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Issue: House of Mystery #161
Publication Date: September 1966
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Issues: #161 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: 07/07/1966
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 Adventure Comics #347 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 Mummy with Six Heads!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robby Reed [Hornet-Man]; Joe Beket
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Dial H for Hero #[nn] published June 2010
as House of Mystery #161 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Mummy with Six Heads

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robby Reed [as Magneto; Hornet-Man; Shadow-Man]; Joe Beket (villain); Gramps Reed (cameo); Miss Millie (cameo)
First Line: I now call on the power of Ibis-headed Thoth --
Synopsis: Robby uses his H-Dial to fight Joe Beket, a descendant of am Egyptian wizard who has different headpieces that give him the powers of various Egyptian gods.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Dial H for Hero #[nn] published June 2010
as The Mummy With Six Heads [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15.34
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: listing of DC comics on sale in mid-July 1966
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Yikes! I was so anxious to build this new model...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Job Number: 6423
Disclose Notes: hint submitted by Scott Weymann of Pennsauken, New Jersey
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This Is "Atlas" Olsen

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: house ad for Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #96. on sale July 14
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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 from Richard H. Volbrecht Jr., Michael Thornton, Clark Johnson, Roy Wulf, Terry Shepard, Dionisio Labiste, and Ronald Goss.
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Maharajahs... Mobsters... Masterminds...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: house ad for Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #68 [80 Page Giant #G-26], on sale July 12
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The Unmasking of Marco Xavier!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Abba Sulkar (villain); VULTURE (villains); Mr. V [Faceless] (villain); Marie Fouchere
First Line: It really happens!
Synopsis: In his identity as Marco Xavier, Manhunter is captured by Sulkar, a VULTURE scientist who steals his memories and learns his secret identity.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #2 published July 2009
as The Unmasking of Marco Xavier! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
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Finished? Washed Up? Kaput?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: house ad for Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series) #224, on sale July 12

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