House of Mystery #13 Northford pedigree (DC, 1953) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Cream to off-white pages. Leonard Starr cover. Jerry Grande...

Auction amount: $373.75

Sold: Aug 13, 2005

House of Mystery #13 Values

Publisher: DC, 1953

About House of Mystery #13

Leonard Starr cover. Jerry Grandenetti art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Theater of 1,000 Thrills!

Pencils: Leonard Starr

Inks: Leonard Starr

Letters: Ira Schnapp

STORY DETAILS

(8 Stories)

Title: The Theater of a Thousand Thrills!

Synopsis: An actor wants to poison his rival, but he's tricked into confessing his plan.

Pages: 5.670

Pencils: Leonard Starr

Inks: Leonard Starr

Notes: Cover story. First-person narrative.

Title: Album of Fear!

Synopsis: The horror-seeking eccentric Jasper Jennings records the sounds of dying men on his portable tape machine. A man covering up a crime drives Jennings insane by making him believe he's being haunted by the voices of the dead.

Pages: 6.000

Pencils: Ed Smalle

Inks: Ed Smalle

Title: Lifelong Trance

Synopsis: Account of Miss Molly Fancher, who fell into a lifelong trance in 1866.

Pages: 0.500

Pencils: Morris Waldinger

Inks: Morris Waldinger

Letters: Morris Waldinger

Reprints: House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #89 (August 1959)

Notes: Artist ID by Bob Rozakis and Gene Reed.

Title: Silk Gauze

Synopsis: Account of a séance swindle in New York.

Pages: 1.000

Pencils: Morris Waldinger

Inks: Morris Waldinger

Letters: Morris Waldinger

Reprints: Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #68 (December 1961-January 1962), | Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #18 (October 1957), | The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #126 (August 1971), | The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #1 (February-March 1969)

Title: The Telltale Mirror!

Characters: John Bowers

Synopsis: John Bowers finds a mirror that shows the future.

Pages: 6.000

Pencils: Jerry Grandenetti

Inks: Jerry Grandenetti

Reprints: Ghosts (DC, 1971 series) #5 (May-June 1972)

Notes: Inks also credited possibly to Ray Burnley in index of Ghosts #5 reprint.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12

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