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Issue: House of Mystery #6
Publication Date: September 1952
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Issues: #6 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: 07/07/1952
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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 Monster in Clay!

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Genres: crime, horror
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Pages: 1
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Buzzy's Rules of Water Safety!

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Genres: opinion, teen
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Monster in Clay!

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Genres: crime, horror, mystery
Synopsis: The sculptor Dwight Courtney models a bust of a black sorcerer from the past. He seems to gain uncanny abilities: whatever he makes is destroyed in real life. After the death of three of his colleagues, Courtney investigates the strange accidents.
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Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: First-person narrative.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Wildroot Cream-Oil
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Pages: 0.33
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Two More Thrilling Magazines for Mystery Fans!

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Feature(s): Sensation Mystery; The Phantom Stranger
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[untitled]

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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
First Line: Golly, he's good!
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Disclose Notes: Includes a plug for A Date with Judy on ABC.
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The Telltale Hand!

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Genres: crime
Character(s): George Karyl; John Putnam; Detective Bruce
Synopsis: George Karyl kills his client John Putnam and hides the body but the lines on his palm begin to form a hangman's noose.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Unexpected #159 published September 1974
as The Telltale Hand! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDoomsday Album #6 published April 1977
as The Tell Tale Hand [The Tell-Tale Hand] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Mysterious Princess!

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Princess Caraboo
Synopsis: Account of a vagrant who called herself "Caraboo."
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Necco
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The Hidden Author!

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: An Ouija board dictates poetry.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Bendix Coaster Brake
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I Was a Ghost for Hire!

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Genres: crime
Synopsis: A medium and her aide stage elaborate seances and incorporate the dead very convincingly. The racket is brought down by frightening the ghost impersonators with a ghost impersonation.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Hundred Comic Monthly #30 published March 1959
as I was a Ghost for Hire [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.67
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[untitled]

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First Line: The oldest symbol in comics...
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Can Your Mind Be Read?

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: Account about telepathy.
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The Devil Was My Partner!

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Genres: horror
Synopsis: Arthur Drake gets addicted to casino gambling in Naples, Italy. He signs a pact with the devil and now wins every time he gambles. Satan, however, is an impostor and casino owner who steals Drake's identity to continue his life in the US.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Jowett Institute of Physical Training
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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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Feature(s): Motor's Auto Repair Manual
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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