House Of Mystery #85 pre-dates all of the 3 or 4 other pre- Journey Into Mystery #83 Stone Men prototype issues put out by Marvel.

They are depicted on the cover and you can read the book online here to see for yourself:

https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/House-of-Mystery-1951/Issue-85?id=71012


This is a book that I recently found out about, a couple months ago.

Next to Tales Of The Unexpected #16, which is literally the first appearance of Thor and Loki drawn by Jack Kirby in comic books, and predates JIM #83, I’d say this book is the definition of a silver age key book.

I just dropped my price on this book by over 50%.

This book looks better than a 4.5 to me and this book hasn’t been dry cleaned or pressed.

If one looks at the jump in FMV on TOTE 16 over the past year alone, this book is a blue chip buy.

Direct link to my copy consigned on MCS:

https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?ItemID=58460799

Mirrored eBay listing:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/314496945084