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117December 1961
$0.12

House of Mystery #117

DC · December 1961 · on sale 1961-10-03

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Series
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#117
Publication date
December 1961
Key date
1961-12-00
On-sale date
1961-10-03
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Menace of the Fire Furies!cover1pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Three Who Changedcomic story7.67script: Arnold Drake; pencils: George Roussos; inks: George Roussos; letters: Stan StarkmanCraig Mellon; Barker; Professor Haskell; thief (unnamed)
4Re-Live the Adventures of Superman When He Was a Boy!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Ira SchnappClark Kent, Krypto, Lana Lang, Superboy
5People Are People!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily
6-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
7The Phantom Battle of General Brujocomic story7.67script: Jack Miller; pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee Elias; letters: Stan StarkmenColonel Perez; Manuel; General Brujo; General Zacapa; Ramera
9-cartoon1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
10-cartoon0.5pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Morris Waldinger
11Animal Warning Signalscartoon0.5pencils: Morris Waldinger
12Secrets of the Ghostly Soundstext article1letters: typeset
13The Menace of the Fire Furiescomic story7.67script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman; letters: Stan StarkmanPaul Lemonde; Marty
15The Secret of the Saxon Traitor!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy; letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 4.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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