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Cover: Howard Sherman

House of Mystery #56

Nov 1956 · DC · 0.10 USD
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“The Thing in the Black Box”

A man anxiously questions his doctor as a fluoroscope reveals something deeply unsettling inside him — the glowing X-ray image on the cover sets an eerie, queasy tone that only DC's House of Mystery could deliver in 1956. Howard Sherman's cover pencils and inks bring genuine unease to the scene, balancing clinical detail with creeping dread. With stories including "The Man Who Wasn't Human," "Unlucky Birthstones," "The Laughing Ghost," and "The Thing in the Black Box," this issue packs a full house of strange tales — plus details for DC's Giant $5,000 Prize Contest!

artist, inker Ramona Fradon · inker Charles Paris · cover Howard Sherman

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artist, inker Ramona Fradon
cover pencils, inks Howard Sherman

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A cursed bracelet of birthstones causes disaster for whoever holds the bracelet during the month of their birth.

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