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Issue: House of Mystery #5
Publication Date: August 1952
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Issues: #5 of 321 Issues (405 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/27/1952
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (7 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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I Was a Witch!

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Genres: horror, occult
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Superman Says: "It's Smart to Check-- and Doublecheck!"

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Genres: opinion, superhero
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The Man with the Strangler Hands!

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Genres: crime
Synopsis: John Croydon commits a series of robberies and murders. When caught by the police he tells a fantastic tale: His hands are those of a gangster who died in a jungle plane crash. A witch doctor transplanted them to Croydon, thus condemning him to a life of crime. The police prove him wrong.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Top Speed Stops Spy

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
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The Caravan of Miracles!

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Genres: crime
Synopsis: Peter Farrell has traveled the world and stole all the secrets behind miracles like the Indian rope trick and such. Putting them together for an US-American road show he is haunted by mystics. Farrell, however, is only hallucinating.
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[untitled]

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[untitled]

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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: Today we're going to have a contest!
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Double Mourning!

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: An Illinois girl possesses the memories of a dead child.
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The Man Who Was Death!

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Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Fred Jones; Helen Jones; Ted Jones
Synopsis: Fred Jones believes that his touch causes death.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Unexpected #160 published November 1974
as The Man Who Was Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #18 published February 1976
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Message to Parents

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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Necco
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A Piece of Rope!

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Genres: crime
Synopsis: While rummaging through the house of a deceased man, reporter George Hackett finds a treasure. And commits a crime trying to get his hands on it.
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In Content Item: FlagDC Special #4 published July 1969
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Dead or Alive?

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
Synopsis: Account of an out of body experience writer Robert Louis Stevenson had in 1892.
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She Wrote What Ghosts Dictated

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Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: Life story of Madame Blavatsky.
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I Was a Witch!

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Genres: crime, horror
Synopsis: Leslie Cantwell visits her brother Roy in the country. The failed painter plans to drive her to suicide to inherit the family money. Husband Bruce, however, can foil the evil plot.
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Now Published Every Month!

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Feature(s): House of Mystery
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Two More Thrilling Magazines for Mystery Fans!

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Feature(s): The Phantom Stranger; Sensation Mystery
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The Secret of Treasure Cave

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Feature(s): Wilson Chem. Co.
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