House of Mystery #174 (DC, 1968) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white pages. After a long run of Hero for Hire stories, DC decided to chang...
Auction amount: $1,725.00
Sold: Jul 17, 2003
House of Mystery #174 Values
Publisher: DC, 1968
About House of Mystery #174
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COVER DETAILS
Inks: Joe Orlando ?; George Roussos ?
Letters: Gaspar Saladino (logo design)
Notes: Per Joe Orlando, from an interview in Comic Book Artist #1: "Carmine gave me the book (House of Mystery) and I remember that I drew the first cover from Carmine's layout." On The Drawing Board #66, April 1968, credits Roussos with cover art. Nick Caputo suspects Orlando penciled and Roussos inked the cover. House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 1 credits layouts to Infantino, pencils to Orlando, and inks to Roussos. Previous indexer credited Nick Cardy, who is erroneously credited in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 and the book The Art of Nick Cardy, along with Carmine Infantino and George Roussos on inks. Logo design credit from Dan Greenfield (through Mark Waid via 13th Dimension.com website, http://13thdimension.com/13-logos-a-gaspar-saladino-salute/, retrieved 7 August 2016).
STORY DETAILS
Synopsis: A witch's cauldron that brings it's owner fame, fortune, and long life passes from owner to owner.
Pages: 3.500
Pencils: Lee Elias (signed)
Inks: Lee Elias (signed)
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 29 | 40 | 38 | 25 | 22 | 31 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 317 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
|
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
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 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 29 | 43 | 38 | 26 | 29 | 31 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 331 |
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