House of Mystery, #5
Published: August 1952
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I Was a Witch!
Credits
- Pencils:
- Inks:
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Superman Says: "It's Smart to Check-- and Doublecheck!"
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The Man with the Strangler Hands!
Storyline
John Croydon commits a series of robberies and murders. When caught by the police he tells a fantastic tale: His hands are those of a gangster who died in a jungle plane crash. A witch doctor transplanted them to Croydon, thus condemning him to a life of crime. The police prove him wrong.
Credits
- Pencils: Curt Swan
Story Notes
First-person narrative.
Top Speed Stops Spy
The Caravan of Miracles!
Storyline
Peter Farrell has traveled the world and stole all the secrets behind miracles like the Indian rope trick and such. Putting them together for an US-American road show he is haunted by mystics. Farrell, however, is only hallucinating.
Credits
- Pencils:
- Inks:
Story Notes
First-person narrative.
"Today we're going to have a contest!"
Credits
- Pencils: Ray Thompson
- Inks: Ray Thompson
Double Mourning!
Storyline
An Illinois girl possesses the memories of a dead child.
The Man Who Was Death!
Storyline
Fred Jones believes that his touch causes death.
Characters
- Fred Jones
- Helen Jones
- Ted Jones
Credits
- Pencils: Jim Mooney
Story Notes
First-person narrative. Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. Previous indexer suggested Sy Barry for inks.
Editorial Advisory Board
Message to Parents
A Piece of Rope!
Storyline
While rummaging through the house of a deceased man, reporter George Hackett finds a treasure. And commits a crime trying to get his hands on it.
Dead or Alive?
Storyline
Account of an out of body experience writer Robert Louis Stevenson had in 1892.
Characters
- Robert Louis Stevenson
She Wrote What Ghosts Dictated
I Was a Witch!
Storyline
Leslie Cantwell visits her brother Roy in the country. The failed painter plans to drive her to suicide to inherit the family money. Husband Bruce, however, can foil the evil plot.
Credits
- Pencils: Howard Purcell
- Inks: George Klein
Story Notes
First-person narrative.
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Story Notes
Inside back cover.