House of Mystery, #23

Published: February 1954

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House of Mystery #23

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

Sold by Lucky Song Parade Co. Inside front cover.

The Flying Dutchman!
Story 2 6 pages
Storyline

Unemployed seaman Mike Dillon gets shanghaied onto the fabled Flying Dutchman where he has to do menial work. Dillon protests and drives a cutlass through the cruel captain’s heart. The captain is unharmed, though. Later on Dillon finds out that the sword is just a fake one and the ship a front for a sailing counterfeiting operation.

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Story 3 1 page children

"Headhunters live in this part of the jungle!"

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Editorial Advisory Board

Featuring Superman DC National Comics

Story 4 1 page
The Best Present of All!
Story 5 1 page advocacy; teen
The Phantom Highwayman Rides Again!
Story 6 6 pages
Storyline

London eccentric Derek Drew falls in love with a young woman named Minerva and starts to court her. Drew has a dark secret, he was a highwayman of the 16th century who was betrayed by a woman also named Minerva.

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The Line of Stars Presents
Story 7 1 page
Story Notes

House ad for The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis (DC, 1952 series) #10 and The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series) #25, with cover repros.

Body Possessed
Story 8 1 page non-fiction
Story Notes

Art id by Bob Rozakis and Gene Reed.

The Gangster and the Ghost!
Story 9 6 pages
Storyline

American gangster Earl Crandall learns that he has English roots and used to be the Earl of Crandall. Not believing, of course, that a ghost haunts the castle he inherits, Crandall enters the premises in the company of a “ghost-breaker”.

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Story 10 0 pages
The Man Who Made Gold
Story 11 2 pages fantasy
Credits
Voice from Nowhere!
Story 12 1 page non-fiction
The Stamps of Doom!
Story 13 6 pages horror-suspense
Storyline

Collector Alex Manning excavates the quarters of a Nazi concentration camp commander – where 13 rare stamps depicting atrocities are kept. Whoever owns the fatal stamps will meet an untimely death.

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Story Notes

Cover story.

Superman on Television! Is Super-TV
Story 14 0 pages
Story 15 1 page
Story 16 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 17 1 page
Credits
Story Notes

Back cover.