House of Mystery, #18
Published: September 1953
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The Devil-Bird!
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- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Dance of Doom!
Storyline
The ambitious dancer Darius sabotages the stage and sees to it that two rival colleagues are crippled. Now Darius is the leading man, but goes insane with hallucinations caused by his guilt.
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- Pencils: Leonard Starr
- Inks: Leonard Starr
Ghost Patrol!
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Ghost sightings in a cemetery in Georgia.
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- Pencils: Morris Waldinger
- Inks: Morris Waldinger
Story Notes
Art id by Bob Rozakis and Gene Reed.
The Fallen Moon!
Storyline
A weather balloon is confused with the moon.
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- Pencils: Morris Waldinger
- Inks: Morris Waldinger
Story Notes
Art id by Bob Rozakis and Gene Reed.
The Bravest Man Alive!
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Two men, the American Emmet Carlton and the French Franz Dubois, claim to be the bravest man alive. They meet in Paris for a decisive battle. Each opponent starts pulling pranks to scare the other out of his wits – and thus be announced the winner. In the end they engage in a pistol duel and perish both.
Credits
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: Ray Burnley
"How good are you with your bow and arrow, Pud?"
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- Pud
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- 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.
Buzzy Asks: How Safe Is Your Driving?
Characters
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Devil Bird!
Storyline
Jules Diero kills a man and is led by the talking bird Jabez to a hidden treasure. The jewels, however, are fake and Diero is caught by the police.
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The Mystery of the Hand Animals
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Dinosaur fossils were believed to be monster's bones.
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- Script:
- Pencils: Luca Maresca
- Inks: Luca Maresca
The Line of Stars Presents Tomahawk
The Mechanical Mind!
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Sam Larkin poisons professor Hartford and hooks the scientist’s brain to a mechanical thinking machine to calculate gambling odds. Larkin wins at roulette and boxing bets. When he takes every last penny to the horse races, he is taught a lesson: Hartford is still alive and rigged all his winnings to ruin his criminal assistant.
Credits
- Pencils: Howard Sherman
- Inks: Howard Sherman
Story Notes
First-person narrative
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Story Notes
Back cover.