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149March 1965
$0.12

House of Mystery #149

DC · March 1965 · on sale 1965-01-07

First appearance: Zook
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Identification plate

Series
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#149
Publication date
March 1965
Key date
1965-03-00
On-sale date
1965-01-07
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Zook - 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
0I Was Tried by an Insect Jury!cover1pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
1Friends Across the Seaspublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Man-Thing That Unearthed Secretscomic story8.67script: Dave Wood; pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe CertaJ'Onn J'Onzz, Martian Manhunter, Zook First
4-statement of ownership0.33letters: typeset
5-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffMoolah the Mystic
7The Magazine You Asked For!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp
8The Town That Buried Me - Alive!comic story6.67pencils: Alex Toth; inks: Alex TothWayne Bostwick; Roy Bostwick; Doc Wheeler; Sheriff Lucas
10Mysteries of the Agestext article1letters: typeset
12I Was Tried by an Insect Jurycomic story8.67script: Jack Miller; pencils: George Roussos; inks: George Roussos
14Two Great Heroes... in One Magazine!promo (ad from the publisher)0.33pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee Elias; letters: Ira Schnapp
15Make It a Happy Holiday -- With the Best in Comics!promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 5.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
The Unexpected #1261971On eBay ›
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ISBN 978-1-4012-2256-7		2009On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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