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38May 1955
$0.10

House of Mystery #38

DC · May 1955 · on sale 1955-03-01

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Identification plate

Series
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#38
Publication date
May 1955
Key date
1955-05-00
On-sale date
1955-03-01
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Man Who Had Two Ghosts!cover1pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
1Binky Gives "Tips on Camping"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBertram "Binky" Biggs; Little Allergy
2The Voyage of No Returncomic story6pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely
3The Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog; Tomahawkpromo (ad from the publisher)1
4The Man with the X-Ray Eyes!comic story6pencils: Jim McArdle; inks: Jim McArdle
5-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
6The Nameless Ones!comic story1script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker; letters: Mort Drucker
7The Gloves of Fate!comic story6pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira
8Mystery of the Vanished Vikingstext article2script: Jack E. Miller
9Message from the Past!comic story0.67
11The Man Who Had Two Ghostscomic story6pencils: Howard PurcellDetective White; Bill Coates; Joe Miner; Eustis Cheevers

Plus 3.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

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