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Issue: House of Mystery #27
Publication Date: June 1954
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Issues: #27 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: 04/07/1954
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Fate Held Four Aces!

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Binky Says: "Act Your Age!"

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Genres: humorous, opinion, teen
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The Magic Mask of Murano!

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Synopsis: An allegedly magic mask prevents those who wear it from harm. When two thugs steal it and perform a bank robbery, the joke is on them.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Scripto
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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The Crew-less Ship!

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Genres: fantasy
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Death's I.O.U.

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Synopsis: Two French noblemen duel themselves over a period of weeks. One manipulates the pistol of the other, but the plan backfires.
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[untitled]

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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: Let's go see the lions and tigers now...
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Death at the Controls

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[untitled]

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Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Is the space between the Earth and Sun full of light?
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Editorial Advisory Board

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The Man Who Built a Crazy House!

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Synopsis: Asa Hartley builds a loony-looking house to ruin the neighborhood, because the townsfolk drove off his father. The police chief, however, digs deeper and uncovers a crime committed years ago.
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Three Exciting New Adventures

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Feature(s): Batman
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America's Most Mysterious Man

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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Hmm -- Quite an interesting discourse on fossils...
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Fate Holds Four Aces!

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Character(s): Jane Howard; Joe Kerr; Jim Murphy; Hank Minor; Dick Barry; Edna Meadows; Philip Strome
First Line: I was amused, at first, by gambler Joe Kerr’s obsession with his playing cards --until I discovered the gruesome and terrifying secret that drove him on and on to complete his strange, solitary game of death!
Synopsis: Jane Howard, newspaperwoman, remembers her encounter with Joe Kerr, the gambler who was searching frantically for a special “joker” card. Kerr was killed in the process, a victim of his own greed.
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In Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #163 published December 1966
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

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First Line: Step right up, folks...
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Jowett Institute of Physical Training
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Underseas Treasure

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Feature(s): Wilson Chemical Co.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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