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121April 1962
$0.12

House of Mystery #121

DC · April 1962 · on sale 1962-02-01

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Series
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#121
Publication date
April 1962
Key date
1962-04-00
On-sale date
1962-02-01
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Beam That Transformed Men!cover1pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
2Hostage of Dimension Xcomic story7.67pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira
3Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!promo (ad from the publisher)0.33
4-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffMoolah the Mystic
5Buzzy Asks: "Do You Know Your Neighbors?"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
6Don't Miss These Two Super-Spectaculars!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Sheldon Moldoff, George Klein; letters: Ira Schnapp
7The Giant in the Obeliskcomic story7.67pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely; letters: Stan Starkman
8Now in a Magazine of His Own!promo (ad from the publisher)0.33pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy; letters: Ira Schnapp
9Phantom Spectaclestext article1script: Jack Miller
10-comic story0.5script: Irwin Hasen; pencils: Irwin Hasen; inks: Irwin Hasen; letters: Irwin HasenProfessor Brainstorm; Mrs. Brainstorm
12-cartoon1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
13The Beam That Transformed Mencomic story7.67pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: George Roussos; letters: Stan Starkman
14More Startling Than Tomorrow's Science Fiction Is the Metal Menpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Ira Schnapp
15-cartoon1script: Julius Schwartz; letters: Milt Snapinn

Plus 4.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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