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3April-May 1952
$0.10

House of Mystery #3

DC · April-May 1952 · on sale 1952-02-04

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Identification plate

Series
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#3
Publication date
April-May 1952
Key date
1952-04-00
On-sale date
1952-02-04
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Dummy of Death!cover1pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Ray Burnley; letters: Ira Schnapp
1Buzzy Says "Be Sure of Your Facts!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Gaspar SaladinoBuzzy Brown
2The Dummy of Death!comic story7.67pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown
5The Mysterious Painting!comic story0.67pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Morris Waldinger; letters: Morris Waldinger
7She Wakes Up Screamingcomic story6pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira
9Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
10Ancient Legend!comic story0.67pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Morris Waldinger; letters: Morris Waldinger
12The Prophecy of Doomcomic story6pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard Purcell
13I Was a Victim of Black Magic!comic story4pencils: Jon Small; inks: George Roussos; letters: Ira Schnapp
14He Hunted Ghoststext story2script: Don King; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
15The House Where Evil Lived!comic story7.67pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye
17The Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dogpromo (ad from the publisher)1

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

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CollectionYear
Tales of the Unexpected #121957On eBay ›
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