House of Secrets
#40
(January 1961)
DC,
1956 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1960-11-17
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (credited) (editor); Murray Boltinoff (credited) (associate editor); George Kashdan (credited) (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Master of the Space Beasts!
Mark Merlin / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One of those creatures is harmless, the other deadly--and you have only one shot in that stun-ray gun!
- Genre
- science fiction; adventure; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Mark Merlin; Elsa
- Reprints
-
in Relatos Fabulosos (Editorial Novaro, 1959 series) #28 (1° de diciembre de 1961)
-
- Keywords
- monsters
The Secret of the Enchanted Shell
comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Those fantastic creatures!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Paul Reynolds; Sharnlee; Lorna
- Synopsis
- Paul Reynolds is fascinated by the legend of a beautiful girl imprisoned in a seashell by a wizard, and one day he thinks that he has found the shell and can release the girl from captivity.
- Reprints
-
in Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #36 ([April 1961])
-
- Keywords
- flying saucer; monsters; seashells
[no title indexed]
Professor Eureka / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as
Henry Boltinoff) - Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here is where Prof. Eureka lives.
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Professor Eureka; Mrs. Eureka
- Keywords
- Martians; Saturnians
The Man Who Stole an Alien Identity
comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I volunteered to go on the mission to test their weapons against Earthlings!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Brad Wilson [Rogar]; Los; Balan; Mac Collins
- Synopsis
- Brad Wilson was attending a costume party dressed as an alien when he stumbled on a gang of real aliens -- interplanetary criminals planning to test deadly super-weapons on Earth.
- Reprints
- in Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #36 ([April 1961])
-
in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #69 (1962) [N&B [B&W]]
-
The Melting Hands
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Miller ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When we first started receiving reports about him, the chief and I tossed them into the...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Mercuro; F.W. Franklin
Get a Grip on Your Gripes!
public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why don't you watch where you're going?
- Genre
- advocacy; teen
- Characters
- Fred; Joe
- Synopsis
- Fred loses his temper all the time until he is confronted by Joe.
Indexer Notes
The PSA is produced in sequential-arts comics format in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
Christiaan Huygens
Giants of the Telescope / comic story / 0.67 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science; biography
- Reprints
-
from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #16 (October-November 1953)
-
Master of the Space Beasts
Mark Merlin / comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mark!... Y-you must've shot the wrong one!
- Genre
- science fiction; adventure; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Mark Merlin; Elsa; Mr. President Halevy
- Synopsis
- Mark and Elsa encounter two giant creatures from another planet and must discover who is controlling them.
- Reprints
- in Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #36 ([April 1961])
- in Relatos Fabulosos (Editorial Novaro, 1959 series) #28 (1° de diciembre de 1961)
-
- Keywords
- monsters; radium
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Master of the Space Beasts!
Mark Merlin -
1.
Test Your Talent
Art Instruction, Inc. courses -
2.
The Secret of the Enchanted Shell
-
3.
Watch for the Second Superman Annual!
Superman -
4.
["Here is where Prof. Eureka lives."]
Professor Eureka -
5.
The Man Who Stole an Alien Identity
-
6.
The Melting Hands
-
7.
Get a Grip on Your Gripes!
-
8.
Christiaan Huygens
Giants of the Telescope -
9.
You Asked for It!
Aquaman; Showcase -
10.
Master of the Space Beasts
Mark Merlin -
11.
["Do you want spending money?"]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes -
12.
["America's most exciting war game only $1.00 plus postage"]
Task Force -
13.
["Learn radio-television electronics by practicing at home in your spare time"]
National Radio Institute Home Study Course -
14.
["204 revolutionary war soldiers only $1.98"]
Revolutionary War Soldiers
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Gregory Fischer
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mark Muller
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Stangas
- Brian Stewart
- Jim Van Dore
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