(March-April 1962)

DC, 1956 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1962-01-23
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical 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 ad in My Greatest Adventure #65 and copyright registration.

Mark Merlin's Giant Double! (Table of Contents)

Mark Merlin / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
First Line of Dialogue or Text
That giant double of you performed only good deeds centuries ago!
Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
Characters
Mark Merlin; Elsa
Cover Thumbnail for House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #53
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Magic Art Reproducer / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Secret Seven of Staleyville (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Howard Sherman
Inks
Howard Sherman
Colors
?
Letters
Stan Starkman ?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Great Scott! Styles has the other vigilantes trapped in a magic web he spun!
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Styles; Bill Bergen; Ken

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Rip Hunter... Time Master; Tomahawk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Justice League of America; Aquaman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Dolly and the Professor / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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
Hello, Dolly? How about going to the movies tonight?
Genre
humor

The Creatures That Changed the Future (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
Howard Purcell ?
Pencils
Howard Purcell (signed as H. P.)
Inks
Howard Purcell (signed as H. P.)
Colors
?
Letters
Stan Starkman ?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Watch carefully... the weird things those eerie creatures are doing will lead us to a million-dollar treasure!
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Tim; Bashabar; Carl; Jed

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Average circulation: 205,000.

Angelo Secchi (Table of Contents: 8)

Giants of the Telescope / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al Schwartz
Pencils
Morris Waldinger
Inks
Tom Nicolosi
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Father Secchi, an Italian Jesuit astronomer, pioneered in solar photography, during the eclipse of 1851...
Genre
non-fiction; math & science; biography
Reprints

March of the Robots (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
One night, a hundred years ago, thieves broke into the palatial home of a millionaire, in Paris.

Mark Merlin's Giant Double (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
Jack Miller ?
Pencils
Mort Meskin
Inks
George Roussos
Colors
?
Letters
Stan Starkman
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mark! That giant double of you... I thought he was supposed to do only good deeds!
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; adventure; science fiction
Characters
Mark Merlin; Za-Tor; Elsa; Silas Ambrose [Doctor Kaloz]

Your Passport to Amazing Adventures! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

My Greatest Adventure; House of Mystery; Blackhawk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

From Many Lands.... (Table of Contents: 12)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Lou Cameron
Inks
Lou Cameron
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
First Line of Dialogue or Text
From the dawn of history, people have traded with each other to acquire things they needed in exchange for things they had plenty of.
Genre
advocacy

Indexer Notes

The PSA is produced in sequential-arts comics format.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Chet Atkins Method / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Mark Merlin's Giant Double!
    Mark Merlin
  2. 1. ["Draw any person in just one minute"]
    Magic Art Reproducer
  3. 2. The Secret Seven of Staleyville
  4. 3. ["For the very best..."]
    Rip Hunter... Time Master; Tomahawk
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Justice League of America; Aquaman
  6. 5. ["Hello, Dolly? How about going to the movies tonight?"]
    Dolly and the Professor
  7. 6. The Creatures That Changed the Future
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
  9. 8. Angelo Secchi
    Giants of the Telescope
  10. 9. March of the Robots
  11. 10. Mark Merlin's Giant Double
    Mark Merlin
  12. 11. Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!
    My Greatest Adventure; House of Mystery; Blackhawk
  13. 12. From Many Lands....
  14. 13. ["Learn to play the guitar!"]
    Chet Atkins Method
  15. 14. ["Boys here's a swell way to make $1 to $5 weekly in your spare time"]
    Grit Newspaper
  16. 15. ["Reward $2,000.00 for this rare coin!"]
    Best Values Coins and Currency
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    100 Toy Soldiers
  18. 17. ["Nationally famous prizes at no cost to you!"]
    Junior Sales Club of America Cards
  19. 18. ["Make money get prizes with fast selling American Seeds"]
    American Seeds
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • Keith Chandler
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Brian Stewart
  • Jim Van Dore
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