House of Mystery #85

(April 1959)

Earth's Strangest Salesman (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

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Jim Mooney

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Jim Mooney

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Content Information

Synopsis:

Aliens are using a salesman to plant weapons on Earth, but when a man throws the salesman out, the salesman suddenly recalls the aliens' plans and stops an invasion.

Reprints:

• in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #45 (June 1960)

[Tootsie Roll ad] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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["Amazing heiroglyphics, Mr. Puptent"] (Table of Contents)

Peter Puptent, Explorer / filler / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

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Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

Humor

[The Brave and the Bold #23] (Table of Contents)

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

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Joe Kubert

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Joe Kubert

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What's Your B.Q.*? (* Brotherhood Quotient) (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Bernard Baily

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Bernard Baily

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The Man with the Double Destiny (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

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Pencils:

Bill Ely

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Bill Ely

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Content Information

Synopsis:

When Mr. Clyde discovers that he has been hired to guide gun runner Verrill through the Peruvian jungle, he refuses to help him. But he doesn't know that Verrill has enlisted a witch doctor, so that whatever happens to Verrill happens to Clyde.

Reprints:

• in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #38 (November 1959)

[Tootsie Roll Pop ad] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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[Challengers of the Unknown #7] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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["Wake-up, Jim Mine"] (Table of Contents)

Curious Names of Western Mines / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

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Script:

Julius Schwartz

Pencils:

Morris Waldinger

Inks:

Tommy Nicolosi

Colors:

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Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Content Information

Genre:

Fact

Reprints:

• from Hopalong Cassidy (DC, 1954 series) #96 (December 1954)

"Ghost" in the Doorway (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

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typeset

The Stone Sentinels of Giant Island (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

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Jack Kirby

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Jack Kirby

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Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

A scientific expedition comes across an unknown island with stone statues resembling those on Easter Island. After one of the statues comes to life, Prof. Spears deciphers an tablet and discovers that the statues are sentries for an ancient alien base under the island. Luckily, the tablet also tells the scientists how to deactivate the sentries, and they are able to escape before the island submerges.

Reprints:

• in DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #11 (March-April 1971)
• in The Jack Kirby Omnibus (DC, 2011 series) #1 (July 2011)

Indexer Notes

On the cover of this issue, and in the DC Special reprint, Prof. Spears has white hair. In this version, he has brown hair, looking much younger.

[Tootsie Roll Fudge ad] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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