House of Secrets
#85
(April-May 1970)
DC,
1956 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1970-01-29
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Dick Giordano (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Abel / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008) -
in Classici DC: House of Mystery (Planeta DeAgostini, 2009 series) #2 (2009) - in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([April] 2018)
-
[no title indexed]
Abel / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages
- Job Number
- G-606
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pitted stone and rotted board, moonlit sky and biting wind-caught rain...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel; Cain
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
- in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([April] 2018)
-
Indexer Notes
framing sequence
People Who Live in Glass Houses...
comic story / 6.67 pages
- Job Number
- G-298
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Il Est Minuit... l'Heure des Sorcières (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #8 (3ème trimestre 1976) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]] -
in Weird Mystery Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #5 ([April 1978]) - in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
- in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([April] 2018)
-
[Interlude]
Abel / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 0.67 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel; Cain
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008) [Confirm: direction of reprint]
- in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([April] 2018)
-
Reggie Rabbit, Heathcliffe Hog, Archibald Aardvark, J. Benson Babboon and Bertram, the Dancing Frog
comic story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- G-308
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
- in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([April] 2018)
-
[no title indexed]
The House of Secrets Speaks! / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Dick Giordano ?
- Pencils
- Jerry Grandenetti ? (illustration)
- Inks
- George Roussos ? (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- G-607
Indexer Notes
letters section includes a humorous letter to editor Dick Giordano purportedly by Neal Adams
House of Wacks
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- John Costanza
- Pencils
- John Costanza (signed as Costanza)
- Inks
- John Costanza (signed as Costanza)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- G-627
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
- in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([April] 2018)
-
Second Choice
Abel / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Job Number
- G-316
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel (host); Henry Lansbury; Black Wizard; Henry Lansbury; Glarn, the White Wizard
- Synopsis
- Henry Lansbury travels to Stonhenge to enlist the aid of the White Wizard against the Black Wizard.
- Reprints
- in Il Est Minuit... l'Heure des Sorcières (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #9 (3ème trimestre 1976) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Doomsday Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #11 (December 1978)
- in Deadman (DC, 1985 series) #2 (June 1985) [pp 1-7], #3 (July 1985) [pp 8-11]
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
- in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([April] 2018)
-
[Epilogue]
Abel / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel; Cain
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
- in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([April] 2018)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Abel -
1.
["Pitted stone and rotted board, moonlit sky and biting wind-caught rain..."]
Abel -
2.
People Who Live in Glass Houses...
-
3.
[Interlude]
Abel -
4.
Reggie Rabbit, Heathcliffe Hog, Archibald Aardvark, J. Benson Babboon and Bertram, the Dancing Frog
-
5.
[no title indexed]
The House of Secrets Speaks! -
6.
House of Wacks
-
7.
Second Choice
Abel -
8.
[Epilogue]
Abel
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bruno Andreacchi
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Gregory Fischer
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- John Monagle
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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