House of Secrets #61

(July-August 1963)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Doctor-7, King of the Supernatural (Table of Contents: 2)

Mark Merlin / comic story / 10.67 pages (report information)

Script

Arnold Drake ?

Pencils

Mort Meskin

Inks

Mort Meskin

Colors

?

Letters

Stan Starkman ?

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; science fiction

Characters

Doctor -7 (first appearance); Elsa Magussen; Memakata; Mark Merlin

Synopsis

Doctor-7 finds a way to hypnotize Mark Merlin into stealing the ingredients he needs for his magic potions, but he is eventually outwitted by Merlin.

Indexer Notes

writer speculation by Bob Hughes

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Strange Lives of Batman and Robin (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

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

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Zenith Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

A Tree Grows on Second Street (Table of Contents: 7)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese

Genre

advocacy

Synopsis

The Badger Club learns about the rules for planting trees along the streets in their town.

Indexer Notes

published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

Eclipso, the Genius Who Fought Himself (Table of Contents: 8)

Eclipso / comic story / 13.67 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Haney (credited)

Pencils

Lee Elias (credited) (signed as Lee Elias)

Inks

Lee Elias (credited) (signed as Lee Elias)

Colors

?

Letters

Stan Starkman ? (uncredited)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Mona Bennett (introduction); Professor Simon Bennett (introduction); Eclipso (villain) (introduction); Bruce Gordon (introduction, also flashback); Mophir (native shaman, villain, flashback)

Synopsis

Due to Dr. Bruce Gordon's contact with a black diamond on a scientific excursion, an evil presence calling himself Eclipso takes over Gordon's body during a solar eclipse and destroys Gordon's project, Solar City. Gordon joins with Professor Bennett to try to figure out a way to stop Eclipso before he can wreak any more havoc.

Reprints

• in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #411 (April 1972)
• in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #78 ([December 1972] ?)
• in Even More Secret Origins (DC, 2003 series) ([August] 2003)
• in Showcase Presents: Eclipso (DC, 2009 series) ([October] 2009)
• in DC Universe Secret Origins (DC, 2012 series) ([April] 2012)
• in DC Universe: Secret Origins (DC, 2013 series) (2012 [June 2013])

Keywords

Black Diamond; Solar City

Indexer Notes

Credits for this story are found in the letter column.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Mark Merlin's Mailbox / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Murray Boltinoff

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Billy McIlhany, Tom Jones, Helen O'Donnell, A.L., and John Dunne. Also includes brief biography of artist Lee Elias.

On the page immediately following page 7 of the previous story sequence.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Moolah the Mystic / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You and your magic!

Genre

humor

Characters

Moolah the Mystic; Mrs. Moolah

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 8 of the previous story sequence.

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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Great Masterpieces (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Fight Global Air Battles with Planes of All Nations (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

116 Planes of All Nations / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Nuclear Naval Battle Game (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Convoy Terror / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

America's Most Exciting War Game (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Task Force / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Boys, Girls, Men, Women (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)