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House of Mystery #174

DC · Series began 1951 · May-June 1968

Dates

Cover date
May-June 1968
On sale
March 14, 1968
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Carmine Infantino, Lee Elias, Doug Wildey, Sergio Aragonés, Bernard Bailyletters: Gaspar Saladinoinks: Lee Elias, Doug Wildey, Sergio Aragonés, Bernard Baily, Mort Meskinscript: Joe Orlando, Otto Binder, Jack Miller

Stories

  • The Wondrous Witch's Cauldron · 3.5 pages

    A witch's cauldron that brings it's owner fame, fortune, and long life passes from owner to owner.

  • The Man Who Hated Good Luck! · 5.5 pages

    In order to receive great fortune, Don Barker must reject three lesser strokes of good luck.

  • Museum of Worthless Inventions · 5.67 pages

    Amos Todd sells tickets to his Museum of Worthless Inventions when he sees a flash of light come through the rain clouds. He shows a gold making machine and then a power pill which converts water to gasoline. He is surprised when the water suddenly bursts into flame. In the storm he helps a doctor's car with a power pill and water. He finds all inventions now work and fixes the hospital generator with a perpetual motion machine. Back at the museum criminals steal the gold making machine. Todd follows using mechanical wings which stop working as he lands. All machines return to uselessness.

  • The Court of Creatures · 8.5 pages

    Mark exposes Governor Tarsus' plot to keep himself in power by scaring his people with the Cottswald Creatures.

Reprinted in

House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2018)

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