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Issue: House of Mystery #96
Publication Date: March 1960
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Issues: #96 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: 01/05/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (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
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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The Pirate Brain!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Character(s): George F. Jowett (photo); John Sill (photo); Ernest Raines (photo); Tony Pascarella (photo); Paul Lange (photo); Jim Norman (photo)
First Line: I don't care what your age is!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Coupon states "Jowett Institute of Body Building".
Inside front cover.
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The Amazing 70-Ton Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Frank Brandon
Synopsis: Night watchman Frank Brandon is accidentally exposed to a scientific growth experiment and grows to enormous size.
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Pages: 9
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Buzzy's "Famous Books" Quiz

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Genres: non-fiction, opinion
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Clocks of Doom!

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Genres: horror
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Pages: 0.5
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
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The Map of Menace

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Hal; Whitey; Jack; Biff
Synopsis: Four adventurers enter the jungles of Burma in search of a treasure of jewels. One, however, plans to eliminate the others, claiming the whole treasure for himself.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Unexpected #135 published May 1972
as The Map of Menace [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #50 published ?
as Landkarte des Grauens [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7.67
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Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!

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Feature(s): Strange Adventures; My Greatest Adventure; Tales of the Unexpected
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: I'll drink this to see if my experiment makes me invisible!
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Introducing... The Justice League of America

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Brave and the Bold; Justice League of America
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #28 (February-March 1960).
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Secret of the Starving Man

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: drama
Synopsis: A yogi bets a group of three friends that he can live indefinitely without eating.
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The Pirate Brain

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Dave Gordon; Tom Mack
Synopsis: Huge, tentacled, and seemingly indestructible robot machines arrive on Earth from outer space and begin consuming enormous amounts of natural resources, transforming the material into devices of its own design, to send back to their home planet. Soon Earth will be destroyed, if something isn't done about it.
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Pages: 7.67
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Bat-Mite Is Back Again!

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Feature(s): Detective Comics
Synopsis: House ad for Detective Stories (DC, 1937 series) #276 (February 1960).
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Pages: 0.33
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Treasure Chest of Fun

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Ad for various novelty items.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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