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74May 1958
$0.10

House of Mystery #74

DC · May 1958 · on sale 1958-03-04

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Identification plate

Series
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#74
Publication date
May 1958
Key date
1958-05-00
On-sale date
1958-03-04
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 Dragon of Times Square!cover1pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Anti-Gravity Menacecomic story6pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard BailySeth Parker; Fred Lane (Scientist)
3New! Exciting! Mystifying!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Sid Greene; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Ira Schnapp
4-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffDoctor Rocket
5The School for Sorcererscomic story6pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely
6The Man Who Refused to Die!comic story2script: Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan; pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle
7The Man with the Martian Bodycomic story6pencils: George Roussos; inks: George Roussos
8The Phony Space Shipstext story1letters: typeset
9Buzzy Scoffs at "That Deep, Dark Secret!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappBuzzy Brown; Susie Gruff
10The Dragon of Times Squarecomic story6pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob BrownMiss Brown; Sir Gawain; Monaghan the Patrolman; Jim (policeman); Pete (policeman)

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

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CollectionYear
House of Mystery #2261974On eBay ›
House of Mystery #2281974On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery #3
ISBN 978-1-4012-2183-6
2009On eBay ›

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