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19October 1953
$0.10

House of Mystery #19

DC · October 1953 · on sale 1953-08-05

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Series
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#19
Publication date
October 1953
Key date
1953-10-00
On-sale date
1953-08-05
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Strange Faces of Death!cover1pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
2Ghost Writer!comic story6pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard Starr
3Black Fear!comic story0.5
5Strange Sea Story!comic story0.67
7Man of Evil!comic story5.67pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Ray Burnley
10Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
11Binky Says: "Give Your Pet All the Breaks!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBinky Biggs
12The Strange Faces of Death!comic story6pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira
13The Oldest Magic in the Worldtext article2letters: typeset
14The Line of Stars Presents Tomahawkpromo (ad from the publisher)1
15Spirit's Revenge!comic story5.67pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy

Plus 5.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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