House of Mystery #80

(November 1958)

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

The Man with Countless Faces! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Howard Purcell (credited) (signed as Howard Purcell)

Inks

Howard Purcell (signed as Howard Purcell)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Alec Sanders; Ronnie Appleby; Smitty

Synopsis

A lab accident causes a man's face to keep changing into duplicates of the people he looks at.

Reprints

• in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #12 ([April 1959])
• in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #41 (February 1960)
• in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #1 (1º de noviembre de 1960)
• in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #24 (1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]

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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Do You Know the Legend of Superman? (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Look to the Stars! (Table of Contents: 5)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Lou Cameron

Inks

Lou Cameron

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gosh Bob, we're lost! What do we do now?

Genre

advocacy; math & science

Characters

Bob; Ted

Synopsis

Bob and his friends are saved from being lost in the woods because Bob knows how to find Polaris, the North Star.

Indexer Notes

published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

Appeared across a range of DC comics in November/December 1958.

The Ghost Planet (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The street is filled with speeding traffic, but there's not a soul in the cars!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Ben Clark; Paul Stokely; Doctor Moore

Synopsis

Two scientists return from an underground expedition to discover that everyone on Earth has become invisible.

Reprints

• in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #14 ([June 1959])
• in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #41 (February 1960)
• in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #1 (1º de noviembre de 1960)
• in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #183 (March 1969)
• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #13/1969 (28. Juni 1969)
• in Superman et Batman et Robin (Sage - Sagédition, 1969 series) #7 (juillet 1969) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]]
• in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #22 (1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]

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Tootsie Roll Pop / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Moolah the Mystic / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What is that, Moolah?

Genre

humor

Characters

Moolah the Mystic

Reprints

• in Giant Flash Album (K. G. Murray, 1965 ? series) #4
• in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #1 (1º de noviembre de 1960)

Prisoner of the Empty Quarter (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mort Meskin (signed)

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Thus iot is inscribed in the Book of Khans... "Him whom evil brings to the land, shall the land destroy!"

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Jim Conklin; Ned Larssens

Synopsis

A crooked oil surveyor plans to steal treasures from the Middle Eastern country he is working in, but magical forces prevent his crimes.

Reprints

• in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #14 ([June 1959])
• in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #41 (February 1960)
• in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #1 (1º de noviembre de 1960)
• in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #24 (1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]

Keywords

Djinn; The Book of Khans

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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Secret of the Space Signals (Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Miller ?

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction

Earth's Super Prisoner (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Nick Cardy

Inks

Nick Cardy

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Look at the giant! He's holding up the walls preventing Grand Canyon from collapsing!

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

Adam Seldes and his friends save the life of a giant from another dimension, whose people's search for him is inadvertently causing great destruction.

Reprints

• in Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #22 ([February 1960])
• in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #1 (1º de noviembre de 1960)

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Palisades Amusement Park / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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American Specialty Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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National Radio Institute / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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American Geographical Society's Around the World Program / advertisement / 1 page (report information)