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70January 1958
$0.10

House of Mystery #70

DC · January 1958 · on sale 1957-11-03

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Identification plate

Series
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#70
Publication date
January 1958
Key date
1958-01-00
On-sale date
1957-11-03
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 Creatures from Nowhere!cover1pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Man with Nine Livescomic story6pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Pat Gordon
3The Kings of Comedy!promo (ad from the publisher)1
4-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffMoolah
5The Menace of the Mazecomic story6pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: George Roussos; letters: Pat GordonLaird Barth; Warren; King Thutmose
6Wanted: A Teen-Age Codepublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
7The Wooden Bodyguardcomic story6pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp; letters: Pat Gordon
8Psychic Explosionstext article1letters: typeset
9-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
10The Creatures from Nowhere!comic story6script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby; letters: Artie SimekTom Conroy; Anna Smith; Police Chief Hodges

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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CollectionYear
DC Special #111971On eBay ›
The Unexpected #1291971On eBay ›
The Jack Kirby Omnibus #1
ISBN 978-1-4012-3107-1
2011On eBay ›

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