House of Mystery #17

(August 1953)

The Line of Stars (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Station G-H-O-S-T! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Ruben Moreira (signed)

Inks

Ruben Moreira (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Andrew Gill; Tom; Bold Eagle; Jeff; Timothy Gill (Ghost); Mr. Yorke; Eddie

Synopsis

Andrew Gill wants to buy the house his ancestor supposedly haunts and uses some trickery on the current owner.

Reprints

• in Ghosts (DC, 1971 series) #3 (January-February 1972)
• in Spectral (Arédit-Artima, 1974 series) #3 (1er trimestre 1975) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #17 ([Circa 1975-1977])
• in Showcase Presents: Ghosts (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([January] 2012)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Mission of the Planet of Ice (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Popsicle; Major Mars / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Fleer; Dubble Bubble / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

Beauty and the Beast! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

Ray Burnley

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

crime

Synopsis

Linda the lion tamer gets involved in the schemes of a criminal circus director. She is made to believe to inhabit the powers of Greek sorceress Circe who changed men into animals.

Indexer Notes

First-person narrative

A Sprint in Time Spikes Crime (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Binky Shows "How to Spend a Summer Week!" (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

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Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; teen

Characters

Binky

The Man with the X-Ray Eyes! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Howard Sherman

Inks

Howard Sherman

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

crime

Synopsis

Police plot to make a murderer confess to his crime. They paint the picture of the murder victim on contact lenses – so the killer is always confronted by the sight.

Indexer Notes

First-person narrative.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Swindle's Ghost (Table of Contents: 12)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller (credited as Jack E. Miller)

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Account of Prof. Swindle's phenomenon called "after-images."

Indexer Notes

Small illo.

Black Cat (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

The black cat superstition

The Ordeal of Roger Black (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Ely

Inks

Bill Ely

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

crime

Synopsis

The executioner Roger Black rigs his jobs so that the criminals can escape – and pay him well. In the end something goes wrong, though, and Black takes a weapon in his hand…

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Stuart Greetings, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Junior Space Pilots on the Beam! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Wilson Chemical Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)