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Issue: House of Mystery #15
Publication Date: June 1953
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Issues: #15 of 321 Issues (405 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/08/1953
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (credited)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #224-229)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Man Who Could Change People!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
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Pages: 1
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Now More Than Ever-

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Man Who Could Change People

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Synopsis: Professor Kley claims his ability to transform people into animals. He demonstrates so on a home stage. But a reporter and his fiancée investigate and discover a hoax.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: First-person narrative.
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Pages: 0.33
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Ball-Band
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ray Thompson
Inker(s): Ray Thompson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: I'm scared! This really is a tough neighborhood!
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Includes a plug for The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
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The Curse of the Golden Secret!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Leonard Starr
Inker(s): Leonard Starr
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A chemist dabbles with the powers of ancient alchemy and creates gold. There's a curse attached, however, and Corbin loses everything in the process.
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In Content Item: FlagCentury Comic #65 published October 1961
as The Curse of the Golden Secret [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: First-person narrative.
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Fast Footwork Foils Foreign Agent

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
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Pages: 1
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Phantom Pilot!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A pilot sees the ghost of a friend who's been killed just the other day.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #97 [Pizza Hut Collectors' Edition Vol. 1] #[nn] published January 1977
as Phantom Pilot! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baker's 4 in 1 Instant Cocoa Mix
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Pages: 0.5
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The Winged Demon!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ed Smalle
Inker(s): Howard Sherman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Synopsis: Ward Creed killed a man to steal his precious pearls, but is haunted by the victim’s pet albatross Sinbad. The big bird keeps attacking Creed until he collapses and confesses to murder.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: First-person narrative.
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The Devil Rider

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Miller [as Jack E. Miller] (credited)
Penciller(s): Raymond Perry
Inker(s): Raymond Perry
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: Accounts of supernatural phenomena.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Text is accompanied by small illo.
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Reflection of Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A sick person mustn't see himself in a mirror.
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Pages: 0.5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Necco
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Pages: 0.5
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"Last Mile" Martin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jerry Grandenetti
Inker(s): Jerry Grandenetti
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Synopsis: The murderer James Martin is pardoned because the electric chair is not functioning. Stepping outside he is killed accidentally by a ricocheting bullet.
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In Content Item: FlagDC Special #4 published July 1969
as "Last Mile" Martin [Story on Interior Page(s)]splash panel removed
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Peter Porkchops Learns "Carelessness Is No Joke!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Otto Feuer
Inker(s): Otto Feuer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, opinion
Feature(s): Peter Porkchops
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Littleton Stamp Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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