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Issue: House of Mystery #4
Publication Date: June 1952
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Issues: #4 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: 03/31/1952
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth
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
Format Notes:  
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The Man with the Evil Eye!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ruben Moreira
Inker(s): Ruben Moreira
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Superman Says: "Hop on the Welfare Wagon!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, superhero
Feature(s): Superman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Man with the Evil Eye!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ruben Moreira (signed)
Inker(s): Ruben Moreira (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, horror
Synopsis: Mobster Jim Keene is blinded, but kills his neighbor Bob who promised him an eye transplant. Police can’t prove anything because Keene makes it look like an accident. Bob’s right eye, however, was “hexed” and Keene (now living with it) can kill a person if he stares at him in anger. When Keene kill-stares his girl friend Nancy, he is overwhelmed with grief and confesses to the murder of Bob. The police inform him that the eye-hex has been an elaborate “hoax” to drive him mad! Keene killed no one, but fell for the performances of G-Men.
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Pages: 7.67
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Pages: 0.33
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What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
Character(s): Ted Williams
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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: Boy! He's excited!
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Pages: 0.5
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River of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Morris Waldinger
Inker(s): Morris Waldinger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Morris Waldinger
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
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In Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #63 published June 1957
as River of Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.5
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Friday the 13th Club

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): John Fischetti
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, mystery
Character(s): Fred Kromchick; Bernie Kalb; Clara Costello; Jim Costello; Jack Shore; Harry Wong; Norman Nickolowski; Sheila Cayton; Ralph Cayton; Nelson Green; Skinny James; Joe Varbelli; Philip Tager
Synopsis: 13 men and women form a club to debunk superstition, but one by one they meet violent deaths. They don’t die, however, because they challenge fate, but because they touched a poisoned gavel to smash a mirror with.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Unexpected #162 published March 1975
as Friday the 13th Club [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Mystery Tales Annual #2 published January 1976
as Friday the 13th Club [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: George Klein was not working at DC during this period. Inking matches that credited to Fischetti in other stories.
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Case of the Crossed-Up Car Crook

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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Nightmare

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Howard Purcell
Inker(s): George Klein ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Synopsis: John Howell randomly kills three people to cover up the murder of his business partner. He pretended to dream about the deaths first. Police stages more accidents to drive Howell over the edge and make him confess.
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Pages: 8.67
Disclose Notes: First-person narrative
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Out of This World; Necco
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Pages: 0.33
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Knightly Ghost!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Morris Waldinger
Inker(s): Morris Waldinger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Morris Waldinger
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Synopsis: Legend of a Roman soldier haunting a hill in England.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold #19 published August 1957
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Spectre of Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Morris Waldinger
Inker(s): Morris Waldinger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Morris Waldinger
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Synopsis: Account of strange happening during the Civil War.
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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 A Date with Judy on ABC.
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Phantom Ships

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David Kahn [as David King]
Penciller(s): Raymond Perry
Inker(s): Raymond Perry
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Synopsis: Sightings of the ghost ships Flying Dutchman, Marlborough and Mary Celeste.
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Pages: 2
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His Double-- In Doom?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): John Fischetti
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Synopsis: Dennis and David Stanton are twins and are able to share their feelings. They embark on a life of crime using their exact likeness to be one another's alibi. In the end both get shot dead at the exact same moment although they are hundreds of miles apart.
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Pages: 5.67
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman
First Line: Can you imagine Batman and Superman together?
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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Strange Apparition!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Morris Waldinger
Inker(s): Morris Waldinger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Morris Waldinger
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Synopsis: Man killed in a duel appears as ghost to his bride once more.
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In Content Item: FlagMy Greatest Adventure #15 published May 1957
as Strange Apparition! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sensation Comics; Batman
First Line: The oldest symbol in comics...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Harman (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Harman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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