House of Secrets #65

(March-April 1964)

The Sinister Skull of Doctor-7 (Table of Contents)

Mark Merlin / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arnold Drake

Pencils:

Mort Meskin (signed)

Inks:

Mort Meskin

Colors:

?

Letters:

Stan Starkman

Content Information

Genre:

occult; adventure

Characters:

Mark Merlin; Doctor-7 (villain); Elsa Magusson; Memakata

Synopsis:

Doctor-7 escapes from prison and disguises himself as a fake phrenologist to lure Mark Merlin into a trap.

Indexer Notes

writer verified by Martin O'Hearn

["This is Sgt. Rock bringin' you DC's first Big War Annual!"] (Table of Contents)

Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Kubert

Inks:

Joe Kubert

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

war

Indexer Notes

house ad for Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales (DC, 1964 series) #1, on sale January 23

["The car needs gas."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Moolah the Mystic

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1963
No circulation information given.
Owners: National Periodical Publications, Inc., Harry Donenfeld, Irwin Donenfeld, Sonia Iger, J.S. Liebowitz; P.H. Sampliner, S.U. Sampliner, Harry Donenfeld Foundation, Inc. all at 575 Lexington Avenue, New York 22, N.Y.

The Man Who Destroyed Eclipso (Table of Contents)

Eclipso / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Haney

Pencils:

Alex Toth (signed)

Inks:

Alex Toth

Colors:

?

Letters:

Stan Starkman

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Eclipso; Dr. Bruce Gordon; Mona Bennett; Judson Randall (villain); Professor Simon Bennett

Synopsis:

Mona discovers that her boyfriend, Bruce Gordon, is actually Eclipso. Bruce decides to meet an old friend, Judson Randall, and he finds him apparently imprisoned within a luminous blob. He allows Judson to try to cure him of Eclipso. Eclipso is released, but he is now under Judson's control.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #413 (June 1972)
• in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #83 ([October 1973] ?)
• in Showcase Presents: Eclipso (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] ([August] 2009)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Murray Boltinoff

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

letters submitted by Andy Zerbe; Robert A. MacAvoy; Leslie Hackett; Elaine Littlewood; Paul Gambaccini

You Demanded It, and Here It Is! (Table of Contents)

Doom Patrol / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Brown

Inks:

Bob Brown

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for The Doom Patrol (DC, 1964 series) #1, on sale January 23
When published, this issue was actually numbered #86 (continuing the numbering of My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series)

Give and Take (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

Children take some broken and unused toys to Mr. Craig, who helps them to repair them so they can be donated to charity.

Indexer Notes

published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly