Sensation Mystery #115

DC Comics

United States

Published
May-June 1953
Page count
36
Cover price
0.10 USD
Colour
Colour
Format
Comic series
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/10504

Credits

Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited)
Julie Schwartz (actual)

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover The Phantom Castle! (Johnny Peril) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Johnny Peril
Genre
Detective-mystery; fantasy

Credits

Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Show/hide 1. Buzzy Gets Tips on Choosing a Profession! (Buzzy) Public service announcement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Buzzy
Genre
Advocacy; teen

Credits

Script
Jack Schiff
Art
Win Mortimer
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Notes

Inside front cover.

Show/hide 2. The Phantom Castle! (Johnny Peril) Comic story, 7.67 pages

Featuring

Feature
Johnny Peril
Genre
Detective-mystery; fantasy

Credits

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Jerry Grandenetti
Inks
Sy Barry

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #19 ([November 1966])
The Phantom Castle!

Synopsis

When Gloorie castle is transported from Scotland to the US, a stolen crown is hidden in the floor. Johnny Peril investigates and is confronted with three hooded henchmen posing as ghosts.

Notes

First-person narrative.

Show/hide 3. Untitled (Wildroot Cream-Oil) Advertisement, 0.33 pages

Featuring

Feature
Wildroot Cream-Oil

Credits

Letters
typeset
Show/hide 4. Stairways of Destiny... Cartoon, 0.5 pages

Featuring

Genre
Non-fiction

Credits

Script
Mort Drucker
Art
Mort Drucker
Letters
Mort Drucker

Synopsis

Superstitions about stairways

Show/hide 5. Untitled (Bendix Coaster Brake) Advertisement, 0.5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Bendix Coaster Brake

Credits

Letters
typeset
Show/hide 6. How to Avoid a Witch! Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
Non-fiction

Credits

Script
Mort Drucker
Art
Mort Drucker
Letters
Mort Drucker

Synopsis

Account of precautionary measures when confronting a witch.

Show/hide 7. Vengeance of the Sea King! Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Genre
Detective-mystery

Credits

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Bernard Sachs

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Five-Score Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #77 ([October 1964?])
Vengeance of the Sea King!

Synopsis

Crew members impersonate Neptune and his sons to make a murderer come forward and confess his crime.

Show/hide 8. "Here's the maze of mirrors, Pud..." (Dubble Bubble Gum) Advertisement, 0.5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Dubble Bubble Gum
Genre
Children

Credits

Art
Ray Thompson [as Ray T.]
Show/hide 9. Editorial Advisory Board Promo (ad from the publisher), 0.5 pages

Notes

Includes a plug for The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.

Show/hide 10. Images of Death! Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
Non-fiction

Credits

Script
Mort Drucker
Art
Mort Drucker
Letters
Mort Drucker

Synopsis

Short feature about voodoo.

Show/hide 11. The Half-Lucky Charm! Comic story, 4 pages

Featuring

Genre
Detective-mystery

Credits

Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Bernard Sachs

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
All Star Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #28 ([August 1964])
The Half-Lucky Charm
 
United States
Secrets of Sinister House (DC, 1972 series) #18 (June-July 1974)
The Half-Lucky Charm!
 
Australia
Swamp Monster (Murray, 1980 series) #1 ([1980])
The Half-Lucky Charm
 
United States
Showcase Presents: Secrets of Sinister House (DC, 2010 series) (2010)
The Half-Lucky Charm!

Synopsis

A man comes into possession of a half good-luck charm and makes some strange experiences. He inherits half his uncle's estate and falls in love with a woman in a half-white and half-black costume, learning only half her name and address.

Show/hide 12. Mystery of the Yoga Text article, 2 pages

Featuring

Genre
Non-fiction

Credits

Author
Jack Miller
Art
Raymond Perry
Letters
typeset

Synopsis

Feats of yogis, like being sealed in an airtight concrete chamber for 60 hours.

Show/hide 13. The Line of Stars Promo (ad from the publisher), 1 page
Show/hide 14. The Giant in the Swamp! Comic story, 5.67 pages

Featuring

Genre
Adventure; detective-mystery

Credits

Art
Murphy Anderson

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
All Star Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #28 ([August 1964])
The Giant in the Swamp

Synopsis

Archeologist Steve Dexter discovers a hidden island of giant Indians and their gold treasure in the Okefenokee swamp in Georgia. He is being followed by three gangsters who attack and plan to rob him. A hermit comes to Dexter's rescue.

Show/hide 15. Superman Is on Television! (The Adventures of Superman) Advertisement, 0.33 pages

Featuring

Feature
The Adventures of Superman
Show/hide 16. Untitled (Jowett Institute of Physical Training) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Jowett Institute of Physical Training

Credits

Letters
typeset
Show/hide 17. Untitled (Daisy Air Rifles) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Daisy Air Rifles

Credits

Letters
typeset

Notes

Inside front cover.

Show/hide 18. Untitled (Sheaffer's Skrip) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Sheaffer's Skrip

Credits

Letters
typeset

Notes

Back cover.


Status

AusReprints ID

  • 34522

Entry created

  • 30/09/2007

Index completed

  • 25/02/2018

Last updated

  • 25/02/2018