House of Mystery #16 (1953) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Man Who Killed His Shadow!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; letters: Ira Schnapp
1	Buzzy Says: "Get a Box-Seat to Nature's Wonders!"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2	Dead Men Tell No Tales!	comic story	6	pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Sheldon Moldoff	Henry Johnson; Dave; Arnold Miles; Julius Caesar; General George Custer; Eric Johnson
5	The Haunted Airfield	comic story	0.5
6	Lady Luck Wore Black!	comic story	5.5
7	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
9	The Line of Stars	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
10	The Man Who Killed His Shadow	comic story	5.75	script: Jack Miller; pencils: Curt Swan
12	The Language of Magic	text article	2	script: Jack E. Miller
14	His Name on a Bullet!	comic story	6	pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely

Plus 6.75 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
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