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Issue: House of Mystery #221
Publication Date: January 1974
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Issues: #221 of 321 Issues (405 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: The Line of DC Super-StarsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/09/1973
Volume: 23
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Issue may contain the Mark Jewelers insert.

On-sale date from Unexpected #154 and Comic Reader #100.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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He Who Laughs Last...

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #27 published June 1977
as He Who Laughs Last.... [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMysterieserier #10/1983 published September 1983
as Har du fattat galoppen? [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #3 published March 2009
as House of Mystery #221 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-3279
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Pingo!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, horror
Synopsis: After Pingo the clown's wife realizes that her husband is a serial killer, he arranges to kill her too during their highwire act and make it look like an accident, but she gets her revenge from beyond the grave.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #3 published March 2009
as Pingo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: J-3144
Disclose Notes: Russell Carley produced breakdowns for Fleisher's scripts, as confirmed by Michael Fleisher.
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For the Merriest Xmas from DC

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, fantasy
Character(s): Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Santa Claus
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for Limited Collector's Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-24; includes order form
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #3 published March 2009
as [untitled] [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-3038
Disclose Notes: Three gag cartoons:
Jungle explorers are looking for a man with a mustache.
A giant puts on a giant shoe that happens to be a house.
Young boys practicing knife throwing with their baby brother as the target.
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Two Sensational Blockbusters!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #254, on sale October 23, and Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #38, on sale October 16
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He Who Laughs Last....

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A plot to steal a young girl's inheritance is foiled by a ghostly clown.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #27 published June 1977
as He Who Laughs Last.... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #17 [Direct] published January 1982
as He Who Laughs Last... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRoots of the Swamp Thing #4 published October 1986
as He Who Laughs Last... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #3 published March 2009
as He Who Laughs Last... [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-894
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-3319
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by Jim Quinn; Jeff B. and Christopher M.; Bob Greenberger; Jim Harris; Valerie Lee; John Elliot.

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