House of Mystery #7

(October 1952)

What Do You Know About Other People? (Table of Contents)

Binky / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Win Mortimer?

Inks:

Win Mortimer

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Characters:

Binky

The Nine Lives of Alger Denham! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ruben Moreira (signed)

Inks:

Ruben Moreira (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

crime

Synopsis:

A newspaper reporter first falls for the story he is told by Alger Denham, a man seemingly possessed by ingenious abilities. Then he uncovers a plot to murder his uncle behind it.

Indexer Notes

called Roger Denham on cover.
First-person narrative

["Put this box of Fleer's Dubble Bubble gum in the vault"] (Table of Contents) (Expand) /

Fleer; Dubble Bubble; Pud / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Lover from the Dead! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

non-fiction; historical

Characters:

Mlle. Hyperion Clairon

Synopsis:

French actess Clairon breaks the heart of a man and is haunted by his voice for two years.

[Among the early Europeans] (Table of Contents)

Strange Beliefs! / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

non-fiction

Synopsis:

Account of New Year's Day customs.

The Devil Mask of Death! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Howard Purcell

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

crime; horror-suspense

Synopsis:

A group of tourists in Rio de Janeiro dons native devil masks for a parade. One of them, Peter Brent, wants to harm a friend of his, but is hit by a curse before he can accomplish his evil plan.

Museum of Murder! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3.67 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?(same as #5)

Inks:

?(same as #5)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

crime

Synopsis:

The killer "angel face" Finny hides as dummy in a wax museum.

Indexer Notes

First-person narrative

Mysterious Portrait (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

non-fiction

Synopsis:

The painter Rossetti unknowingly recreates a painting which had been done 400 years before him.

How Would You Explain It? (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Jack E. Miller

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

non-fiction

Synopsis:

Article about "fate" versus "coincidence".

The Riddle of the Split Siamese Twins! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Leonard Starr

Inks:

Leonard Starr

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

crime

Synopsis:

Peppi and Paul Belinda are Siamese twins working as a high wire act in the circus. When they are surgically separated, they keep sharing mind control and start a criminal career as robbers.

Indexer Notes

Possibly originally a Dr. 13, Ghostbreaker story intended for Star Spangled #131.
First-person narrative