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Issue: House of Mystery #8
Publication Date: November 1952
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Issues: #8 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: 09/10/1952
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of September 12 reported in the Comic Magazine Publishing Report (George W. Dougherty, 1942 series) #129 (October 1952).
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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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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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Tattoos of Doom

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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Pages: 1
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Buzzy Says "You Get What You Vote For!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
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Pages: 1
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Tattoos of Doom!

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Genres: crime
Synopsis: On the skin of Leroy, the tattooed man, pictures appear which foreshadow doom. But it's all a trick to cover up robberies.
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In Content Item: FlagMighty The 100-Page Comic! #10 published March 1959
as Tattoos of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Unexpected #133 published March 1972
as Tattoos of Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.67
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: Here comes that new kid...
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Disclose Notes: Includes a plug for A Date with Judy on ABC.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Big Town
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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Nemesis from the Grave!

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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Synopsis: While on a treasure hunt, Danvers murders his partner Rainier. His guilty conscience makes him see Rainier on different occasions. The police confront Danvers with an agent in a ghost suit to make him confess his crime.
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Pages: 7.67
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Pages: 0.33
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Puppet's Revenge

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Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Synopsis: Two puppeteers hate each other. George kills Paul in a rage, but confesses to his crime later on.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: First-person narrative
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They Deal in Destiny

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: How astrologers influenced history throughout the centuries.
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Pages: 2
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Tree of the Dead!

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: A date tree sprouts in New Orleans on the spot where a man has been murdered.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smith Brothers Cough Drops
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The Grim Jester!

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Genres: crime
Synopsis: A city councilman plans the demise of the mayor who refuses to buy property from him. The councilman uses the involuntary help of a practical joker, having rigged a haunted house with special gimmicks.
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Pages: 8
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[untitled]

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Novelty Mart
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Pages: 1
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Get a Daisy and Get in on the Fun!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ? (ad agency)
Subject Matter
First Line: Hurry - see these beautiful, brand-new Daisy Air Rifles at...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover ad for the Daisy 1000-shot Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine from Daisy Manufacturing Company, Dept. 1682, Plymouth, Michigan.
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The Chain Gang by Thom McAn

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ? (ad agency)
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First Line: From campus to campus they all agree...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover ad for Thom McAn's Chain-Gang (style #6389) shoe.

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