House of Mystery #74

(May 1958)

The Anti-Gravity Menace (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bernard Baily

Inks:

Bernard Baily

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

A strange spacecraft flying through Earth's atmosphere emits anti-gravity rays that cause anything they touch to float away.

Reprints:

• in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #34 (July 1959)

New! Exciting! Mystifying! (Table of Contents)

The New Adventures of Charlie Chan / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sid Greene

Inks:

Joe Giella

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Indexer Notes

house ad for New Adventures of Charlie Chan, The (DC, 1958 series) #1, on sale March 6

["This is the big day, Dr. Rocket."] (Table of Contents)

Doctor Rocket / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor; science fiction

Characters:

Doctor Rocket

Synopsis:

The doctor's expedition to space doesn't get very far.

The School for Sorcerers (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Ely

Inks:

Bill Ely

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Synopsis:

The Great Jakarta, a stage magician, tries to prove to his students that there is no such thing as real magic.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #226 (August-September 1974)
• in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([January] 2009)

The Man Who Refused to Die! (Table of Contents)

A True Tall Tale / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; George Kashdan

Pencils:

Ed Smalle

Inks:

Ed Snalle

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Synopsis:

Sgt. Charles D. Engel, shot down over the Atlantic, was lost at sea for twenty-one days before being recovered.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Real Fact Comics (DC, 1946 series) #21 (July-August 1949)

The Man with the Martian Body (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Roussos

Inks:

George Roussos

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Reporter Joe Lipari encounters a Martian who switches bodies with him.

The Phony Space Ships (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

That Deep, Dark Secret! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Win Mortimer

Inks:

Win Mortimer

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

teen

Characters:

Buzzy Brown; Susie Gruff

Synopsis:

Margie learns that having a mental patient in the family is nothing to be ashamed of.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated July 1952.

The Dragon of Times Square (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Brown

Inks:

Bob Brown

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Sir Gawain is fighting a dragon in King Arthur's time when he and the dragon are transported to modern-day New York City by a bolt of lightning.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #228 (December 1974-January 1975)