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Issue: House of Mystery #23
Publication Date: February 1954
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Issues: #23 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: 12/02/1953
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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Stamps of Doom!

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Genres: horror
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Feature(s): Lucky Song Parade Co.
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Flying Dutchman!

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Synopsis: Unemployed seaman Mike Dillon gets shanghaied onto the fabled Flying Dutchman where he has to do menial work. Dillon protests and drives a cutlass through the cruel captain’s heart. The captain is unharmed, though. Later on Dillon finds out that the sword is just a fake one and the ship a front for a sailing counterfeiting operation.
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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Dubble Bubble
First Line: Headhunters live in this part of the jungle!
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Feature(s): Superman DC National Comics
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The Best Present of All!

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Genres: opinion, teen
Feature(s): Binky
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The Phantom Highwayman Rides Again!

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Synopsis: London eccentric Derek Drew falls in love with a young woman named Minerva and starts to court her. Drew has a dark secret, he was a highwayman of the 16th century who was betrayed by a woman also named Minerva.
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The Line of Stars Presents

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Disclose Notes: House ad for The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis (DC, 1952 series) #10 and The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series) #25, with cover repros.
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Body Possessed

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
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The Gangster and the Ghost!

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Synopsis: American gangster Earl Crandall learns that he has English roots and used to be the Earl of Crandall. Not believing, of course, that a ghost haunts the castle he inherits, Crandall enters the premises in the company of a “ghost-breaker”.
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In Content Item: FlagAll Star Adventure Comic #69 published June 1971
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Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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The Man Who Made Gold

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Genres: fantasy, occult
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Voice from Nowhere!

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
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In Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #36 published April 1959
as Voice from Nowhere! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Stamps of Doom!

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Genres: horror
Synopsis: Collector Alex Manning excavates the quarters of a Nazi concentration camp commander – where 13 rare stamps depicting atrocities are kept. Whoever owns the fatal stamps will meet an untimely death.
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In Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #228 published December 1974
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Pages: 5.67
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Superman on Television! Is Super-TV

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Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
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Feature(s): Cheerful Card Company
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Feature(s): Motor's Auto Repair Manual
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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