House of Mystery #55

(October 1956)

DC, 1951 Series

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Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
Indicia Frequency: monthly
On-sale Date: 1956-07-31
Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand: Superman DC National Comics

Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Leonard Starr
Inks: Leonard Starr
Colors: ?
Letters: Ira Schnapp

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Littleton Stamp Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Jay McArdle
Inks: Jay McArdle
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Reprints

in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #7 ([April 1957])

Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Binky / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script: Jack Schiff
Pencils: Win Mortimer
Inks: Win Mortimer
Colors: ?
Letters: Ira Schnapp

Genre: advocacy; teen

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Bernard Baily
Inks: Bernard Baily
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Reprints

in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #16 ([September 1957])

promo (ad from the publisher) / 3 pages (report information)

comic story / 4.5 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Mort Meskin
Inks: George Roussos
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

Reprints

in Weird War Tales (DC, 1971 series) #4 (March-April 1972)

in Brûlant (Arédit-Artima, 1967 series) #31 (octobre 1974)
in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #3 ([June 1977]) [DC logos and “Weird War Tales” banner removed from every page of story. “Make War No More” logo removed from last page.]

in Showcase Presents: Weird War Tales (DC, 2012 series) #1 (2012 [March 2013])

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

text article / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script: George Kashdan
Letters: typeset

Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Leonard Starr
Inks: Leonard Starr
Colors: ?
Letters: ?

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Fashion Frocks, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Schwinn Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents

0. The Amazing Cholly the Chimp!
1. [no title indexed]
Littleton Stamp Co.
2. I Turned Back Time
3. [no title indexed]
Junior Sales Club of America Cards
4. Binky Shows "How to Spend a Summer Week!"
Binky
5. The Balloon Creatures
6. Here Are the Prizes
7. The Unknown Sentinel
8. [no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
9. The Curse of Sally Kildreth
10. [no title indexed]
Wildroot Cream-Oil
11. The Amazing Cholly the Chimp
12. [no title indexed]
100 Toy Soldiers
13. [no title indexed]
Fashion Frocks, Inc.
14. [no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes
15. [no title indexed]
Schwinn Bicycles

This issue was modified by, among others

Nick Caputo
Gregory Fischer
Matthew Head
Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
Donald Dale Milne
Mike Nielsen
Karsten S.
Daniel Thingvold
Jim Van Dore

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House of Mystery #55

(October 1956)

Issue Notes

The Amazing Cholly the Chimp! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Littleton Stamp Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

I Turned Back Time (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Binky Shows "How to Spend a Summer Week!" (Table of Contents: 4)

Binky / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

The Balloon Creatures (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Here Are the Prizes (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 3 pages (report information)

The Unknown Sentinel (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4.5 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Curse of Sally Kildreth (Table of Contents: 9)

text article / 1.67 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Amazing Cholly the Chimp (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Fashion Frocks, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Schwinn Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

House of Mystery #55 (October 1956)

Issue Notes

The Amazing Cholly the Chimp! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Littleton Stamp Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

I Turned Back Time (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Binky Shows "How to Spend a Summer Week!" (Table of Contents: 4)

Binky / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

The Balloon Creatures (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Here Are the Prizes (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 3 pages (report information)

The Unknown Sentinel (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4.5 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Curse of Sally Kildreth (Table of Contents: 9)

text article / 1.67 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Amazing Cholly the Chimp (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Fashion Frocks, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Schwinn Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

House of Mystery #55

(October 1956)