House of Mystery #146

(October 1964)

Smoking Is for Squares! (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy

Synopsis

Paulette Breen (winner of the Palisades Amusement Park's Miss American Teenager contest) tells Bob and his friends that girls don't like guys who smoke.

Indexer Notes

inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

The Girl with the Fatal Touch (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lee Elias ?

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

crime; science fiction

Synopsis

A green alien girl with the power to destroy anything made of gold causes consternation when she appears in a gold rush town.

Reprints

• in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #5 (juillet 1967) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]

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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Little Pete / comic story / 0.5 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

Playing catch against the wall is fun.

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Pete

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Silly Putty / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Man Who Never Existed (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bruno Premiani

Inks

Bruno Premiani

Colors

?

Letters

Stan Starkman

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

The daredevil Johnny Bravo doesn't understand why he remembers every detail of his past exploits, which have been well publicized, but no one around him recognizes him.

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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

At Last! By Popular Demand! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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100 Magnets / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Zenith Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Doom Shadow (Table of Contents: 14)

John Jones Manhunter from Mars / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Wood

Pencils

Joe Certa

Inks

Joe Certa

Colors

?

Letters

Stan Starkman

Genre

superhero

Characters

Martian Manhunter [J'Onn J'Onzz]; Zook; Aroo (villain); The Chulko (villain)

Synopsis

Two monsters, the Aroo and the Chulko, are released from the Idol-Head, and the weird actions of the first one give Manhunter and Zook the necessary clue to defeating the second one.

Reprints

• in Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([July] 2009)

Keywords

Idol-Head of Diabolu

Indexer Notes

Writer identification by Bob Hughes. Formerly credited to Jack Miller.

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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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104 Kings' Knights / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)