House of Mystery 1951 #226 - 7.0 - $45.00

cut-out coffin

Chess expert Alan Blake engages in a deadly game on the magical "devil's chessboard" where every lost piece equals a loss in real life. When Blake's queen is taken, his fianc?e suffers a heart attack. She survives only, because Blake can promote a pawn to a queen.

Tour of the House of Mystery (double-page spread plus intro).

word search puzzle

On-sale date from Comic Reader #106.

• - Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
• - House ad for Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series) #C-30 and Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-29, with cover repros.
• - Subscription ad with cover repros of Plop! (DC, 1973 series) #6 and The Superman Family (DC, 1974 series) #165.
• Coming Super-Attractions! - House ad for Superman (DC, 1938 series) #279.
• - Letters submitted by Paul Edwards; Derrick Bostrum; Lisa Anderson; Billy Hamilton; Dennis Cozzallo; Jeffrey Lorbski; Louis Manzato; J.O. Rohrer; James Carson; Laura Kerewsky; Tim Kinnes.
• The Masters of Mystery - House ad for House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #122 and Weird War Tales (DC, 1971 series) #28, with cover repros.
• The Line of DC Super-Stars - House ad for The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #45, Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #213, Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth (DC, 1974 series) #20, Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #438, Our Fighting Forces (DC, 1954 series) #150, The Shadow (DC, 1973 series) #6, The Phantom Stranger (DC, 1969 series) #32, and Rima, the Jungle Girl (DC, 1974 series) #3, with cover repros. Appears before page 5 of the previous sequence.
• - 3 gag cartoons.
• Coming Super-Attractions - House ad for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #438.