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover; house ad for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #183 [second Poison Ivy], on sale June 2
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The Wizard of Light

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robby Reed [becomes Plastic Man; Giantboy; King Kandy temporarily in this story]; The Wizard of Light [Dr. Drago]; Gramps Reed; Miss Millie; Cousin Ned; Suzy; a farmer; police; bystanders
Synopsis: While staying with his cousin Ned, Robby Reed uses his H-Dial to battle the villainous Wizard of Light in various superheroic guises, including that of Plastic Man!
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In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man 80-Page Giant #1 published February 2003
as The Wizard of Light [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Dial H for Hero #[nn] published June 2010
as The Wizard of Light [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15.34
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Rich Morrisey
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Natural Beauty -- Everybody's Fight

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, opinion
Synopsis: excerpts from a speech by President Lyndon Johnson regarding the preservation of nature
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
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Riddle Me This!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Riddler
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: house ad for Teen Titans (DC, 1966 series) #4
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by Jerry Clark, Walter Smith, Jim Lyons, Irene Vartanoff, Douglas Sandy, Joe Gushue, and Jeffrey W. Weiner.
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Manhunter's New Secret Identity

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz; also as Marco Xavier (new identity)]; VULTURE (villains); Mr. V [Faceless] (first appearance, villain, Vulture's boss); Mr. Steele; Apollo Magnus; Mendez
Synopsis: Manhunter agrees to infiltrate the criminal organization called VULTURE. He assumes the identity of Marco Xavier, a European playboy who recently died in an accident but whose death was not reported.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #2 published July 2009
as Manhunter's New Secret Identity [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8.67
Disclose Notes: These were the usual villains until #173.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: A 2nd star collection of the strange lives of Batman and Robin!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #182 [80 Page Giant #G-24], on sale May 12
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Statement of October 1, 1965
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 196,677
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 209,720
Owners: National Periodical Publications, Inc., Estate of Harry Donenfeld, J. S. Liebowitz, P. H. Sampliner, Irwin Donenfeld, S. U. Sampliner, and Sonia Iger, all at 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y.

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