House of Mystery #2 (1952) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	I Was a Dead Man!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Ed Smalle
1	Buzzy Says: "Be Yourself-- Your Best Self!"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Buzzy
2	The Mark of X	comic story	7.67	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein
5	The Secret of Salzo the Great!	comic story	3.67
8	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
9	Tree of Doom!	comic story	7.67	pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney
12	I Was a Dead Man!	comic story	8	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Sy Barry
13	Ghost River!	comic story	0.67
15	Secret Inks	text article	2	script: Donald Queen; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
16	The Strange Experiment of Dr. Grimm!	comic story	6		Nick Nolan; John Grimm; Warden Lewis; Dave Strong

Plus 5.82 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
DC Special #4	1969	On eBay ›
The Unexpected #159	1974	On eBay ›

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