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)