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40July 1955
$0.10

House of Mystery #40

DC · July 1955 · on sale May 1, 1955

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Identification plate

Series
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#40
Publication date
July 1955
Key date
July 1955
On-sale date
May 1, 1955
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 Tragic Game!cover1pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Coins That Came to Lifecomic story6pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim MooneyEric Summers; Martin Beauford; Janson
3Strange Telepathy!comic story0.67
5Binky Says "Family Projects Can Be Fun!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
6The Town That Lived Yesterdaycomic story6Amanda; Don Kane; Jim
7Star Spangled War Comics; Congo Billpromo (ad from the publisher)1
8-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
9The Mirage Makercomic story6pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben MoreiraPaul Keane; Emery
10-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
11The Unusual People Who Can Hear Colorstext article2script: Jack E. Miller
12The Tragic Gamecomic story6pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill ElyCharles; Emery Duncan; Andre Beauchamp; Bill; H.B. Carlton; Neal; Travers

Plus 3.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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