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41August 1955
$0.10

House of Mystery #41

DC · August 1955 · on sale 1955-05-31

First appearance: Moolah the Mystic
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Identification plate

Series
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#41
Publication date
August 1955
Key date
1955-08-00
On-sale date
1955-05-31
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Moolah the Mystic - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Dinosaur Island!cover1pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Impossible Tricks!comic story6pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard Starr
3This Famous Symbol Is Your Guarantee...promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer, Charles Paris; letters: Ira Schnapp
4The House That Couldn't Be Destroyedcomic story6pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard ShermanForeman Dodson; Jasper Purdy; Cyrus Purdy; Farley; Cullens; Adams
5-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffMoolah the Mystic First
6Greeting Cards of Destinycomic story6pencils: Jay McArdle; inks: Jay McArdle
7-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry BoltinoffProfessor Eureka
8Strangest Rainfalls in Historytext article2script: Jack Miller
9Binky Says: "Never Underestimate a New Idea!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappAllergy Biggs, Binky Biggs
10Dinosaur Islandcomic story6pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely

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

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Series context

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Sources

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