House of Mystery #86 (1959) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Beast That Slept 1,000 Years!	cover	1	pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Ira Schnapp
2	The Baffling Bargains	comic story	7.67	pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee Elias	Professor John Slater; Harry; alien (unnamed)
4	The Man Who Conquered Time!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
5	Do You Make Life Hard for Yourself?	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp	Betsy; Bobby; mother (unnamed)
6	Peter Puptent Explorer	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff	Peter Puptent
7	The Atom Detective	comic story	7.67	pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely	Vic Randall; Ted Trent; Lober; Tony; Frisco
9	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff	Doctor Rocket
10	Fantastic! Mysterious!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
11	Wedding Rings!	cartoon	0.5
12	Maritime Magician	text article	1	letters: typeset
13	The Beast That Slept 1,000 Years	comic story	7.67	pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: George Roussos	Carl Thornton; Blake

Plus 5.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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