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43October 1955
$0.10

House of Mystery #43

DC · October 1955 · on sale 1955-08-02

First appearance: Daniel Boone
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Identification plate

Series
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#43
Publication date
October 1955
Key date
1955-10-00
On-sale date
1955-08-02
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 Daniel Boone - 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
0The Imp on the Flying Trapeze!cover1pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely
2The Man Who Could Read Mindscomic story6pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Stan Kaye
3Davy Crockett and Daniel Boonepromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Leonard Starr, Nick Cardy; inks: Leonard Starr, Nick CardyDavy Crockett, Daniel Boone First, Tom Hawk, Tomahawk
4-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffShorty
5The Midget Makercomic story6pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira
6-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffProfessor Eureka
8Buzzy Says: "What Are You Getting Out of School?"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBuzzy Brown
9The Master of the Starscomic story6pencils: Jay McArdle; inks: Jay McArdle
10The Mysterious Gypsy Cardstext article2script: Jack E. Miller; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
11-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffMoolah the Mystic
12The Imp on the Flying Trapezecomic story6pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely

Plus 4.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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