House of Mystery, #10
Published: January 1953
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Issue Contents:
Wishes of Doom
Credits
- Pencils: Curt Swan (uncertain)
- Inks: George Klein (uncertain)
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The Wishes of Doom!
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
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: George Klein
Story Notes
Cover story.
Buzzy Says: "Free Speech-- Free for All!"
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
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
The Brush That Could Haunt Men's Souls
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
- Pencils: Jim Mooney
- Inks: Jim Mooney
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
Includes a plug for The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
Superboy Discovers a New Kind of Junior Sport!
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
The Weirdest Museum in the World
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.
Voice from the Grave
Storyline
Controversy about Harry Houdini's last message.
Credits
- Script: Jay Hero
The Magician Who Haunted Hollywood
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
Credits
- Script: George Kashdan
- Pencils: Leonard Starr
- Inks: Leonard Starr
Story Notes
Writer identified by Martin O'Hearn in Apa-I.
Superman Is on Television!
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 Notes
Back cover.