House of Secrets #49

(October 1961)

The Reluctant Sorcerer (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Howard Purcell

Pencils:

Howard Purcell (signed)

Inks:

Howard Purcell

Colors:

?

Letters:

Stan Starkman

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Synopsis:

When Tommy helps a woman in trouble, she gives him magic powers but what he really wants is for his missing parents to come home.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #224 (April-May 1974)
• in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([January] 2009)

Big-Big-Big News about a Small-Small-Small Super-Hero (Table of Contents)

The Atom / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Gil Kane

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Showcase (DC, 1955 series) #34, featuring the Atom's first Silver Age appearance

A Message from Otto the Robot! (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Bernard Baily

Inks:

Bernard Baily

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

Bobby dreams about the fantastic future that robots will provide, but the robot in his dream reminds him that humans will always be needed too.

Indexer Notes

published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

The Forbidden Stones of Zhatec (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Ely (signed)

Inks:

Bill Ely

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Synopsis:

When an ancient temple is moved and rebuilt at a city museum, two giant phantom warriors emerge and battle each other, looking for a lost treasure.

Challenge for a Coward (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

["You lie still, Puptent."] (Table of Contents)

Peter Puptent Explorer / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Peter Puptent

Captives of the Parallel World! (Table of Contents)

Mark Merlin / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mort Meskin

Inks:

George Roussos

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Mark Merlin; Elsa Magussen; Professor Vaar; Vic Dunn

Synopsis:

Mark and Elsa are drawn into another dimension to help capture a criminal from their own world.