House of Mystery #81
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- December 1958
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/14759
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited)
Jack Schiff (actual)
Issue contents
Cover
Menace of the Alien Test Tubes!
Cover, 1 page
1Featuring
- Feature
- Jowett Institute of Physical Training
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Inside front cover.
2Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Mayor (unnamed); Mr. T. Erutuf
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- Howard Purcell
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Five-Score Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #14 (June 1959) — The Man Who Made Utopia
Synopsis
The mysterious Mr. Erutuf builds a futuristic city of houses for sale, but the people of Earth prove themselves unready for its scientific advances.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Tootsie Roll
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
4Featuring
- Feature
- Commercial Trades Institute
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
5Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction; advocacy
Credits
- Script
- Jack Schiff
- Art
- George Roussos
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
Synopsis
The International Labor Organization of the United Nations teaches various trades to the people of a Mexican village, who pass on their new knowledge to others.
Notes
Subtitled "A true story from the files of the International Labor Organization."
Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
6Featuring
- Genre
- Fantasy-Supernatural
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- George Roussos
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Synopsis
Struggling artist Warren Dale finds an old box of oil paints that magically allow him to paint a picture of a sorcerer who then steps out of the painting.
7Featuring
- Feature
- Tootsie Roll Pop
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
8Featuring
- Feature
- Strange Adventures; House of Secrets
- Genre
- Science fiction
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- Gil Kane
Bob Brown - Colours
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
Notes
house ad for Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #98 and House of Secrets (DC 1956 series) #14
9Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Billy; Fred; Ann
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Mort Meskin
- Inks
- George Roussos
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Five-Score Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #14 (June 1959) — The Boy with the Super Powers!
Synopsis
Two strange men ask a farmer and his wife to take in a young boy, who is eventually revealed to be the heir to the throne of a faraway planet, in hiding from enemies who want to assume power.
10Featuring
- Feature
- Tootsie Roll
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
11Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
Credits
- Author
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
12Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Burke; Watkins; Colonel Stryker
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- Bill Ely
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Five-Score Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #14 (June 1959) — The Menace of the Alien Test Tubes!
Synopsis
An alien missile comes to Earth containing four unknown chemicals in test-tubes which cause powerful and dangerous reactions, and serve as a warning to two scientists who have developed a miraculous invention of their own.
13"To the boys and girls of America..."
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
14Featuring
- Feature
- Littleton Stamp Co.
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
15Featuring
- Feature
- Daisy Manufacturing Company
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
16Featuring
- Feature
- Stephens Credit Sales
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Notes
Inside back cover.
17Featuring
- Feature
- Daisy Air Rifles
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Art
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Back cover.
Notes
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.