House of Mystery
#74
(May 1958)
DC,
1951 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1958-03-04
- 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); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Anti-Gravity Menace
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Seth Parker; Fred Lane (Scientist)
- Synopsis
- A strange spacecraft flying through Earth's atmosphere emits anti-gravity rays that cause anything they touch to float away.
- Reprints
-
in Adventures into the Unknown (Arnold Book Company, 1950 ? series) #5 -
in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #5 ([September 1958]) - in Mammoth Annual (K. G. Murray, 1959 ? series) #1
-
in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #34 (July 1959) - in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #16 (1974) [N&B [B&W]]
-
New! Exciting! Mystifying!
The New Adventures of Charlie Chan / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
[no title indexed]
Doctor Rocket / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is the big day, Dr. Rocket.
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Doctor Rocket
- Synopsis
- The doctor's expedition to space doesn't get very far.
- Reprints
- in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #29 (septembre 1960)
-
The School for Sorcerers
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- The Great Jakarta, a stage magician, tries to prove to his students that there is no such thing as real magic.
- Reprints
-
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #62 - in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #35 (August 1959)
-
in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #226 (August-September 1974) which is reprinted - in Spectral (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #8 (juillet 1986) which is reprinted
- in Monde Futur (Arédit-Artima, 1971 series) #20 (avril 1975) [N&B [B&W]]
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2009)
-
The Man Who Refused to Die!
A True Tall Tale / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- Sgt. Charles D. Engel, shot down over the Atlantic, was lost at sea for twenty-one days before being recovered.
- Reprints
- from Real Fact Comics (DC, 1946 series) #21 (July-August 1949)
- in Fantastic Tales (Thorpe & Porter, 1963 series) #13
- in Mystery in Space (Thorpe & Porter, 1958 ? series) #5 ([circa 1959])
- in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #36 (September 1959)
-
The Man with the Martian Body
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Reporter Joe Lipari encounters a Martian who switches bodies with him.
- Reprints
- in Mystery in Space (Thorpe & Porter, 1958 ? series) #5 ([circa 1959])
- in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #35 (August 1959)
- in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #20 (1974) [N&B [B&W]]
-
The Phony Space Ships
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- in Mystery in Space (Thorpe & Porter, 1958 ? series) #6 ([circa 1959]) which is reprinted
-
Buzzy Scoffs at "That Deep, Dark Secret!"
Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; 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
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Miss Brown; Sir Gawain; Monaghan the Patrolman; Jim (policeman); Pete (policeman)
- 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
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #70
- in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #6 ([1958])
- in Mammoth Annual (K. G. Murray, 1959 ? series) #1
- in Mystery in Space (Thorpe & Porter, 1958 ? series) #6 ([circa 1959]) which is reprinted
- in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #35 (August 1959)
- in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #228 (December 1974-January 1975)
- in Hallucinations (Arédit-Artima, 1969 series) #45 (1er trimestre 1975) [N&B [B&W]]
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #35 ([1978] ?)
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- Keywords
- dragons
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Dragon of Times Square!
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1.
[no title indexed]
Joe Weider -
2.
The Anti-Gravity Menace
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3.
New! Exciting! Mystifying!
The New Adventures of Charlie Chan -
4.
["This is the big day, Dr. Rocket."]
Doctor Rocket -
5.
The School for Sorcerers
-
6.
The Man Who Refused to Die!
A True Tall Tale -
7.
The Man with the Martian Body
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8.
The Phony Space Ships
-
9.
Buzzy Scoffs at "That Deep, Dark Secret!"
Buzzy -
10.
The Dragon of Times Square
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11.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
12.
[no title indexed]
Junior Sales Club of America -
13.
[no title indexed]
Garcelon Stamp Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Gregory Fischer
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mark Muller
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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