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87June 1959
$0.10

House of Mystery #87

DC · June 1959 · on sale 1959-04-02

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Series
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#87
Publication date
June 1959
Key date
1959-06-00
On-sale date
1959-04-02
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 Menacing Pet from Pluto!cover1pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Human Diamondcomic story5.67pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: George RoussosProfessor Gray; Dave; Pete
4Your Passport to Strange Journeys...promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Bernard Baily, Gil Kane; inks: Bernard Baily, Gil Kane; letters: Ira Schnapp
5-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffMoolah the Mystic
6The Secret of the Phoenixcomic story5.67pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard Purcell
9Fred Finds a Way!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp
10The Underworld Sorcerercomic story7pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily
11The Man Who Outraced Lighttext story1letters: typeset
12The Menacing Pet from Pluto!comic story5.67pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick CardyHerb; Mortie; Charlie
14Superstitious Sayingscomic story0.5

Plus 6.49 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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