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Issue: House of Mystery #9
Publication Date: December 1952
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Issues: #9 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: 10/06/1952
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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Secret of the Little Black Bag!

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Genres: horror
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Pages: 1
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Feature(s): Novelty Mart
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Secret of the Little Black Bag!

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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: crime
Character(s): Louis; Andy Decca; Mickey
First Line: Louis, why are you stropping that razor so long?
Synopsis: Louis the barber meets a childhood friend, Andy Decca. Decca is a rising counterfeiter in the mob hierarchy with contempt for the little people. The envious Louis steals his little black bag, containing the secret to his wealth, plates to print money with. The bag, however, is secured by a poison needle.
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In Content Item: FlagSuper DC Giant #S-23 published March 1971
as The Secret of the Little Black Bag! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: First-person narrative
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[untitled]

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First Line: A Roadmaster bicycle...and other dandy prizes...are given away every week!
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Genres: childrens
First Line: Whoopee! This is the real wild West!
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Disclose Notes: Includes a plug for The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
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Now More Than Ever-

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Feature(s): Action Comics
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Pages: 1
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Partners in Fear!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: drama
Character(s): Guy Dubois; Andre Renard
First Line: Ha ha ha ha ha ha... you are a coward Dubois...
Synopsis: Two friends try to outrival each other. One has high anxiety, the other goes mad with fear of falling.
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Pages: 6
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Witch Hunter!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Matthew Hopkins
First Line: During the middle of the 17th century, an unscrupulous lawyer named Matthew Hopkins was known for...
Synopsis: Account of relentless witch-finder Matthew Hopkins.
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In Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #90 published September 1959
as Witch Hunter! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Waldinger is possibly the scripter as well.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Smith Brothers Cough Drops
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Superman Shows How UNICEF Spells Help for the Children of the World!

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Genres: opinion, superhero
First Line: Gosh, we saw nearly everything on all 38 floors of the United Nations building.
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Ghost Writer

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Genres: crime, horror
Character(s): Billy Conway
First Line: No wonder they're not laughing at my jokes!
Synopsis: Billy Conway kills his ghost writer Foster – just because he wanted to be credited! Conway is visited by a ghostly audience exposing him as the murderer.
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In Content Item: FlagDC Special #4 published July 1969
as Ghost Writer [Story on Interior Page(s)]with splash panel removed
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Pages: 4
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His X-Ray Eyes Startled the World

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
First Line: Kuda Bux has been called a great many things, ranging from Indian fakir to a yogi.
Synopsis: Story of Kuda Bux, Indian fakir and yogi.
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Pages: 2
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The Unwanted Guest!

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Genres: crime, drama
First Line: Stop! Stop! I can't stand it!
Synopsis: Englishman Mark Yeaton blackmails his American relatives and moves into their home, indulging in luxuries. He behaves that erratically, because he killed a dog in the war and is haunted by his eternal howling.
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Pages: 7.67
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First Line: I wish he'd get interested in a girl and start using Wildroot Cream-Oil!
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First Line: Announcing the new Daisy Defender repeating air rifle
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Cracker Jack
First Line: Boys! Girls! Send for this hilarious Cracker Jack fun pack
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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