House of Mystery #30 (1954) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Statue That Was Tried for Murder!	cover	1	pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
1	Buzzy Says: "Work Can Be Fun!"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2	The Demon Gun!	comic story	6	pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney	Jim Folson; John Ellis; Tiwa
4	Mysterious Photo	comic story	1
5	The Phantom of the Sea!	comic story	5.67	pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely
6	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
8	-	cartoon	0.5
9	The Terrible Tree-Man of Tanganyika!	comic story	2	pencils: Ralph Mayo; inks: Ralph Mayo
10	I Was Born to Kill!	comic story	5	pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Ray Burnley
11	The Mystery of Katie King	text story	2	script: Jack Mabely
12	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
13	The Statue That Was Tried for Murder!	comic story	5.67	pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira
14	Three Exciting New Adventures	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33

Plus 4.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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

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