House of Mystery #22

(January 1954)

Home, Sweet Home! (Table of Contents: 1)

Leave It to Binky / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Sheldon Mayer

Inks

Sheldon Mayer ?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

humor; teen

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Art credits from Bob Hughes, Gene Reed, Merlin Haas, Edgar Loftin, and Allen Ross. Loftin and Ross question Mayer inks credit. Bob Bailey argues Bob Oksner base with Mayer heads.

The Phantom's Return! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

drama; crime

Synopsis

Special effects engineer Raymond Danner is supposed to die at the hands of a rival. But Danner uses some of his tricks to play dead and find his rival guilty.

Indexer Notes

First-person narrative

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

Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

The Second Life of General Marcellus! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Nick Cardy

Inks

Nick Cardy

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

Newspaper reporter Mark Ransom is convinced to be the reincarnation of Roman general Marcellus. Traveling to Italy he discovers the place where Marcellus died. Ransom is killed by the falling statue of his ancient rival.

Indexer Notes

First-person narrative.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

The Painter of Doom! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jim McArdle

Inks

Jim McArdle

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Art painter Jack Simmons predicts death in his pictures.

The Isle of the Ageless! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Leonard Starr

Inks

Leonard Starr

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

A millionaire is going to be robbed of his money. His secretary stages a hustle involving a treasure map, a fountain of youth, a hidden island plus natives let in on the plot, special make-up effects and false diamonds.

Indexer Notes

First-person narrative

Three Smashing Adventures (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

Secret of the Zombies (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Gary Watson.

The Haunted Bed! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A phantom ghost occupies a bed in a Brooklyn boarding house.

Reprints

• in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #101 (August 1960)
• in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #207 (December 1967)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Ghost of Devil Mountain! (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ruben Moreira (signed)

Inks

Ruben Moreira (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

Two mountaineers try to climb the haunted Mount Taroo. One of them goes insane.

Indexer Notes

First-person narrative.

Superman on Television! Is Super-TV (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Superman / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Littleton Stamp Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Electric Baseball / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)