House of Mystery, #137
Published: September 1963
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Tunnel to Disaster!
Characters
- Mike Hunter
- unnamed monsters
Credits
- Pencils: Dick Dillin
- Inks: Sheldon Moldoff
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Fill the Gaps in Your Family's Education with the Amazing Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia
Story Notes
Ad for 25 volume Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia from Cadillac Publishing Co. On inside front cover.
The Girl from Two Worlds
Storyline
Ellen Ward's cousin concocts an elaborate scheme posing as aliens in an attempt to claim her inheritance from a deceased uncle, but Jack Ward figures out the hoax and captures Ellen's cousin and his gang.
Characters
- Jack Ward
- Ellen Ward
- unnamed cousin of Ellen Ward and his gang
Credits
- Pencils: Mort Meskin
- Inks: George Roussos
Try a Tongue Teaser!
Story Notes
Ad for Tootsie Rolls with a tongue twister phrase.
Featuring Giant Superman Annual; Giant Batman Annual
"Celebrate the silver anniversary of Superman!"
Story Notes
House ad for Giant Superman Annual, on sale June 13th, and Giant Batman Annual, now on sale, showing covers of both.
116 Planes
Story Notes
Ad for toy airplanes from unknown company.
Story Notes
Ad for toy ships from unknown company.
Tunnel to Disaster!
Storyline
Mike and Eddie Hunter's construction company is hired to bore a road tunnel through Giant's Tooth, a mountain in the French Alps. As they complete the tunnel they are attacked by beasts, who turn out to be Emile LaTour's tunnel crew from a century before. The beasts save the Hunters' crew from being transformed into beasts and are retrapped in a tunnel cave-in.
Characters
- Mike Hunter
- Eddie Hunter
- employees of Hunter Brothers Construction
- Emile LaTour (as monster)
- employees of Emile LaTour (as monsters)
- French government official and police
Credits
- Pencils: Howard Sherman
- Inks: Howard Sherman
Your Eyes May Play Tricks...But Not Your Taste!
Story Notes
Ad for Tootsie Roll Pops with an optical illusion.
"What a bed."
Storyline
Moolah decides he cannot sleep on a normal bed in a hotel he is staying at, so he has room service deliver a hammer and he rebuilds the bed as a bed of nails.
Characters
- Moolah the Mystic
- hotel bellhop
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
"Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey."
Characters
- Superman
Story Notes
Ad for amusement park, with coupons.
America's Most Exciting War Game
Story Notes
Ad for Task Force game and extra toys from Helen of Toy.
The Amazing Modern Ancients
Storyline
Information about ancient technological feats, including tunnels, cities, rock paintings and more.
The Gift of-- Doom
Storyline
Roger Steele is given a diamond by an unnamed man and told it has a curse that may doom him. He is unable to throw it away without it returning but it is finally stolen and the thief is killed by it.
Characters
- Roger Steele
- unnamed old man
- Sam Stevens
- Bobo Tillison (death)
Credits
- Pencils: George Roussos
- Inks: George Roussos
Great Masterpieces
Story Notes
Ad for Tootsie Roll Fudge, with image of "The Fifer" by Edouard Manet.
104 Kings' Knights
Story Notes
Sold by Josely Company.
150 Civil War Soldiers!
Story Notes
Sold by Josely Company.
If You Know Just 20 People...
Story Notes
Ad for sales people for Christmas Cards.
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime 10¢?
Characters
- Ben Rebhuhn
- Bill Butler
Story Notes
Ad for body building course, with photos of the author and a successful student. On inside back cover.
100 Toy Soldiers
Story Notes
Ad for toy soldiers sold by Josely Company. On back cover.