House of Secrets
#63
(November-December 1963)
DC,
1956 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1963-09-19
- 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.
[The Nest of Fear!]
Mark Merlin / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
- Characters
- Elsa Magussen; Mark Merlin
Your United Nations at Work
public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A tiny village in Burma…
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy
- Synopsis
- Burmese Lin Tan goes to WHO nursing school in Rangoon. She then is able to diagnose the bubonic plague in her home village.
Indexer Notes
inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
The Nest of Fear!
Mark Merlin / comic story / 10.67 pages
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
- Characters
- Elsa Magussen; Memakata; Mark Merlin; alien computer intelligence; Advance Man
- Synopsis
- Mark and Elsa discover a cave that contains three legendary giant creatures - a roc, a kraken and a man-monster, all created by an ancient alien intelligence sent to Earth to determine a suitable life form to rule the planet. As the monsters attack them Mark and Elsa are helped by the alien's final creation - an advanced form of humankind.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now buy a tongue pleaser!
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Get these favorite, exciting and entertaining comics magazines...
Indexer Notes
DC subscription ad.
[no title indexed]
Peter Puptent, Explorer / 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
- I'll show you how we go about exploring a tomb!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Peter Puptent
Newest Hit in DC's Hall of Fame--
Doom Patrol / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #83
Secret Locked in the Ice
comic story / 1.67 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- A thief returns to the Alps to recover stolen money previously lost there but the search ends in his capture.
- Reprints
-
in DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #4 (July-September 1969) [title removed and 2nd page condensed]
-
[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
[no title indexed]
Mark Merlin's Mailbox / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Editor: Shazam! (Pardon my exuberance.)
Indexer Notes
Letters from: Paul Gambaccini, and John Tully. Letter quotes and acknowledgements from Fred Romanek, Michael E. Colby, Martin Kasdan Jr., Susanne LaBoccetta, Jimmy Milligan, Gregory Kerekes, Delmer Fox, Jerry Johnson, Jeff Zucker, Dennis Richard, Fred Patten, Mike Malicki, Henry Frank, Hudson Smith, Clyde Andre Castilla, Blaine Board, Tom Jones, and Lucy Hahn.
The Flashiest News of the Year...
The Flash / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for Flash Annual (DC, 1963 series) #1
[no title indexed]
100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Send $1.25 for 100 toy soldiers in their own footlocker from Josely Co, of Long Island, New York.
[no title indexed]
Moolah the Mystic / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come in! Moolah the Mystic will read the magic crystal ball for you!
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Moolah the Mystic
Hit the Combat Trail
Tomahawk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- Genre
- historical; horror-suspense; western-frontier
- Keywords
- monsters
Indexer Notes
house ad for Tomahawk (DC, 1950 series) #89, on sale September 5
Eclipso's Amazing Ally!
Eclipso / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Script
- Bob Haney
- Pencils
- Alex Toth (signed as Alexander Toth)
- Inks
- Alex Toth (signed as Alexander Toth)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Stan Starkman
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mona Bennett; Professor Simon Bennett; Eclipso (villain); Bruce Gordon; Eclipso robot
- Synopsis
- Eclipso builds a robot Eclipso to fool Bruce Gordon but when the robot Eclipso traps Bruce and Professor Bennett and tries to kill them, Eclipso must help them escape.
- Reprints
-
in All Favourites Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #43 ([July 1964]) - in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #226 (November-December 1974)
- in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #96 ([December 1975])
- in Showcase Presents: Eclipso (DC, 2009 series) ([October] 2009)
-
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For party fun!
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Fudge
Here It Is, Fans--
Green Arrow; John Jones Manhunter from Mars / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Script
- ? (promo copy)
- Pencils
- George Roussos
- Inks
- George Roussos
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #50
Fight Global Air Battles with Planes of All Nations
116 Planes of All Nations / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Send $1.60 for 116 planes and pilot training chart from "Planes" Dept. P-11 of Rockville Center, New York
[no title indexed]
Roman War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Send $1.98 for 132 Roman war soldiers.
[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 5 free world famous strength test courses and photo book of famous strong men.
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[The Nest of Fear!]
Mark Merlin -
1.
Your United Nations at Work
-
2.
The Nest of Fear!
Mark Merlin -
3.
["Now buy a tongue pleaser!"]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
["Get these favorite, exciting and entertaining comics magazines..."]
-
5.
["I'll show you how we go about exploring a tomb!"]
Peter Puptent, Explorer -
6.
Newest Hit in DC's Hall of Fame--
Doom Patrol -
7.
Secret Locked in the Ice
-
8.
["Your eyes may play tricks… but not your taste!"]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
9.
["Dear Editor: Shazam! (Pardon my exuberance.)"]
Mark Merlin's Mailbox -
10.
The Flashiest News of the Year...
The Flash -
11.
[no title indexed]
100 Toy Soldiers -
12.
["Come in! Moolah the Mystic will read the magic crystal ball for you!"]
Moolah the Mystic -
13.
Hit the Combat Trail
Tomahawk -
14.
Eclipso's Amazing Ally!
Eclipso -
15.
["For party fun!"]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
16.
Here It Is, Fans--
Green Arrow; John Jones Manhunter from Mars -
17.
Fight Global Air Battles with Planes of All Nations
116 Planes of All Nations -
18.
[no title indexed]
Roman War Soldiers -
19.
["Skinny or fat, 15, 20, 30 or 40 years of age"]
American Body Building Club -
20.
Make Your Own Monsters
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- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Katy Hayhurst
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Douglas Sederberg
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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