House of Mystery #85
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- April 1959
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/14964
Credits
- Editing
- Jack Schiff
Issue contents
Cover
The Stone Sentinels of Giant Island!
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
Credits
- Art
- Jack Kirby
- Colours
- Jack Kirby
- Editing
- Jack Schiff
Notes
Cover colors credit from Greg Theakston, via the GCD Error List (5 April 2008)
1Credits
- Art
- Jim Mooney
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Five-Score Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #18 (October 1959) — Earth's Strangest Salesman
Synopsis
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.
2
3Featuring
- Feature
- Peter Puptent, Explorer
- Genre
- Humor
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
4
5Credits
- Script
- Jack Schiff
- Pencils
- Bernard Bailey
- Inks
- Bernard Bailiey
6Credits
- Art
- Bill Ely
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Five-Score Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #16 (August 1959) — The Man with the Double Destiny
Synopsis
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.
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8
9Featuring
- Genre
- Fact
10Credits
- Author
- Letters
- typeset
11Credits
- Art
- Jack Kirby
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #24 (April 1960) — The Stone Sentinels of Giant Island
Synopsis
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.
Notes
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.
12Notes
Cover colors credit from Greg Theakston, via the GCD Error List (5 April 2008)
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.