House of Mystery
#160
(July 1966)
DC,
1951 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of February, May, August and November
- On-sale Date
- 1966-05-19
- 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)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Wizard of Light!
Dial H for Hero / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Robby Reed [also as Plastic Man; as Giantboy; as King Kandy]; The Wizard of Light [Dr. Drago]
- Reprints
-
in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #103 [cover] -
in Showcase Presents: Dial H for Hero (DC, 2010 series) ([June] 2010)
-
Dynamite's Coming!
Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino; Sheldon Moldoff (illustrations)
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson; Joe Giella (illustrations)
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
inside front cover; house ad for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #183 [second Poison Ivy], on sale June 2
The Wizard of Light
Dial H for Hero / comic story / 15.34 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Robby Reed [becomes Plastic Man; Giantboy; King Kandy temporarily in this story]; The Wizard of Light [Dr. Drago]; Gramps Reed; Miss Millie; Cousin Ned; Suzy; a farmer; police; bystanders
- Synopsis
- While staying with his cousin Ned, Robby Reed uses his H-Dial to battle the villainous Wizard of Light in various superheroic guises, including that of Plastic Man!
- Reprints
-
in Green Lantern (Arédit-Artima, 1972 series) #34 (février 1981) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]] - in Plastic Man 80-Page Giant (DC, 2004 series) #1 (2003 [February 2004])
- in Showcase Presents: Dial H for Hero (DC, 2010 series) ([June] 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Rich Morrissey.
Story is told in two chapters of 6.67 and 8.67.
Natural Beauty -- Everybody's Fight
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy
- Synopsis
- excerpts from a speech by President Lyndon Johnson regarding the preservation of nature
Indexer Notes
published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
Riddle Me This!
Teen Titans / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Riddler
Indexer Notes
house ad for Teen Titans (DC, 1966 series) #4
[no title indexed]
Dial L for Letters / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Schiff
- Pencils
- Ira Schnapp (logo illustration)
- Inks
- Ira Schnapp (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Jerry Clark, Walter Smith, Jim Lyons, Irene Vartanoff, Douglas Sandy, Joe Gushue, and Jeffrey W. Weiner.
Manhunter's New Secret Identity
John Jones Manhunter from Mars / comic story / 8.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz; also as Marco Xavier (new identity)]; VULTURE (villains); Mr. V [Faceless] (first appearance, villain, Vulture's boss); Mr. Steele; Apollo Magnus; Mendez
- Synopsis
- Manhunter agrees to infiltrate the criminal organization called VULTURE. He assumes the identity of Marco Xavier, a European playboy who recently died in an accident but whose death was not reported.
- Reprints
- in Green Lantern (Arédit-Artima, 1972 series) #21 (mars 1978)
- in Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([July] 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
These were the usual villains until #173.
[no title indexed]
Batman and Robin / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A 2nd star collection of the strange lives of Batman and Robin!
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #182 [80 Page Giant #G-24], on sale May 12
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Statement of October 1, 1965
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 196,677
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 209,720
Owners: National Periodical Publications, Inc., Estate of Harry Donenfeld, J. S. Liebowitz, P. H. Sampliner, Irwin Donenfeld, S. U. Sampliner, and Sonia Iger, all at 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Wizard of Light!
Dial H for Hero -
1.
Dynamite's Coming!
Batman -
2.
The Wizard of Light
Dial H for Hero -
3.
Natural Beauty -- Everybody's Fight
-
4.
Riddle Me This!
Teen Titans -
5.
[no title indexed]
Dial L for Letters -
6.
Manhunter's New Secret Identity
John Jones Manhunter from Mars -
7.
["A 2nd star collection of the strange lives of Batman and Robin!"]
Batman and Robin -
8.
[no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Peter Croome
- Jason Fetterley
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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