Sensation Mystery
#111
(September-October 1952)
DC,
1952 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1952-07-21
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Julius Schwartz (actual, probably)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Spectre in the Flame!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Murphy Anderson; Frank Giacoia (girl only)
- Inks
- Sy Barry; Frank Giacoia (girl only)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
Buzzy's Rules of Water Safety!
Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Buzzy Brown; Wolfie
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Spectre in the Flame!
comic story / 7.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Preston Zandan had everything a man could want in life...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Preston Zandan; Miss Davis; Betty Lanson
- Synopsis
- The lawyer Preston Zandan dabbles with the occult at night and conjures a smoke-shaped spirit out of every fire that’s lighted. The spirit follows him around like a puppy, while Zandan tries to dispose of it. He is able to kill it with silver bullets.
- Reprints
-
in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #69 (1 de septiembre de 1965)
-
Indexer Notes
splash identical to cover except for missing girl
Best Foot Forward...
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Custom of getting off on the right foot.
- Reprints
-
in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #52 (July 1956) -
in My Greatest Adventure (K. G. Murray, 1955 series) #18 ([September 1956]) - in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #122 (May 1962)
-
War of the Toy Soldiers!
comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My "Blue" toy army has the enemy hopelessly trapped!
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Roger Fielding; Matilda
- Synopsis
- Retired general Roger Fielding loves to play with his toy armies and dies of exhaustion. He walked in his sleep and played at night, too.
- Reprints
in The Doorway to Evil!
comic story / 7.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Everyone called Stave Davis lucky...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Steve Davis; Linda Reeves
- Synopsis
- Steve Davis inherits the hotel "Fortuna" and discovers a secret 13th floor, filled with smybols of evil and bad luck. Accidents start to happen, and a streak of bad luck hits the hotel. In the end all turns out well, because an investor buys the place for $1,300,000.
Lucky Break
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Sound used to counter evil influences.
- Reprints
- in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #52 (July 1956)
- in My Greatest Adventure (K. G. Murray, 1955 series) #18 ([September 1956])
- in Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #25 (April-May 1962)
-
Journeys into the Unknown
text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Article about time travel hoaxes of the past.
The Screaming Death!
Johnny Peril / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Frank Giacoia (signed as F. Giacoia)
- Inks
- Sy Barry (signed as S. Barry)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I - I - - can't stand - - it - - any longer - - Johnny
- Genre
- crime; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Johnny Peril; Mary; Bryan Anson
- Synopsis
- The mad sound engineer and murderer Bryan Anson escapes from prison and locks up Johnny Peril. Anson plans to kill Peril by amplifying the noises he makes. At the showdown in a terrarium Anson is bitten by a poisonous snake and perishes.
- Reprints
-
in Fantomet (Semic, 1976 series) #5/1997 (uke 10 1997)
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Spectre in the Flame!
-
1.
Buzzy's Rules of Water Safety!
Buzzy -
2.
The Spectre in the Flame!
-
3.
[no title indexed]
Wildroot Cream-Oil -
4.
[no title indexed]
House of Mystery; The Phantom Stranger -
5.
["Golly, he's good!"]
Dubble Bubble Gum -
6.
Best Foot Forward...
-
7.
War of the Toy Soldiers!
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8.
The Doorway to Evil!
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9.
Editorial Advisory Board
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10.
Lucky Break
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11.
[no title indexed]
Necco -
12.
Unusual Ghost Haunts!
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13.
Journeys into the Unknown
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14.
The Screaming Death!
Johnny Peril -
15.
["The oldest symbol in comics..."]
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16.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
17.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Manufacturing Company
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- Mike Nielsen
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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