House of Mystery #74 is an issue of the series House of Mystery (Volume 1) with a cover date of May, 1958.
Synopsis for "The Anti-Gravity Menace"
Appearing in "The Anti-Gravity Menace"
Featured Characters:
- Fred Lane (Single appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Army Captain (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Seth Parker (Single appearance)
Items:
- Floating Alien Rockets
Vehicles:
- Helicopter
Synopsis for "The School for Sorcerers"
Appearing in "The School for Sorcerers"
Featured Characters:
- The Great Jakarta (Single appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Jakarta's students (Single appearance)
- Roger (Single appearance)
- Welky, magic shop owner (Single appearance)
Antagonists:
- Syroco, an evil sorcerer (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Abd Al-Rahman (Flashback only)
- Namhar (Flashback only)
- Ottokar II (Flashback only)
- Wohtan (Flashback only)
Locations:
- The College for Conjurers, 1958
- 8th Century, Córdoba
- 13th Century, Bohemia
Items:
- Syroco's chest
Synopsis for "The Man Who Refused to Die!"
This story is reprinted from Real Fact Comics #21.
After his plane was shot down by a Nazi submarine, Sgt. Charles D. Engel survived for 21 days adrift in the Atlantic. He was finally rescued by a passing Navy ship.
Appearing in "The Man Who Refused to Die!"
Featured Characters:
- Sgt. Charles D. Engel (Single appearance)
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
Locations:
Items:
- A radio
Vehicles:
- Nazi sub
- Engel's Army Plane (Destroyed)
- Life raft
Synopsis for "The Man with the Martian Body"
Appearing in "The Man with the Martian Body"
Featured Characters:
- Joe Lipari (Single appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Xdarl, a Martian reporter (Single appearance)
Antagonists:
- Dan Wade, racketeer (Single appearance)
- Mike (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Officer Kline (Single appearance)
Locations:
- An undisclosed city
Items:
- Body exchanger machine
Synopsis for "The Dragon of Times Square"
A showgirl by the name of Miss Brown is walking home from work at 4am. Hurricane Mary is fast approaching, and she gets her heel caught in a subway grating. A knight in armour suddenly appears and frees the girl with his blade. Just as the girl is free, a neon sign collapses on the spot where she stood. The knight introduces himself as Sir Gawain, from King Arthur's round table. He announces that he has come to York to slay a dragon. The girl corrects the knight and mentions that he is in New York USA and not York England. A policeman appears and mistakes the knight for a crazy dressed up character. The police pursue the knight while he proclaims his mission of hunting a dragon, but he escapes with the showgirl on horseback. In the meantime, a giant dragon appears in the East River and the police realize that the knight's story might actually be true. The knight recaps his strange adventure to Miss Brown, who feels compelled to protect him. The knight recounts the story of pursuing the dragon to the town of York when a bolt of lightning struck near him. The knight's tale is interrupted by the chaos of the dragon roaming the streets of New York. Sir Gawain gathers his gear and battles the dragon. As he is battling the green beast, a bolt of lightning strikes right next to the knight once more, and he disappears along with the dragon itself. The only thing left is a huge crater on the spot where they both disappeared. The next day Miss Brown is watching the news as they quote a professor that surmises a storm in Gawain's era created a time warp that hurled him into present day 1958. Hurricane Mary's lightning bolt did the same thing but in reverse.
Appearing in "The Dragon of Times Square"
Featured Characters:
- Miss Brown (Single appearance)
- Sir Gawain (Single appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- New York City Police Department
- Monaghan (Single appearance)
- Frank (Single appearance)
- Jim (Single appearance)
- Pete (Single appearance)
Monsters:
Locations:
Concepts:
Notes
- "The School for Sorcerers" was reprinted in House of Mystery #226.
- "The Dragon of Times Square" was reprinted in House of Mystery #228.
- Other features appearing in this issue of House of Mystery include:
- "Doctor Rocket" (2-Page humor strip) by Henry Boltinoff.
- "The Phony Space Ships" (1-Page text story)
- "Buzzy Scoffs at "That Deep, Dark Secret!" (1-Page Public Service Announcement) Written by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer, and lettered by Ira Schnapp.
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