House of Mystery, #41

Published: August 1955

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House of Mystery #41

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Issue Contents:
Dinosaur Island!
1 page adventure
Credits
Draw Me!
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

The Impossible Tricks!
Story 2 6 pages crime
Storyline

Two journalists work to expose a stage magician's tricks, but one of them is secretly working with the fraud to undermine the investigation.

Credits
This Famous Symbol Is Your Guarantee...
Story 3 1 page superhero
Story Notes

House ad for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #205 and Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #221.

The House That Couldn't Be Destroyed
Story 4 6 pages fantasy
Storyline

A wrecking crew is unable to demolish a house until the last descendant of its ancestral family dies.

Characters
  • Foreman Dodson
  • Jasper Purdy
  • Cyrus Purdy
  • Farley
  • Cullens
  • Adams
Credits
Story 5 1 page humor

"Ah, come right in."

Storyline

Moolah's powers of prognostication don't work very well.

Greeting Cards of Destiny
Story 6 6 pages crime
Storyline

Several people receive antique greeting cards which seem to successfully foretell coming disasters.

Credits
Story 7 2 pages humor

"Professor, I want you to go to Egypt..."

Storyline

The professor investigates the tomb of King Tut-Anka.

Strangest Rainfalls in History
Story 8 2 pages non-fiction
Credits
Binky Says: "Never Underestimate a New Idea!"
Story 9 1 page advocacy; teen
Storyline

Binky advises Allergy not to give up on thinking of a new idea to win the soap box derby by reminding him of famous inventors who persevered in their plans.

Credits
Story Notes

Published "in cooperation with leading national social welfare and youth-serving organizations."

Dinosaur Island
Story 10 6 pages adventure
Storyline

Dr. Wallace exposes two living dinosaurs as a hoax perpetrated by a lazy researcher.

Credits
Story 11 1 page
Story 12 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 13 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.