House of Mystery
#35
(February 1955)
DC,
1951 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1954-11-30
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Fatal Superstition
comic story / 6 pages
- Synopsis
- Wearing polka-dot kerchiefs around your neck will bring you bad luck. One business partner kills the other, framing this made-up superstition jinx for it.
- Reprints
-
in House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #98 (June-July 1972) which is reprinted - in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([April] 2018)
-
in Doomsday Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #15 (April 1980) - in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
-
[no title indexed]
Bebe / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We will now study modern science, class!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #111 (August 1960) [condensed]
-
The Golden Man!
comic story / 6 pages
- Synopsis
- Ray James thinks his neighbor Meeker has constructed a machine that turns metal into gold overnight. James murders the old inventor in his sleep – only to find out that the machine never worked.
Curse of the Blankenships
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- in Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #35 (March 1959)
- in My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #48 (October 1960)
- in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #183 (November-December 1969) which is reprinted
- in House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2018 [March 2019])
-
in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #16 (avril 1970) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]] - in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([April] 2006)
-
Indexer Notes
Inking credit based on evaluation by Bob Rozakis and Gene Reed.
Ghostly Miners
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- in Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #6 (February-March 1959)
-
in Challengers of the Unknown (Thorpe & Porter, 1960 series) #1 ([1960]) - in Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #49 (May 1960)
- in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #178 (January-February 1969) [new feature name added] which is reprinted
-
in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #159 (1º de junio de 1969) - in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #39 (May 1980)
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([April] 2006)
- in Showcase Presents: Ghosts (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([January] 2012)
- in House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2018 [March 2019])
- in Ghosts (DC, 1971 series) #3 (January-February 1972) which is reprinted
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #17 ([June 1975])
-
Indexer Notes
Inking credit based on evaluation by Bob Rozakis and Gene Reed.
The Island of No Return!
comic story / 6 pages
- Synopsis
- Adventurer Bart Madden leaves a trail of bodies to get his hands on a sunken pirate treasure. Too bad the island natives don’t take friendly to his actions.
Indexer Notes
First-person narrative.
The Phantom Photographs
text article / 2 pages
- Script
- Jack Miller (credited as Jack E. Miller)
- Pencils
- Raymond Perry
- Inks
- Raymond Perry
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
Binky's Special Christmas Quiz "Christmas in Many Lands!"
Binky / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; teen
The Man Who Haunted a Ghost!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Scotch millionaire McNally gets murdered. His best friend Duncan frames the former’s cousin by making the ghost of the castle appear as a witness. It is all a trick to hide Duncan's own guilt.
- Reprints
- in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #178 (January-February 1969) which is reprinted
- in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #159 (1º de junio de 1969)
- in House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2018 [March 2019])
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([April] 2006)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover story. First-person narrative.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Man Who Haunted a Ghost!
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1.
[no title indexed]
My Greatest Adventure -
2.
The Fatal Superstition
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3.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
["We will now study modern science, class!"]
Bebe -
5.
[no title indexed]
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6.
The Golden Man!
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7.
Curse of the Blankenships
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8.
[no title indexed]
Smith Brothers Cough Drops -
9.
Ghostly Miners
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10.
The Island of No Return!
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11.
The Phantom Photographs
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12.
Binky's Special Christmas Quiz "Christmas in Many Lands!"
Binky -
13.
The Man Who Haunted a Ghost!
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14.
[no title indexed]
Cheerful Card / Cheerful House Cards and Stationery -
15.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
16.
[no title indexed]
Fashion Frocks, Inc.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Tillmann Courth
- Gregory Fischer
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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