House of Mystery #137

(September 1963)

Fill the Gaps in Your Family's Education with the Amazing Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Girl from Two Worlds (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mort Meskin (signed as Meskin)

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Jack Ward; Ellen Ward; unnamed cousin of Ellen Ward and his gang

Synopsis

Ellen Ward's cousin concocts an elaborate scheme posing as aliens in an attempt to claim her inheritance from a deceased uncle, but Jack Ward figures out the hoax and captures Ellen's cousin and his gang.

Reprints

• in Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 ? series) #6 (October 1965)

Try a Tongue Teaser! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Giant Superman Annual; Giant Batman Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

116 Planes (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

116 Planes of All Nations / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

102 Ships of All Nations / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Tunnel to Disaster! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Howard Sherman

Inks

Howard Sherman

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense; science fiction

Characters

Mike Hunter; Eddie Hunter; employees of Hunter Brothers Construction; Emile LaTour (as monster); employees of Emile LaTour (as monsters); French government official and police

Synopsis

Mike and Eddie Hunter's construction company is hired to bore a road tunnel through Giant's Tooth, a mountain in the French Alps. As they complete the tunnel they are attacked by beasts, who turn out to be Emile LaTour's tunnel crew from a century before. The beasts save the Hunters' crew from being transformed into beasts and are retrapped in a tunnel cave-in.

Reprints

• in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #42

Keywords

monsters

Your Eyes May Play Tricks...But Not Your Taste! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Moolah the Mystic / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What a bed.

Genre

humor

Characters

Moolah the Mystic; hotel bellhop

Synopsis

Moolah decides he cannot sleep on a normal bed in a hotel he is staying at, so he has room service deliver a hammer and he rebuilds the bed as a bed of nails.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

America's Most Exciting War Game (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Task Force / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Amazing Modern Ancients (Table of Contents: 12)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Information about ancient technological feats, including tunnels, cities, rock paintings and more.

The Gift of-- Doom (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

George Roussos

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Roger Steele; unnamed old man; Sam Stevens; Bobo Tillison (death)

Synopsis

Roger Steele is given a diamond by an unnamed man and told it has a curse that may doom him. He is unable to throw it away without it returning but it is finally stolen and the thief is killed by it.

Reprints

• in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #175 (July-August 1968)
which is reprinted
• in House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2018 [March 2019])
• in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([April] 2006)

Great Masterpieces (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

104 Kings' Knights (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

104 Kings' Knights / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

150 Civil War Soldiers! (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

150 Civil War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

If You Know Just 20 People... (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime 10¢? (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

100 Toy Soldiers (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)