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Issue: House of Mystery #81
Publication Date: December 1958
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Issues: #81 of 321 Issues (405 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
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)
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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Menace of the Alien Test Tubes!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: Great scott! When you mixed those outer-space chemicals...
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In Content Item: FlagBig Boy #36 published September 1959
as Des éprouvettes étrangères [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Are you skinny like I was?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Man Who Made Utopia

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mayor (unnamed); Mr. T. Erutuf
First Line: Shades of tomorrow!
Synopsis: 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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In Content Item: FlagBig Boy #36 published September 1959
as L'homme qui fit utopie [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
First Line: To win the game is fun and dandy when you score the winning goal...
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Pages: 0.33
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Commercial Trades Institute
First Line: Get yourself "off the hook"
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Pages: 1
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Sharing -- the United Nations Way!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, opinion
First Line: It is a good market day, Papa!
Synopsis: 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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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 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.
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The Prisoners of the Paints

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
First Line: Thank you for releasing me, my friend!
Synopsis: 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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In Content Item: FlagBig Boy #36 published September 1959
as Le prisonnier des couleurs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.67
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Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Pop
First Line: 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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Pages: 0.33
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This Famous Symbol Is Your Guarantee

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Strange Adventures; House of Secrets
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #98 and House of Secrets (DC 1956 series) #14
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The Boy with the Super Powers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Billy; Fred; Ann
First Line: L-look, Fred! Billy is blowing a cushion of air under the tractor making it fly!
Synopsis: 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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In Content Item: FlagBig Boy #36 published September 1959
as Garçon aux super-pouvoirs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.67
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
First Line: Boys and girls- please, give me a name..
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Pages: 0.33
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City of Hallucinations

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: When a single caller rings up police headquarters to report that he has just seen a skyscraper take off...
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Pages: 1
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The Menace of the Alien Test Tubes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Burke; Watkins; Colonel Stryker
First Line: It was your idea to fool around with those outer-space chemicals, Burke!
Synopsis: 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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In Content Item: FlagBig Boy #36 published September 1959
as Des éprouvettes étrangères [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
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[untitled]

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First Line: To the boys and girls of America...
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Littleton Stamp Co.
First Line: Treasure chest of prized stamps from pirate strongholds!
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
First Line: Dad! read this...decide "Yes" on that Daisy Air Rifle!
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Pages: 1
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Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
First Line: Do you want spending money? Sell these popular patriotic and religious mottoes
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Fun shootin' all year round!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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