Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1952-07-21
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Julius Schwartz (actual, probably)
Cover Thumbnail for Sensation Mystery (DC, 1952 series) #111 Edit Cover
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The Spectre in the Flame!
(Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Frank Giacoia (girl only)
Inks:
Frank Giacoia (girl only)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:horror-suspense

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Buzzy's Rules of Water Safety!
(Table of Contents: 1)

Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Letters:
  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Wolfie

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Spectre in the Flame!
(Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7.67 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:horror-suspense
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Preston Zandan had everything a man could want in life...
Characters:
Preston Zandan; Miss Davis; Betty Lanson
Synopsis:
The lawyer Preston Zandan dabbles with the occult at night and conjures a smoke-shaped spirit out of every fire that’s lighted. The spirit follows him around like a puppy, while Zandan tries to dispose of it. He is able to kill it with silver bullets.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

splash identical to cover except for missing girl

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

House of Mystery; The Phantom Stranger / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 5)

Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page

Best Foot Forward...
(Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
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Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:non-fiction
Synopsis:
Custom of getting off on the right foot.
Reprints (3)

War of the Toy Soldiers!
(Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 2 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:My "Blue" toy army has the enemy hopelessly trapped!
Characters:
Roger Fielding; Matilda
Synopsis:
Retired general Roger Fielding loves to play with his toy armies and dies of exhaustion. He walked in his sleep and played at night, too.
Reprints (3)

The Doorway to Evil!
(Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 7.67 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Everyone called Stave Davis lucky when he inherited the fabulous Hotel Fortuna!
Characters:
Steve Davis; Linda Reeves
Synopsis:
Steve Davis inherits the hotel "Fortuna" and discovers a secret 13th floor, filled with symbols of evil and bad luck. Accidents start to happen, and a streak of bad luck hits the hotel. In the end all turns out well, because an investor buys the place for $1,300,000.
Reprints (1)

Editorial Advisory Board
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 9)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

Lucky Break
(Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:non-fiction
Synopsis:
Sound used to counter evil influences.
Reprints (3)

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 11)

Necco Wafers / advertisement / 0.5 page

Unusual Ghost Haunts!
(Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:non-fiction
Synopsis:
Awareness of ghostly presences.

Journeys into the Unknown
(Table of Contents: 13)

text article / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction
Synopsis:
Article about time travel hoaxes of the past.

The Screaming Death!
(Table of Contents: 14)

Johnny Peril / comic story / 7.67 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Sy Barry (signed as S. Barry)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:crime; horror-suspense
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I - I - - can't stand - - it - - any longer - - Johnny
Characters:
Johnny Peril; Mary; Bryan Anson
Synopsis:
The mad sound engineer and murderer Bryan Anson escapes from prison and locks up Johnny Peril. Anson plans to kill Peril by amplifying the noises he makes. At the showdown in a terrarium Anson is bitten by a poisonous snake and perishes.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 15)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 16)

Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 17)

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Spectre in the Flame!
  2. Buzzy's Rules of Water Safety!
    Buzzy
  3. The Spectre in the Flame!
  4. [no title indexed]
    Wildroot Cream-Oil
  5. [no title indexed]
    House of Mystery; The Phantom Stranger
  6. ["Golly, he's good!"]
    Dubble Bubble Gum
  7. Best Foot Forward...
  8. War of the Toy Soldiers!
  9. The Doorway to Evil!
  10. Editorial Advisory Board
  11. Lucky Break
  12. [no title indexed]
    Necco Wafers
  13. Unusual Ghost Haunts!
  14. Journeys into the Unknown
  15. The Screaming Death!
    Johnny Peril
  16. ["The oldest symbol in comics..."]
  17. [no title indexed]
    Jowett Institute of Physical Training
  18. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
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