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Series: Sensation Mystery

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Publisher: DC

Title: Sensation Mystery
Issue: 115
Page Count: 36
Publish Date: May-June 1953
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Contributors: Editor: Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Julius Schwartz (actual)

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Sensation Mystery #115 CGC 7.5
Owner: the420kid

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Story Title: The Phantom Castle! - cover
Features:Johnny Peril
Pages:1
Pencils:Gil Kane
Inks:Frank Giacoia
Genre:detective-mystery; fantasy


Story Title: Buzzy Gets Tips on Choosing a Profession! - public service announcement
Features:Buzzy
Pages:1
Pencils:Win Mortimer
Inks:Win Mortimer
Letters:Ira Schnapp
Genre:advocacy; teen


Story Title: The Phantom Castle! - comic story
Features:Johnny Peril
Pages:7.67
Pencils:Jerry Grandenetti
Inks:Sy Barry
Genre:detective-mystery; fantasy
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.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Wildroot Cream-Oil
Pages:0.33
Letters:typeset


Story Title: Stairways of Destiny... - cartoon
Pages:0.5
Pencils:Mort Drucker
Inks:Mort Drucker
Letters:Mort Drucker
Genre:non-fiction
Synopsis:Superstitions about stairways


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Bendix Coaster Brake
Pages:0.5
Letters:typeset


Story Title: How to Avoid a Witch! - comic story
Pages:1
Pencils:Mort Drucker
Inks:Mort Drucker
Letters:Mort Drucker
Genre:non-fiction
Synopsis:Account of precautionary measures when confronting a witch.


Story Title: Vengeance of the Sea King! - comic story
Pages:6
Pencils:Carmine Infantino
Inks:Bernard Sachs
Genre:detective-mystery
Synopsis:Crew members impersonate Neptune and his sons to make a murderer come forward and confess his crime.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Dubble Bubble Gum
Pages:0.5
Pencils:Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed)
Inks:Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed)
Genre:children


Story Title: Editorial Advisory Board - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:0.5


Story Title: Images of Death! - comic story
Pages:1
Pencils:Mort Drucker
Inks:Mort Drucker
Letters:Mort Drucker
Genre:non-fiction
Synopsis:Short feature about voodoo.


Story Title: The Half-Lucky Charm! - comic story
Pages:4
Pencils:Gil Kane (signed)
Inks:Bernard Sachs (signed)
Genre:detective-mystery
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.


Story Title: Mystery of the Yoga - text article
Pages:2
Pencils:Raymond Perry
Inks:Raymond Perry
Letters:typeset
Genre:non-fiction
Synopsis:Feats of yogis, like being sealed in an airtight concrete chamber for 60 hours.


Story Title: The Line of Stars - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:1


Story Title: The Giant in the Swamp! - comic story
Pages:5.67
Pencils:Murphy Anderson
Inks:Murphy Anderson
Genre:adventure; detective-mystery
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.


Story Title: Superman Is on Television! - advertisement
Features:The Adventures of Superman
Pages:0.33


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Jowett Institute of Physical Training
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Daisy Air Rifles
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Sheaffer's Skrip
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


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