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House of Mystery #85

DC · Series began 1951 · April 1959

Dates

Cover date
April 1959
On sale
February 3, 1959
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Jack Kirby, Jim Mooney, Henry Boltinoff, Joe Kubert, Bernard Baily, Bill Ely, Morris Waldingerinks: Jack Kirby, Jim Mooney, Henry Boltinoff, Joe Kubert, Bernard Baily, Bill Ely, Tom Nicolosicolors: Jack Kirbyletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoff, Pat Gordon, Milt Snapinnscript: Henry Boltinoff, Jack Schiff, Julius Schwartz

Stories

  • Earth's Strangest Salesman · 8.67 pages

    Aliens are using a salesman to plant weapons on Earth, but when a man throws the salesman out, the salesman suddenly recalls the aliens' plans and stops an invasion.

  • The Man with the Double Destiny · 7.67 pages

    When Mr. Clyde discovers that he has been hired to guide gun runner Verrill through the Peruvian jungle, he refuses to help him. But he doesn't know that Verrill has enlisted a witch doctor, so that whatever happens to Verrill happens to Clyde.

  • "Ghost" in the Doorway · 1 pages
  • The Stone Sentinels of Giant Island · 7.67 pages

    A scientific expedition comes across an unknown island with stone statues resembling those on Easter Island. After one of the statues comes to life, Prof. Spears deciphers an tablet and discovers that the statues are sentries for an ancient alien base under the island. Luckily, the tablet also tells the scientists how to deactivate the sentries, and they are able to escape before the island submerges.

Reprinted in

Blackhawk (1956), Five-Score Comic Monthly (1958), Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (1960), DC Special (1968), The Jack Kirby Omnibus (2011)

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