House of Mystery, #4
Published: June-July 1952
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The Man with the Evil Eye!
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Superman Says: "Hop on the Welfare Wagon!"
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The Man with the Evil Eye!
Storyline
Mobster Jim Keene is blinded, but kills his neighbor Bob who promised him an eye transplant. Police can’t prove anything because Keene makes it look like an accident. Bob’s right eye, however, was “hexed†and Keene (now living with it) can kill a person if he stares at him in anger. When Keene kill-stares his girl friend Nancy, he is overwhelmed with grief and confesses to the murder of Bob. The police inform him that the eye-hex has been an elaborate “hoax†to drive him mad! Keene killed no one, but fell for the performances of G-Men.
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What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!
Characters
- Ted Williams
River of Death
Credits
- Pencils: Morris Waldinger
- Inks: Morris Waldinger
- Letters: Morris Waldinger
Friday the 13th Club
Storyline
13 men and women form a club to debunk superstition, but one by one they meet violent deaths. They don’t die, however, because they challenge fate, but because they touched a poisoned gavel to smash a mirror with.
Characters
- Fred Kromchick
- Bernie Kalb
- Clara Costello
- Jim Costello
- Jack Shore
- Harry Wong
- Norman Nickolowski
- Sheila Cayton
- Ralph Cayton
- Nelson Green
- Skinny James
- Joe Varbelli
- Philip Tager
Credits
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: John Fischetti
Story Notes
Corrected inking credit. George Klein was not working at DC during this period. Inking matches that credited to Fischetti in other stories. (Gene Reed, 09/27/2011)
Case of the Crossed-Up Car Crook
Nightmare
Storyline
John Howell randomly kills three people to cover up the murder of his business partner. He pretended to dream about the deaths first. Police stages more accidents to drive Howell over the edge and make him confess.
Credits
- Pencils: Howard Purcell
- Inks: George Roussos (uncertain)
Story Notes
First-person narrative
Out of This World
Knightly Ghost!
Storyline
Legend of a Roman soldier haunting a hill in England.
Credits
- Pencils: Morris Waldinger
- Inks: Morris Waldinger
- Letters: Morris Waldinger
Spectre of Death!
Storyline
Account of strange happening during the Civil War.
Credits
- Pencils: Morris Waldinger
- Inks: Morris Waldinger
- Letters: Morris Waldinger
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
Includes a plug for A Date with Judy on ABC.
Phantom Ships
Storyline
Sightings of the ghost ships Flying Dutchman, Marlborough and Mary Celeste.
Credits
- Script:
- Pencils: Luca Maresca
- Inks: Luca Maresca
His Double-- In Doom?
Storyline
Dennis and David Stanton are twins and are able to share their feelings. They embark on a life of crime using their exact likeness to be one another's alibi. In the end both get shot dead at the exact same moment although they are hundreds of miles apart.
Credits
- Pencils: Curt Swan
- Inks: John Fischetti
Featuring Superman
"Can you imagine Batman and Superman together?"
Strange Apparition!
Storyline
Man killed in a duel appears as ghost to his bride once more.
Credits
- Pencils: Morris Waldinger
- Inks: Morris Waldinger
- Letters: Morris Waldinger
Featuring Sensation Comics; Batman
"The oldest symbol in comics..."
Story Notes
Inside back cover.