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Issue: House of Mystery #13
Publication Date: April 1953
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Issues: #13 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: 02/11/1953
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (6 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
Format Notes:  
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The Theater of 1,000 Thrills!

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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Pages: 1
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Space Squadron
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Theater of a Thousand Thrills!

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Genres: drama
Synopsis: An actor wants to poison his rival, but he's tricked into confessing his plan.
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Pages: 5.67
Disclose Notes: Cover story. First-person narrative.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: Gosh, they stopped Pud on the goal line again!
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Pages: 0.5
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Editorial Advisory Board

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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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Good Neighbor Spirit

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
Feature(s): Leave It to Binky
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Pages: 1
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Album of Fear!

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Genres: crime, horror
Synopsis: The horror-seeking eccentric Jasper Jennings records the sounds of dying men on his portable tape machine. A man covering up a crime drives Jennings insane by making him believe he's being haunted by the voices of the dead.
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Pages: 6
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Lifelong Trance

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Genres: non-fiction, occult
Synopsis: Account of Miss Molly Fancher, who fell into a lifelong trance in 1866.
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In Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #89 published August 1959
as Lifelong Trance [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Feature(s): Necco
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Pages: 0.5
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Silk Gauze

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Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, non-fiction, occult
Synopsis: Account of a séance swindle in New York.
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In Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #18 published October 1957
as Silk Gauze [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #68 published December 1961
as Silk Gauze [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Nightmare Nemesis

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Genres: drama, science fiction
Synopsis: Engineer Hank is radiated while working at the atomic plant and suffers from clairvoyant delusions of machines wanting to kill him.
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Pages: 5.67
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Superman Is on Television!

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Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
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Pages: 0.33
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England's Most Haunted House

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: Borley Rectory in Suffolk, England.
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Pages: 2
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The Telltale Mirror!

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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): John Bowers
Synopsis: John Bowers finds a mirror that shows the future.
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In Content Item: FlagGhosts #5 published May 1972
as The Telltale Mirror! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: Flag2 ruskiga timmar #[nn] published January 1973
as Skvallerspegeln [Story on Interior Page(s)]originally titled "The Tell-Tale Mirror"
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #18 published February 1976
as The Telltale Mirror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Ghosts #1 published January 2012
as The Telltale Mirror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Inks also credited possibly to Ray Burnley in index of Ghosts #5 reprint.
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Two More Thrilling Magazines for Mystery Fans!

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Feature(s): Sensation Mystery; The Phantom Stranger
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Pages: 1
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Feature(s): Strange Adventures; Detective Comics
First Line: The oldest symbol in comics...
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Draw Me!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Art Instruction, Inc.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Motor's Auto Repair Manual
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Feature(s): Milky Way
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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