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53January 1983
$0.60; 0.20 GBP; 0.75 CAD

DC Comics Presents #53

DC · January 1983 · on sale 1982-09-14

First appearance: The House of Mystery2 variants
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Identification plate

Series
DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series)
Issue
#53
Publication date
January 1983
Key date
1983-01-00
On-sale date
1982-09-14
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$0.60; 0.20 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
52
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of The House of Mystery - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The House of Mystery; Supermancover1pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Joe OrlandoCain, Clark Kent, Superman
1The Haunting Dooms of Halloween!comic story23script: Dan Mishkin; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Tony DeZuniga; colors: Gene D'Angelo; letters: CostanzaCain, The House of Mystery First, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Lana Lang, Steve Lombard, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Jimmy Olsen, Superman, Perry White
2Liberator Mission: Freedom -- or Death!comic story16script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: John Costanza; editing: Dick GiordanoAtari Force [Martin Champion; Li-San I'Rourke; Dr. Lucas Orion; Lydia Perez]; The Malaglon (villains); Commander David Marcus; Bob Marcus
3-letters page1.6script: Tamsyn O'Flynn
4-in-house column0.4letters: typeset

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandprice 0.60 USD; barcode 0709893121601
Canadianprice 0.75 CAD; barcode 0709893121601

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Series context

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Sources

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