House of Mystery
#12
(March 1953)
DC,
1951 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1953-01-12
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Devil's Chessboard
comic story / 5.67 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Chess expert Alan Blake engages in a deadly game on the magical "devil's chessboard" where every lost piece equals a loss in real life. When Blake's queen is taken, his fiancée suffers a heart attack. She survives only, because Blake can promote a pawn to a queen.
- Reprints
-
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #59 -
in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #226 (August-September 1974) which is reprinted -
in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #29 ([February 1959]) - in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #8 ([October 1978])
-
in Spectral (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #8 (juillet 1986) which is reprinted - in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
First-person narrative.
The Trial of Harry New!
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- A séance offers evidence of the innocence of Harry New who is standing on trial for murder in 1918.
Men Never Die in Cell 13
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- Two newspaper reporters fake a murder to write a scoop from the death row. But then a real corpse turns up and things get serious.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
First-person narrative.
Black Future
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Jud Taylor; Fortune Teller (unnamed); “Crash” Dillon; Cal Turner
- Synopsis
- Every prophecy of a fortune teller comes true in the life of Jud Taylor. The fortune teller came from the future and knew about Taylor's life.
- Reprints
- in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #12 ([April 1959])
-
- Keywords
- boxing; fortune-telling; Swamis
Indexer Notes
First-person narrative.
America's Most Famous Ghost
text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Account of the Bell Witch from Tennessee.
The Secret of the Matador's Sword!
comic story / 5.67 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Jose Pinto comes into possession of a magic sword, allowing him to win bullfights up to a certain number. In his last fight the sword proves to be cursed and leads to Pinto's death.
Indexer Notes
Cover story. First-person narrative.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Secret of the Matador's Sword!
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1.
Always Remember!
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2.
[no title indexed]
Television Bank -
3.
The Devil's Chessboard
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4.
[no title indexed]
Wildroot Cream-Oil -
5.
The Trial of Harry New!
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6.
[no title indexed]
Baker's 4 in 1 Instant Cocoa Mix -
7.
["To sum up, students..."]
Dubble Bubble Gum -
8.
Editorial Advisory Board
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9.
Men Never Die in Cell 13
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10.
Spilled Salt!
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11.
[no title indexed]
Necco -
12.
Good Neighbor Spirit
Leave It to Binky -
13.
Black Future
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14.
America's Most Famous Ghost
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15.
The Secret of the Matador's Sword!
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16.
Superman Is on Television!
The Adventures of Superman -
17.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chem. Co. -
18.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
19.
[no title indexed]
Friendship Studios, Inc. -
20.
Bill Starts an Air Rifle Club
Daisy Air Rifles
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Tillmann Courth
- Gregory Fischer
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mark Muller
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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