House of Mystery, #17
Published: August 1953
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Station G-H-O-S-T!
Credits
- Pencils:
- Inks:
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
The Line of Stars
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Station G-H-O-S-T!
Storyline
Andrew Gill wants to buy the house his ancestor supposedly haunts and uses some trickery on the current owner.
Characters
- Andrew Gill
- Tom
- Bold Eagle
- Jeff
- Timothy Gill (Ghost)
- Mr. Yorke
- Eddie
Credits
- Pencils:
- Inks:
Mission of the Planet of Ice
Characters
- Major Mars
Credits
- Pencils: Sam Glankoff
- Inks: Sam Glankoff
- Letters: Sam Glankoff (uncertain)
"Your turn to bat, Pud..."
Characters
- Pud
Credits
- Script: Ray Thompson (uncertain)
- Pencils: Ray Thompson
- Inks: Ray Thompson
- Letters: Ray Thompson (uncertain)
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
Includes a plug for polio research.
Beauty and the Beast!
Storyline
Linda the lion tamer gets involved in the schemes of a criminal circus director. She is made to believe to inhabit the powers of Greek sorceress Circe who changed men into animals.
Credits
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: Ray Burnley
Story Notes
First-person narrative
A Sprint in Time Spikes Crime
Binky Shows "How to Spend a Summer Week!"
Characters
- Binky
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
The Man with the X-Ray Eyes!
Storyline
Police plot to make a murderer confess to his crime. They paint the picture of the murder victim on contact lenses – so the killer is always confronted by the sight.
Credits
- Pencils: Howard Sherman
- Inks: Howard Sherman
Story Notes
First-person narrative.
Swindle's Ghost
Storyline
Account of Prof. Swindle's phenomenon called "after-images."
Credits
- Script: Jay Hero
Story Notes
Small illo.
Black Cat
Storyline
The black cat superstition
The Ordeal of Roger Black
Story Notes
Inside back cover.