House of Mystery
#41
(August 1955)
DC,
1951 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1955-05-31
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Impossible Tricks!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- Two journalists work to expose a stage magician's tricks, but one of them is secretly working with the fraud to undermine the investigation.
- Reprints
-
in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #11 ([March 1959])
-
This Famous Symbol Is Your Guarantee...
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
House ad for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #205 and Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #221.
The House That Couldn't Be Destroyed
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Foreman Dodson; Jasper Purdy; Cyrus Purdy; Farley; Cullens; Adams
- Synopsis
- A wrecking crew is unable to demolish a house until the last descendant of its ancestral family dies.
- Reprints
- in Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #28 ([August 1960])
-
[no title indexed]
Moolah the Mystic / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah, come right in.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Moolah the Mystic
- Synopsis
- Moolah's powers of prognostication don't work very well.
- Reprints
-
in Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #56 (December 1960)
-
Greeting Cards of Destiny
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- Several people receive antique greeting cards which seem to successfully foretell coming disasters.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Professor Eureka / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Professor, I want you to go to Egypt...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Professor Eureka
- Synopsis
- The professor investigates the tomb of King Tut-Anka.
Strangest Rainfalls in History
text article / 2 pages
- Script
- Jack Miller (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (illustration)
- Inks
- ? (illustration)
- Colors
- ? (illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
Binky Says: "Never Underestimate a New Idea!"
Binky / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; teen
- Characters
- Allergy Biggs; Binky Biggs
- Synopsis
- Binky advises Allergy not to give up on thinking of a new idea to win the soap box derby by reminding him of famous inventors who persevered in their plans.
Indexer Notes
Published "in cooperation with leading national social welfare and youth-serving organizations."
Dinosaur Island
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Synopsis
- Dr. Wallace exposes two living dinosaurs as a hoax perpetrated by a lazy researcher.
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Dinosaur Island!
-
1.
Draw Me!
Art Instruction, Inc. -
2.
The Impossible Tricks!
-
3.
This Famous Symbol Is Your Guarantee...
-
4.
The House That Couldn't Be Destroyed
-
5.
["Ah, come right in."]
Moolah the Mystic -
6.
Greeting Cards of Destiny
-
7.
["Professor, I want you to go to Egypt..."]
Professor Eureka -
8.
Strangest Rainfalls in History
-
9.
Binky Says: "Never Underestimate a New Idea!"
Binky -
10.
Dinosaur Island
-
11.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes -
12.
[no title indexed]
Stuart Greetings, Inc. -
13.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Gregory Fischer
- Andre Heikamp
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mark Muller
- Jim Van Dore
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