House of Mystery #88
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- July 1959
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/15097
Credits
- Editing
- Jack Schiff
George Kashdan (Associate Editor)
Murray Boltinoff (Associate Editor)
Issue contents
Cover
The Man the Creature Feared!
Cover, 1 page
1Featuring
- Feature
- Buzzy
- Genre
- Advocacy; teen
- Characters
- Buzzy
Credits
- Script
- Jack Schiff
- Art
- Win Mortimer
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp ?
Synopsis
When the clubhouse boys jump to conclusions and believe Jim stole the club's money, Buzzy advises them to stay calm and double-check before making accusations.
Notes
Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated April 1952.
2Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
Credits
- Art
- Bill Ely
Synopsis
While studying an ancient African crypt, Alan Hunter ponders images of Horus, Amun, and Anubis. Outside the crypt Alan meets the same gods in the nearby jungle. But they are actually beings from the planet Parma who came to Earth years ago, found it quaint, and decided to come back later to plunder its resources. And now is that time.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Tootsie Roll
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
4Featuring
- Feature
- House of Secrets; Strange Adventures
- Genre
- Science fiction
Credits
- Art
- Bill Ely (illustration)
Gil Kane (illustration) - Letters
- Ira Schnapp
Notes
house ad for House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #21 and Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #105
5Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
Credits
- Art
- Bill Ely
Synopsis
A man who murdered his uncle believes that his uncle's spirit has returned when he hears the sound of his walking stick.
Notes
Poe's "The Telltale Heart" with a walking cane.
6Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
Credits
- Pencils
- Mort Meskin
- Inks
- George Roussos
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Mighty The 100-Page Comic! (Colour Comics, 1957 series) #14 ([November 1959]) — The Human Hurricane
-
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #155 (December 1965) — The Human Hurricane
-
Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #13 ([May 1966?]) — The Human Hurricane
Synopsis
Photographer Paul Bradley is given permission to take all the photos he wants of a local village's festival of the wind god, except the temple of Notus, the Wind God himself. Legend has it that any defiler of Notus' temple will take on the form of the wind god until he discovers how to become human again. But Paul doesn't heed the warnings.
7Featuring
- Feature
- Tootsie Roll Pop
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
8Featuring
- Feature
- Dr. Floogle
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Dr. Floogle
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
Reprint history
9Featuring
- Feature
- Moolah the Mystic
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Moolah the Mystic
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
10Featuring
- Feature
- Palisades Amusement Park
11
12Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
Credits
- Art
- Bob Brown
Synopsis
An alien is sighted in the vicinity of a number of strange events, like buildings lifting off the ground and floating in the air before landing again. The only thing that the alien seems to fear is a man bundled up like a mummy in men's clothing. But after the police subdue the alien they find that the he is really a doctor, and that the man wrapped like a mummy is a mental patient who is actually responsible for the chaos.
13Featuring
- Feature
- Tootsie Roll Fudge
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
14Featuring
- Feature
- Challengers of the Unknown
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Wally Wood
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
Notes
house ad for Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #8
15Featuring
- Feature
- Dickey Dusk
Credits
- Script
- Martin Naydel ?
- Art
- Martin Naydel
- Letters
- Martin Naydel ?
Notes
puzzle
16Featuring
- Feature
- Stephens Credit Sales
17Featuring
- Feature
- Jowett Institute of Physical Training
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Inside back cover.
18Featuring
- Feature
- Wilson Chemical Co.
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Back cover.
Notes
Story synopses and some other information supplied by Ed Boner. Info for ad sequences from Mike Shawaluk. On-sale date from copyright registration.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.