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Issue: House of Mystery #81
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 10/02/1958
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (5 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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Cover, Front
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Title Page
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Menace of the Alien Test Tubes!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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science fiction
Great scott! When you mixed those outer-space chemicals...
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FlagBig Boy #36 published September 1959
as Des éprouvettes étrangères [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Are you skinny like I was?
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Inside front cover.
The Man Who Made Utopia

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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science fiction
Mayor (unnamed); Mr. T. Erutuf
Shades of tomorrow!
The mysterious Mr. Erutuf builds a futuristic city of houses for sale, but the people of Earth prove themselves unready for its scientific advances.
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FlagBig Boy #36 published September 1959
as L'homme qui fit utopie [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5.67
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
sports
To win the game is fun and dandy when you score the winning goal...
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Miscellaneous
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[untitled]

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Commercial Trades Institute
Get yourself "off the hook"
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Sharing -- the United Nations Way!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
informational, non-fiction, opinion
It is a good market day, Papa!
The International Labor Organization of the United Nations teaches various trades to the people of a Mexican village, who pass on their new knowledge to others.
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Subtitled "A true story from the files of the International Labor Organization."
The PSA is produced in sequential-arts comics format and published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
The Prisoners of the Paints

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
fantasy, occult
Thank you for releasing me, my friend!
Struggling artist Warren Dale finds an old box of oil paints that magically allow him to paint a picture of a sorcerer who then steps out of the painting.
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FlagBig Boy #36 published September 1959
as Le prisonnier des couleurs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5.67
[untitled]

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fantasy
Tootsie Roll Pop
On Hallowe'en when witches meet and green-eyed goblins roam the scene though their cry is "Trick or Treat" Tootsie Roll Pop is what they mean!
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This Famous Symbol Is Your Guarantee

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Strange Adventures; House of Secrets
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house ad for Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #98 and House of Secrets (DC 1956 series) #14
The Boy with the Super Powers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Billy; Fred; Ann
L-look, Fred! Billy is blowing a cushion of air under the tractor making it fly!
Two strange men ask a farmer and his wife to take in a young boy, who is eventually revealed to be the heir to the throne of a faraway planet, in hiding from enemies who want to assume power.
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FlagBig Boy #36 published September 1959
as Garçon aux super-pouvoirs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5.67
[untitled]

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Boys and girls- please, give me a name..
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0.33
City of Hallucinations

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typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
When a single caller rings up police headquarters to report that he has just seen a skyscraper take off...
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The Menace of the Alien Test Tubes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Burke; Watkins; Colonel Stryker
It was your idea to fool around with those outer-space chemicals, Burke!
An alien missile comes to Earth containing four unknown chemicals in test-tubes which cause powerful and dangerous reactions, and serve as a warning to two scientists who have developed a miraculous invention of their own.
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FlagBig Boy #36 published September 1959
as Des éprouvettes étrangères [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7.67
[untitled]

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To the boys and girls of America...
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0.33
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Littleton Stamp Co.
Treasure chest of prized stamps from pirate strongholds!
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

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Daisy Manufacturing Company
Dad! read this...decide "Yes" on that Daisy Air Rifle!
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Stephens Credit Sales
Do you want spending money? Sell these popular patriotic and religious mottoes
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Inside back cover.
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Fun shootin' all year round!
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Back cover.

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