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Issue: House of Mystery #87
Publication Date: June 1959
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Issues: #87 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: 04/02/1959
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 19 (7 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
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The Menacing Pet from Pluto!

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Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 1
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Draw Me

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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Human Diamond

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Professor Gray; Dave; Pete
Synopsis: On an expedition to test out a diamond-detector, a crew gets a strong reading near a seam in a rock. Upon entering the seam, one of the men falls into a gaseous pit. Out of the pit comes a man made of solid diamond.
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Your Passport to Strange Journeys...

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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): House of Secrets; Strange Adventures
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Disclose Notes: house ad for House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #20 and Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #104
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: We've done enough digging for today.
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In Content Item: FlagColossal Comic #36 published February 1966
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The Secret of the Phoenix

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Synopsis: Harry Boone is about to finish his quest for an archaelogical treasure when the dangers of the jungle destroy his nerve. But when the natives point him toward the "deathless" Phoenix bird, he believes he's found a new source of courage.
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Clyde Beatty & Cole Bros. Circus at Palisades Amusement Park

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Character(s): Superman; Emmett Kelly
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Fred Finds a Way!

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Genres: opinion
Synopsis: Fred learns that there are other ways of participating in his favorite sport of baseball even though he isn't yet good enough to be picked for the team.
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Disclose Notes: published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
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The Underworld Sorcerer

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Genres: crime, occult
Synopsis: Rocky Martin, crime boss, has been deported, but still maintains his underworld ties. While in Europe, he runs into the last in a line of sorcerers and believes he's found his ticket back to the States and his empire.
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The Man Who Outraced Light

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The Menacing Pet from Pluto!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Herb; Mortie; Charlie
Synopsis: An expedition finds freezing cold weather in the tropics. The cause appears to be a strange alien creature that seemingly escaped from a crashed ship and left behind the unconscious ship's captain. It's up to the expedition to find a way to stop the creature.
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Superstitious Sayings

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Disclose Notes: Sold by Wilson Chemical Co.
Inside back cover.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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