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14May 1953
$0.10

House of Mystery #14

DC · May 1953 · on sale 1953-03-09

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Identification plate

Series
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#14
Publication date
May 1953
Key date
1953-05-00
On-sale date
1953-03-09
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Deadly Dollscover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Ray Burnley; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Crimes of the Black Catcomic story5.67pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown
5Strange Fears!comic story0.5pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Morris Waldinger
6Bells and Noises!comic story1script: Morris Waldinger; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Morris Waldinger; letters: Morris Waldinger
7The Melody of Deathcomic story6pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely
8The Line of Starspromo (ad from the publisher)1
9The Tree of Death!comic story0.5script: Morris Waldinger; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Morris Waldinger; letters: Morris Waldinger
10Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
11I Hired a Ghost!comic story5.67pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Bruno Premiani
13Haunted Happeningstext article2script: Jack Miller; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
14Black Magic!comic story1script: Morris Waldinger; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Morris Waldinger; letters: Morris Waldinger
15The Case of the Deadly Dollscomic story6pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Ray Burnley
17Buzzy Gets Tips on Choosing a Profession!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 4.16 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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