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88July 1959
$0.10

House of Mystery #88

DC · July 1959 · on sale 1959-05-05

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Series
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#88
Publication date
July 1959
Key date
1959-07-00
On-sale date
1959-05-05
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 Man the Creature Feared!cover1pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; colors: Jack Adler; letters: Ira Schnapp
1Buzzy Says "Be Sure of Your Facts!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Gaspar SaladinoBuzzy Brown
2Return of the Animal-Mencomic story7.67pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely; letters: Stan Starkman
4Your Passport to Strange Journeys...promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Bill Ely, Gil Kane; inks: Bill Ely, Gil Kane; letters: Ira Schnapp
5The Walking Stick!comic story2pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely
6The Human Hurricanecomic story7.67pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: George Roussos; letters: Stan Starkman
8-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffDr. Floogle
9-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffMoolah the Mystic
11The Invisible Shieldtext story1script: Jack Miller
12The Man the Creature Fearedcomic story7.67script: Jack Miller; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown
14They Live on Borrowed Time!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Wally Wood; letters: Ira Schnapp
15-activity0.5script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel; letters: Martin Naydel

Plus 4.49 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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