House of Mystery #88

(July 1959)

Be Sure of Your Facts! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Win Mortimer

Inks:

Win Mortimer

Letters:

Ira Schnapp ?

Content Information

Genre:

teen

Characters:

Buzzy

Synopsis:

When the clubhouse boys jump to conclusions and believe Jim stole the club's money, Buzzy advises them to stay calm and double-check before making accusations.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated April 1952.

The Return of the Animal-Men (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Ely

Inks:

Bill Ely

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

While studying an ancient African crypt, Alan Hunter ponders images of Horus, Amun, and Anubis. Outside the crypt Alan meets the same gods in the nearby jungle. But they are actually beings from the planet Parma who came to Earth years ago, found it quaint, and decided to come back later to plunder its resources. And now is that time.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #44 (May 1960)

[Tootsie Roll ad] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Your Passport to Strange Journeys... (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Ely; Gil Kane (illustrations)

Inks:

Bill Ely; Gil Kane (illustrations)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Indexer Notes

house ad for House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #21 and Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #105

The Walking Stick! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Ely

Inks:

Bill Ely

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Synopsis:

A man who murdered his uncle believes that his uncle's spirit has returned when he hears the sound of his walking stick.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #24 (March 1954)

Indexer Notes

Poe's "The Telltale Heart" with a walking cane.

The Human Hurricane (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mort Meskin

Inks:

George Roussos

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Synopsis:

Photographer Paul Bradley is given permission to take all the photos he wants of a local village's festival of the wind god, except the temple of Notus, the Wind God himself. Legend has it that any defiler of Notus' temple will take on the form of the wind god until he discovers how to become human again. But Paul doesn't heed the warnings.

[Tootsie Roll Pop ad] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

["I've been experimenting for years..."] (Table of Contents)

Dr. Floogle / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Dr. Floogle

["Moolah is the greatest snake charmer of them all!] (Table of Contents)

Moolah the Mystic / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Moolah the Mystic

The Invisible Shield (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Miller ?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

occult

The Man the Creature Feared (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Brown

Inks:

Bob Brown

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

An alien is sighted in the vicinity of a number of strange events, like buildings lifting off the ground and floating in the air before landing again. The only thing that the alien seems to fear is a man bundled up like a mummy in men's clothing. But after the police subdue the alien they find that the he is really a doctor, and that the man wrapped like a mummy is a mental patient who is actually responsible for the chaos.

Reprints:

• in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #39 (December 1959)

[Tootsie Roll Fudge ad] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

They Live on Borrowed Time! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Wally Wood

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Indexer Notes

house ad for Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #8

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Dickey Dusk / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Martin Naydel ?

Pencils:

Martin Naydel

Inks:

Martin Naydel

Colors:

?

Letters:

Martin Naydel ?

Indexer Notes

puzzle