House of Mystery, #85
Published: April 1959
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The Stone Sentinels of Giant Island!
Credits
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Jack Kirby
- Colors: Jack Kirby
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Cover colors credit from Greg Theakston, via the GCD Error List.
Draw Lincoln
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Earth's Strangest Salesman
Storyline
Aliens are using a salesman to plant weapons on Earth, but when a man throws the salesman out, the salesman suddenly recalls the aliens' plans and stops an invasion.
Characters
- Mr. Wilson
- Charlie
- Harry
- The Vaarks
Credits
- Pencils: Jim Mooney
- Inks: Jim Mooney
- Letters: John Duffy (uncertain)
"Amazing hieroglyphics, Mr. Puptent..."
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Featuring The Brave and the Bold
"Why does the Viking Prince risk his life time and time again..."
Credits
- Pencils: Joe Kubert
- Inks: Joe Kubert
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
What's Your B.Q.*? (* Brotherhood Quotient)
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Bernard Baily
- Inks: Bernard Baily
The Man with the Double Destiny
Storyline
When Mr. Clyde discovers that he has been hired to guide gun runner Verrill through the Peruvian jungle, he refuses to help him. But he doesn't know that Verrill has enlisted a witch doctor, so that whatever happens to Verrill happens to Clyde.
Characters
- Mr. Clyde
- Andor Verrill
- Wakora
Credits
- Pencils: Bill Ely
- Inks: Bill Ely
- Letters: Pat Gordon
They Live on Borrowed Time!
Credits
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Jack Kirby
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
House ad for Challengers of the Unknown #7.
Featuring Curious Names of Western Mines
"In their great anxiety to find a gold mine..."
Credits
- Script: Julius Schwartz
- Pencils: Morris Waldinger
- Inks: John Sherwood
- Letters: Milt Snapinn
"Ghost" in the Doorway
The Stone Sentinels of Giant Island
Storyline
A scientific expedition comes across an unknown island with stone statues resembling those on Easter Island. After one of the statues comes to life, Prof. Spears deciphers an tablet and discovers that the statues are sentries for an ancient alien base under the island. Luckily, the tablet also tells the scientists how to deactivate the sentries, and they are able to escape before the island submerges.
Characters
- Professor Spears
- Morgan
- Drew
- Harry
Credits
- Script: Jack Kirby (uncertain)
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Jack Kirby
- Letters: Milt Snapinn (uncertain)
Story Notes
1) On the cover of this issue, and in the DC Special reprint, Prof. Spears has white hair. In this version, he has brown hair, looking much younger. 2) The stone sentinels, created by aliens, are similar to the giant stone heads of Easter Island, as cited in the story. Kirby would reuse the design in the first appearance of Thor, Journey into Mystery #83, as The Stone Men of Saturn.
Story Notes
Back cover.
Story Notes
Sold by American Seed Co. Back cover.