House of Mystery
#118
(January 1962)
DC,
1951 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1961-11-02
- 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 (editor); Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Treasure Chest of Fun
Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Secret of the Super-Gorillas
comic story / 8.67 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Two apes are mutated by a meteor, gaining increased intelligence and super-powers, which enable them to foil an alien invasion.
Now in a Magazine of His Own!
Aquaman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for Aquaman (DC, 1962 series) #1
Another Giant Batman Collection!
Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #2, on sale November 16
Riddle of the Boy-Genius
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Young Jimmy Gibbs is telepathically contacted by an alien boy who tells him how to create disasters, then fix them, until something goes wrong and he can't stop what he set in motion.
- Reprints
-
in Century Comic (K. G. Murray, 1961 series) #72 ([May 1962])
-
Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!
Rip Hunter... Time Master; My Greatest Adventure; Tales of the Unexpected / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Clocks of Doom!
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- strange legends involving clocks
- Reprints
-
from Sensation Mystery (DC, 1952 series) #116 (July-August 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
Sequence added by Bob Bailey.
The Secret of the Happy Pig!
Peter Porkchops / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mervin Mouse; Peter Porkchops; Wolfie
- Synopsis
- Peter tells Mervin that the secret of really being happy is just to be yourself rather than trying to be like everyone else.
Indexer Notes
Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated April 1958.
The Mystery of the Sorcerer's Squad
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ruben Moreira (signed)
- Inks
- Ruben Moreira (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Stan Starkman
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Lt. Jed Conway; Staley; Dick Larsen; Al Francis
- Synopsis
- A detective tries to catch a gang of crooks by tricking them into believing that three magic wands can help them in their crimes, but then it turns out that the wands really do work.
- Reprints
-
in Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #1 (mai 1970) - in The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #157 (May-June 1974) which is reprinted
- in Weird Mystery Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #3 ([October 1977])
-
[no title indexed]
Tomahawk; Blackhawk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For the very best...
Watch for the Fourth Superman Annual!
Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #4, on sale November 9
[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
- It's good to get away from my work for a day.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Moolah the Mystic
- Reprints
- in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1961 series) #47 ([March 1962])
-
- Keywords
- flying carpets; picnics
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Secret of the Super-Gorillas!
-
1.
Treasure Chest of Fun
Honor House Products -
2.
The Secret of the Super-Gorillas
-
3.
Now in a Magazine of His Own!
Aquaman -
4.
Another Giant Batman Collection!
Batman -
5.
Riddle of the Boy-Genius
-
6.
Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!
Rip Hunter... Time Master; My Greatest Adventure; Tales of the Unexpected -
7.
Clocks of Doom!
-
8.
[no title indexed]
Jaro Stamps; Maxim Stamps -
9.
The Secret of the Happy Pig!
Peter Porkchops -
10.
The Mystery of the Sorcerer's Squad
-
11.
["For the very best..."]
Tomahawk; Blackhawk -
12.
Watch for the Fourth Superman Annual!
Superman -
13.
War Against Witchcraft
-
14.
["It's good to get away from my work for a day."]
Moolah the Mystic -
15.
[no title indexed]
Best Values Coins and Currency -
16.
[no title indexed]
100 Toy Soldiers -
17.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
18.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Bob Bailey
- Dwayne Best
- Gregory Fischer
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mark Muller
- Mike Nielsen
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
- James Zee
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