House of Mystery
#163
(December 1966)
DC,
1951 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of February, May, August and November
- On-sale Date
- 1966-10-06
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Jack Schiff
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Baron Bug and His Insect Army!
Dial H for Hero / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Castor [Robby Reed]; Baron Bug
- Reprints
-
in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #111 (1 de junio de 1967) -
in Showcase Presents: Dial H for Hero (DC, 2010 series) ([June] 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Saladino letters on top caption. Schnapp letters on word balloon and lower right caption.
Baron Bug and His Insect Army
Dial H for Hero / comic story / 14.34 pages
- Script
- Dave Wood
- Pencils
- Jim Mooney (signed as
Jim Mooney) - Inks
- Jim Mooney (signed as Jim Mooney)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Robby Reed [Castor and Pollux; King Coil]; Baron Bug (villain)
- Synopsis
- Robby and his heroes (including a pair of twins this time) battle Baron Bug, a criminal scientist who can enlarge insects to giant size to help him commit robberies.
- Reprints
-
in Green Lantern (Arédit-Artima, 1972 series) #18 (juin 1977) [N&B [B&W]] - in Showcase Presents: Dial H for Hero (DC, 2010 series) ([June] 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit via Martin O'Hearn.
Story in two parts of 5.67 and 8.67 pages.
Hawkman Beware!
Hawkman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for Hawkman (DC, 1964 series) #17, on sale October 13
[no title indexed]
Dial L for Letters / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Schiff
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Louis A. Morra, Dennis Rule, Karl Garcia, Irene Vartanoff, Robert Kowalski, and John Cali.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
listing of DC comics on sale the first half of October 1966
[no title indexed]
Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What are you cutting out that paper for?
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
hint submitted by Sheldon Kane of North Brooklin, Maine
The Doomed Captive!
John Jones Manhunter from Mars / comic story / 8.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz; Marco Xavier]; Vulture (villains); Mr. V [Faceless] (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Manhunter has double trouble when a criminal Mercurian teams up with Vulture.
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([July] 2009)
-
An All-Star Collection of the Best of Batman!
Batman and Robin / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #187 [80 Page Giant #G-30
Editing
This Issue is currently being edited by
Juan Gonzalez
(since 2024-04-23,
last edit 2024-04-23)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Baron Bug and His Insect Army!
Dial H for Hero -
1.
Baron Bug and His Insect Army
Dial H for Hero -
2.
Hawkman Beware!
Hawkman -
3.
[no title indexed]
Dial L for Letters -
4.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents -
5.
["What are you cutting out that paper for?"]
Cap's Hobby Hints -
6.
The Doomed Captive!
John Jones Manhunter from Mars -
7.
An All-Star Collection of the Best of Batman!
Batman and Robin
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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