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Issue: House of Mystery #1
Publication Date: December 1951
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Issues: #1 of 321 Issues (405 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/03/1951
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth
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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Wanda Was a Werewolf!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: House of Mystery 1 #[nn] published September 2000
as Wanda Was a Werewolf [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover art is an homage to the cover of the pulp magazine Weird Tales, March 1933 issue.
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Don't Be Earth-Bound!

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mystery in Space
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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I Fell in Love with a Witch!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Ray Burnley
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Jean Brewster; Carter Blake; Boris Wilder
Synopsis: Private investigator Carter Blake falls head over heels in love with Jean Brewster. Without knowing anything about her, he's willing to marry her. Checking old newspaper clippings, Blake finds out that his fiancé seems to possess witch-like powers. Three of her former husbands died after her "kiss of death."
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In Content Item: FlagThe Unexpected #162 published March 1975
as I Fell in Love with a Witch! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Mystery Tales Annual #2 published January 1976
as I Fell in Love with a Witch! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: House of Mystery 1 #[nn] published September 2000
as I Fell in Love with a Witch! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: Inking credit from Millennium Edition reprint.
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Feature(s): Out of This World; Necco
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kellogg's Pep
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Royal Desserts
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Man or Monster?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Brown
Inker(s): Bob Brown
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Dr. Hunt gets addicted to a formula which transforms him into a brutish beast and commands him to murder his friends. Hunt remains undetected because he changes back to human form just in time.
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In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: House of Mystery 1 #[nn] published September 2000
as Man or Monster? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: First-person narrative. Variation of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Vitalis Hair Cream
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Nabisco Shredded Wheat
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The Ghost of Paris!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: horror, informational
Synopsis: In Paris, Missouri, a woman in black haunted the town for years.
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In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: House of Mystery 1 #[nn] published September 2000
as The Ghost of Paris! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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The Curse of Seabury Manor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
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Genres: horror
Synopsis: A man spends the night in haunted Seabury Manor and dies 24 hours later. Just before he was able to develop photographic proof of a ghost living there.
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In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: House of Mystery 1 #[nn] published September 2000
as The Curse of Seabury Manor [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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Getting an Erector Is Like Having Your Own Toy Factory

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Erector
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Casey the Cop
Character(s): Casey the Cop
First Line: I don't believe that story, Al --
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In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: House of Mystery 1 #[nn] published September 2000
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Exposing Voices from Beyond

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David Kahn
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Investigation into the world of false Spiritualism, reporting and debunking many of the procedures used.
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Pete the Flash Scores for Captain Tootsie

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Schreiber
Inker(s): Bill Schreiber
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed)
Inker(s): Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: I-it's spooky in this old haunted house!
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Disclose Notes: Includes a plug for A Date with Judy on ABC.
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Wanda Was a Werewolf!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Doug Martin visits the village of his fiancé Wanda where the townsfolk are hunting a female werewolf. Martin is led to believe that Wanda is the beast but then discovers a plot to drug her into her strange behavior.
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In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: House of Mystery 1 #[nn] published September 2000
as Wanda was a Werewolf! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: First-person narrative.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Charlie Wild; Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lionel Trains
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Pages: 1
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Superstitious Lover!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Morris Waldinger
Inker(s): Morris Waldinger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A young man thinks a ghost is following him, but it's only a white ribbon attached to his hat.
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In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: House of Mystery 1 #[nn] published September 2000
as Superstitious Lover! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pencil and ink credits from Millennium Edition credits.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Harman (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Harman (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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What Sparks a Champion Sparks You

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
Character(s): Otto Graham
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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