House of Secrets
#51
(December 1961)
DC,
1956 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1961-10-19
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (editor); Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Mystery of the Stolen Creature!
Mark Merlin / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction; adventure; fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
-
in Relatos Fabulosos (Editorial Novaro, 1959 series) #39 (1° de noviembre de 1962)
-
[no title indexed]
Art Instruction, Inc. courses / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Test your talent!
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Man on Disaster Hill
comic story / 8.67 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ruben Moreira (signed)
- Inks
- Ruben Moreira (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
[no title indexed]
Superboy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Re-live the adventures of Superman when he was a boy!
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Includes a reproduction of the cover to Superboy #93.
Cry, Clown, Cry
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #59 -
in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #227 (October-November 1974) which is reprinted -
in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #7 ([July 1978]) [Job number (J-1559), and copyright details deleted from reprint. Cain (host) removed and story tile changed to single line to fill the blank space. Page headings deleted: “The House of Mystery” (odd pages) and “Cry, Clown, Cry” (even pages), except for pp1 which had no heading.] -
in Spectral (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #12 (mars 1987) [N&B [B&W]]
-
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm a fudge judge...
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Fudge
[no title indexed]
Moolah the Mystic / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look at Moolah! He'a a master with rope tricks.
- Genre
- humor
The Mystery of the Stolen Creature
Mark Merlin / comic story / 8.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Where had the fantastic best come from?
- Genre
- science fiction; adventure; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Elsa Magussen; Mark Merlin; Jim Howes; Tom Fuller
- Reprints
- in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1961 series) #50 (June 1962?)
- in Relatos Fabulosos (Editorial Novaro, 1959 series) #39 (1° de noviembre de 1962)
-
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll Ice Cream Bar / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Kids flip their lids for Tootsie Roll ice cream bar
[no title indexed]
Magic Art Reproducer / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Draw any person in one minute
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Skinny or fat, 15, 20, 30 or 40 years of age...
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Mystery of the Stolen Creature!
Mark Merlin -
1.
["Test your talent!"]
Art Instruction, Inc. courses -
2.
The Man on Disaster Hill
-
3.
Tootsie Roll Makes History!
Tootsie Roll -
4.
People Are People!
-
5.
["Re-live the adventures of Superman when he was a boy!"]
Superboy -
6.
Cry, Clown, Cry
-
7.
["I'm a fudge judge..."]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
8.
Strange Sights in the Sky
-
9.
["Look at Moolah! He'a a master with rope tricks."]
Moolah the Mystic -
10.
207 Stamps
Zenith Stamps -
11.
The Mystery of the Stolen Creature
Mark Merlin -
12.
["Kids flip their lids for Tootsie Roll ice cream bar"]
Tootsie Roll Ice Cream Bar -
13.
100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
100 Toy Soldiers -
14.
["Draw any person in one minute"]
Magic Art Reproducer -
15.
["Skinny or fat, 15, 20, 30 or 40 years of age..."]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
16.
["Announcing the all-new Daisy BB gun"]
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mark Muller
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Stangas
- Dan Stevenson
- Jim Van Dore
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