House of Mystery, #18

Published: September 1953

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House of Mystery #18

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Issue Contents:
The Devil-Bird!
1 page horror-suspense
Credits
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Dance of Doom!
Story 2 6 pages drama; crime
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.

Credits
Ghost Patrol!
Story 3 1 page non-fiction
Storyline

Ghost sightings in a cemetery in Georgia.

Story Notes

Art id by Bob Rozakis and Gene Reed.

Story 4 1 page
The Fallen Moon!
Story 5 1 page non-fiction
Storyline

A weather balloon is confused with the moon.

Story Notes

Art id by Bob Rozakis and Gene Reed.

Story 6 0 pages
The Bravest Man Alive!
Story 7 6 pages drama
Storyline

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
Story 8 1 page children

"How good are you with your bow and arrow, Pud?"

Characters
  • Pud
Credits
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 9 1 page
Story Notes

Includes a plug for polio research.

Buzzy Asks: How Safe Is Your Driving?
Story 10 1 page advocacy; teen
Characters
Credits
Devil Bird!
Story 11 6 pages crime
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.

Credits
  • Pencils:
  • Inks:
Story 12 0 pages
The Mystery of the Hand Animals
Story 13 2 pages non-fiction
Storyline

Dinosaur fossils were believed to be monster's bones.

Credits
The Line of Stars Presents Tomahawk
Story 14 1 page
The Mechanical Mind!
Story 15 6 pages crime
Storyline

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
Story Notes

First-person narrative

Story 16 1 page
Story 17 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 18 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.