House of Mystery, #10

Published: January 1953

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House of Mystery #10

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Issue Contents:
Wishes of Doom
1 page horror-suspense
Credits
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

The Wishes of Doom!
Story 2 8 pages fantasy
Storyline

The idol head of Shandu travels from hand to hand, granting the owners one wish. Every wish comes true, but with a curse attached. The only wish without a catch is one for the benefit of mankind.

Credits
Story Notes

Cover story.

Story 3 0 pages
Story 4 1 page
Buzzy Says: "Free Speech-- Free for All!"
Story 5 1 page advocacy; teen
Storyline

Tom is tearing down the campaign posters of the candidate his father opposes, until Buzzy shows him that his father is much more fair-minded.

Characters
Credits
The Brush That Could Haunt Men's Souls
Story 6 6 pages fantasy
Storyline

A magic painter's brush travels from hand to hand, exposing bad people and helping the good ones.

Characters
  • Princess Elena
  • Sorcerer
  • Ralph Cotton
  • Lief Brogin
  • Joe Meany
  • George Rogers
Credits
Story 7 1 page children

"If you make this jump..."

Credits
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 8 1 page
Story Notes

Includes a plug for The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.

Superboy Discovers a New Kind of Junior Sport!
Story 9 1 page advocacy; superhero
Credits
The Weirdest Museum in the World
Story 10 6 pages detective-mystery
Storyline

Eli Thornton runs the town's "Animal Theater" with exhibits of wildlife. Mr. Redgrave and Mr. Kirkson threaten to ruin him if he's not able to pay his debts. Thornton upgrades his theater with a wild cat and a genuine werewolf. The werewolf, however, is newspaper reporter Ed Baker. He was killed by Kirkson and Redgrave and framed as a werewolf, because he was about to expose them as frauds.

Credits
Voice from the Grave
Story 11 2 pages non-fiction
Storyline

Controversy about Harry Houdini's last message.

Credits
The Magician Who Haunted Hollywood
Story 12 6 pages drama
Storyline

When actor Dick Mayhew begins to play the part of a famous escape artist for a film did the ghost of the escape artist help him with the stunts?

Characters
  • Dick Mayhew
  • Mr. Coombs (Movie Director)
  • Lola Lamour
Story Notes

Writer identified by Martin O'Hearn in Apa-I.

Superman Is on Television!
Story 13 0 pages
Story 14 1 page
Story Notes

Ad offering "electric games" that light up and produce sound, from The Electric Game Co. Photographs of the various games are pictured in the ad and include Electric Baseball, Electric Football, Electric Tic Tac Toe, Electric Jack Straws, Electric Hot Potato, and Electric TV Quiz. Black and white ad on inside back cover.

Story 15 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.