HOUSE OF MYSTERY #169 – 12 CENT COVER – 1ST APPEARANCES – JIM MOONEY COVER – 1967

HOUSE OF MYSTERY #169 – 12 CENT COVER – 1^ST APPEARANCES – JIM MOONEY COVER – 1967

SEPTEMBER 1967

1^ST APPEARANCES – GEM GIRL (AND ORIGIN), TOYMASTER

CHARACTERS – Gem Girl (Suzy Shoemaker), Robby Reed (Dial H for Hero), Velocity Kid (Robby Reed/Dial H for Hero), Astro Man of Space (Robby Reed/Dial H for Hero), Marco Xavier (Martian Manhuter), Martian Manhunter (J’onn J’onzz), Toymaster

STORYLINE – The Terrible Toymaster; The Manhunter Monster!; Cap’s Hobby Hints

Robby Reed’s neighborhood friend, Suzy, accidentally discovers his superhero secret when she sees him use the H-Dial to transform into the superhero “Velocity Kid” to battle a villain named the Toymaster. She blackmails Robby into letting her use the mystical H-Dial.

Suzy dials the device and is transformed into the heroine Gem Girl (marking the first appearance and origin of this temporary superhero persona). Together, Velocity Kid and Gem Girl defeat the Toymaster. At the end of the story, Suzy suffers amnesia from the battle, causing her to entirely forget her experience as a superhero and Robby’s secret identity.

PUBLISHER – DC COMICS

WRITER – Jack Miller, Otto Binder, Henry Boltinoff

INTERIOR ART – Jim Mooney, Joe Certa, Henry Boltinoff

COVER ART – Jim Mooney

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