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49April 1956
$0.10

House of Mystery #49

DC · April 1956 · on sale 1956-01-31

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Series
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#49
Publication date
April 1956
Key date
1956-04-00
On-sale date
1956-01-31
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 Imprisoned Hands!cover1pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Mysterious Mr. Omencomic story6script: Dick Wood; pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard Starr
4-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffProfessor Eureka
5The Build-It-Yourself Robotcomic story6pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney
6The One and Only Supermanpromo (ad from the publisher)1
7The Charms of Doomcomic story6pencils: John Prentice; inks: John Prentice
8Binky Says: "It's Fun to Belong!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
9Beware the Water Witchestext article2script: George Kashdan
10The Imprisoned Handscomic story6pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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