House of Mystery #116 is an issue of the series House of Mystery (Volume 1) with a cover date of November, 1961.
Synopsis for "Heirs of the Super-Servant"
Appearing in "Heirs of the Super-Servant"
Featured Characters:
- Philip (Single appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Abu, magical servant (Single appearance)
Antagonists:
- Abel (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Adam Locke (Single appearance; dies)
Locations:
- Zanadu Island
Items:
- Statue of Kar
- Wind Harp
Vehicles:
- Small boat
- Helicopter
Synopsis for "The Dummy of Doom"
Appearing in "The Dummy of Doom"
Featured Characters:
- Rick Burns (Single appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Jack King (Single appearance)
Antagonists:
- Merton, Martian criminal (Single appearance)
- Dreed, Martian criminal (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Martian lawmen (Single appearance)
Locations:
Items:
- Stun gun
Vehicles:
- Spaceship
Synopsis for "Return of the Barsto Beast"
A film crew sets up their equipment in a small town to shoot a movie based on the legendary Beast of Barsto. The director selects his best friend Lance Steele to play the lead role. He relates the story of how the beast is similar to Frankenstein in that he is activated by thousands of volts of lightning. A strange man named Roger Vardon then appears on the set with a poster of what the Beast supposedly looked like. They recreate the creature's image perfectly for the movie based on the poster they viewed. Steele soon appears on set wearing an insulated Beast costume when he is hit with a burst of lightning bolts during shooting of the film. The costumed actor goes berserk and begins to destroy the set. He then starts to wreak havoc on the nearby city. The mayor insists that the creature be hunted down and destroyed but the director cannot allow that to happen to his best friend. He surmises that the creature might be hiding in a cottage that was rented earlier by Lance Steele. Upon arriving at the cottage, he finds a note from Roger Vardon urging him to come to Vardon castle on a matter of life and death. The director arrives at the Castle in haste only to find his best friend locked up in a dungeon. Vardon suddenly appears with the real creature and reveals that he had lured the actor to the set and replaced him with the real creature so he could receive that volts of lighting to awaken him. Vardon mentions that he is a descendant of the scientist that originally created the Beast. The director then notices that the creature was kept in a cell with wooden bars and surmises that he has a weakness. He then uses a metal tape measure to ground the beast to the floor and causes him to short circuit leaving the beast incapacitated once and for all.
Appearing in "Return of the Barsto Beast"
Featured Characters:
- Greg Peters, a director (Single appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Lance Steele, an actor (Single appearance)
Antagonists:
- Roger Vardon (Single appearance)
- Beast of Barsto (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Mayor of Barsto (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
Locations:
- Barsto
Items:
- Metal tape measure
Notes
- "Return of the Barsto Beast" was reprinted in DC Special #11.
- Other features appearing in this issue of House of Mystery include:
- "Wanted: Safe Bus Riders!" - Written by Jack Schiff, art by Bernard Baily, lettered by Ira Schnapp. (1-Page Public Service Announcement)
- "Moolah the Mystic" by Henry Boltinoff. (1-Page humor strip)
- "Room of Riches" (1-Page text story)
- "Amazing Ratios!" - Written by Julius Schwartz, pencils by Morris Waldinger, inked by Tom Nicolosi, lettered by Milt Snapinn. Originally printed in Strange Adventures #85. (1 Page of fun facts)
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