American Comics Update: Six Of The Best: Three phases of House Of Mystery
*DC: The prestigious DC title House Of Mystery went through many changes in its 321 issue history. This week, we’re concentrating on just three distinct phases, all from the Silver Age. Issues #120 & #123 feature horror/mystery tales typical of Jack Schiff’s editorship, #148 & #154 star the Martian Manhunter in the middle of his transfer run from Detective Comics, and #156 & #160 feature Dial H For Hero, #156 being the first of those stories, and #160 with Robby Reed in the role of Plastic Man, sort of as that hero’s first DC appearance.
PICTURED: HOUSE OF MYSTERY ALL SOLD
#120 FA £4 Worn spine and small erosion upper right.
#123 VG p £11
#148 GD- £5.25
#154 VG- p £6.50 Loose centrefold
#156 GD/VG p £11 1st Dial H For Hero
#160 GD p £6.75 1st Silver Age Plastic Man; loose centrefold, bookshop stamps