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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):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration. Schiff info per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Schiff
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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!

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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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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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Feature(s): Mystery in Space
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I Fell in Love with a Witch!

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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
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Out of This World

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Man or Monster?

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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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Disclose Notes: First-person narrative. Variation of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."
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[untitled]

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The Ghost of Paris!

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Genres: horror, informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: In Paris, Missouri, a woman in black haunted the town for years.
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The Curse of Seabury Manor

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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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Getting an Erector Is Like Having Your Own Toy Factory

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop
First Line: I don't believe that story, Al --
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Exposing Voices from Beyond

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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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Genres: superhero
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Genres: childrens
First Line: I-it's spooky in this old haunted house!
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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!

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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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Disclose Notes: First-person narrative.
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[untitled]

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Superstitious Lover!

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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
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Disclose Notes: Pencil and ink credits from Millennium Edition credits.
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[untitled]

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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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What Sparks a Champion Sparks You

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Character(s): Otto Graham
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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