House of Mystery 1951 #224 - 8.5 - $60.00

Two girls, Judy and Peggy, in search of Peggy's lost brother Neal, enter an old house where lives an old hag who warns them to leave for their own good. They don't and find out that the evil house drains the life from those in it by leeching on their fear of death, condemning them to an endless eternity.

Henpecked Stanley Landman mail-orders the answer to his problems.

On-sale date from Comic Reader #103.

• - Introductory page.
• Eat at Joe's - Three one-panel gag cartoons.
• The Masters of Mystery - House ad for The Phantom Stranger (DC, 1969 series) #30 and House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #118, with cover repros.
• The Line of DC Super-Stars - House ad for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #274, Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #267, Weird War Tales (DC, 1971 series) #25, The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #41, and Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth (DC, 1972 series) #16, with cover repros.
• - Statement of October 1, 1973 Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 178,025 Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 203,759 Owner: National Periodical Publications, Inc., wholly owned by Warner Communications, Inc., a publicly-held company, both at 75 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y. 10019
• - House ad for Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #432, with cover repro.
• Biggest Bargain in Comics! - House ad for The Superman Family (DC, 1974 series) #164, Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #440, House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #224, Young Love (DC, 1963 series) #109, Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #211, The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #112, and Tarzan (DC, 1972 series) #230, with cover repros. Appears before page 3 of the previous sequence.
• The Masters of Mystery - House ad for Weird Mystery Tales (DC, 1972 series) #11 and Weird War Tales (DC, 1971 series) #24, with cover repros.
• - Letters of comment from readers Greg Sims, Becky Brothers, Tom Trevor, Paul Kupperberg, Bob O'Brian, Pam Collins, Mark Lucke, Bob Rozakis, Christopher Moose, Cara Sherman, Lisa Anderson, Paul Edwards and Lawrence McDonald.
• Burial at Sea - Three one-panel gags.
• Photo Finish! - Full art credited to Sekowsky on splash panel, but inks credit removed per Tony Isabella.
• Avalanche Climbers - Three one-panel gag cartoons.