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55October 1956
$0.10

House of Mystery #55

DC · October 1956 · on sale 1956-07-31

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Series
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#55
Publication date
October 1956
Key date
1956-10-00
On-sale date
1956-07-31
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 Amazing Cholly the Chimp!cover1pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard Starr; letters: Ira Schnapp
2I Turned Back Timecomic story6pencils: Jim McArdle; inks: Jim McArdle
4Binky Shows "How to Spend a Summer Week!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
5The Balloon Creaturescomic story6pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily
6Here Are the Prizespromo (ad from the publisher)3letters: typeset
7The Unknown Sentinelcomic story4.5pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: George Roussos
9The Curse of Sally Kildrethtext article1.67script: George Kashdan
11The Amazing Cholly the Chimpcomic story6pencils: Leonard Starr; inks: Leonard Starr

Plus 6.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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