House of Secrets
#61
(July-August 1963)
DC,
1956 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1963-05-16
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Doctor-7, King of the Supernatural
Mark Merlin / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
- Characters
- Mark Merlin; Doctor-7; Elsa Magussen; Eclipso [Bruce Gordon] (inset)
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi! Boys and girls, here is your big chance...
Indexer Notes
DC subscription ad.
Inside front cover.
Doctor-7, King of the Supernatural
Mark Merlin / comic story / 10.67 pages
- 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]
Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now buy a tongue pleaser!
The Strange Lives of Batman and Robin
Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff; Dick Sprang
- Inks
- Charles Paris; Stan Kaye
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp ?
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #5 (Summer 1963)
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey.
[no title indexed]
Zenith Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What a tremendous bargain this is!
Indexer Notes
Send 25¢ for stamps, flags, confederate facsimiles and stamp collecting book from Zenith Company of Brooklyn, New York.
A Tree Grows on Second Street
public service announcement / 1 page
- 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
Eclipso / comic story / 13.67 pages
- 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]
Mark Merlin's Mailbox / letters page / 1 page
- 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]
Moolah the Mystic / comic story / 0.67 page
- 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.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your eyes may play tricks… but not your taste!
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Pop
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 8 of the previous story sequence.
Great Masterpieces
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Fudge
Fight Global Air Battles with Planes of All Nations
116 Planes of All Nations / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Send $1.50 for 116 planes of all nations from Planes of Rockville Centre, New York.
America's Most Exciting War Game
Task Force / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Send $1.00 for Task Force game from Helen of Toy, Co. of Rego Park, New York.
[no title indexed]
American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Skinny or fat, 15, 20, 30 or 40 years of age
- Characters
- Ben Rebhuhn (photo); John Sill (photo); Wm. Butler (photo); Jim Norman (photo)
Indexer Notes
Send for free strength test courses and strong men photo book from American Body Building Club of Great Neck, New York.
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Doctor-7, King of the Supernatural
Mark Merlin -
1.
["Hi! Boys and girls, here is your big chance..."]
-
2.
Doctor-7, King of the Supernatural
Mark Merlin -
3.
["Now buy a tongue pleaser!"]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
The Strange Lives of Batman and Robin
Batman -
5.
["Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey."]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
6.
["What a tremendous bargain this is!"]
Zenith Stamps -
7.
A Tree Grows on Second Street
-
8.
Eclipso, the Genius Who Fought Himself
Eclipso -
9.
[no title indexed]
Mark Merlin's Mailbox -
10.
["You and your magic!"]
Moolah the Mystic -
11.
["Your eyes may play tricks… but not your taste!"]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
12.
Great Masterpieces
Tootsie [all other candies] -
13.
Fight Global Air Battles with Planes of All Nations
116 Planes of All Nations -
14.
Nuclear Naval Battle Game
Convoy Terror -
15.
America's Most Exciting War Game
Task Force -
16.
["Skinny or fat, 15, 20, 30 or 40 years of age"]
American Body Building Club -
17.
Boys, Girls, Men, Women
Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Craig Delich
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Steve Jenner
- Mike Nielsen
- Douglas Sederberg
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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