(June-July 1970)

DC, 1956 Series
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Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1970-03-31
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. Promotional advertisement in Superboy (DC, 1949 Series) #166 (June 1970) listed the on-sale date of April 2nd.

At Midnight The Puppet Cried! Why? (Table of Contents)

Abel / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Neal Adams
Inks
Neal Adams
Colors
Neal Adams ?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
G767
Genre
science fiction; horror-suspense
Characters
Abel (vignette)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover connects to the story "The Ballad of Little Joe."

[Welcome to the House of Secrets] (Table of Contents: 1)

Abel / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Bill Draut
Inks
Bill Draut
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
G-758
Genre
humor; horror-suspense
Characters
Abel
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Framing sequence.

Strain (Table of Contents: 2)

Abel / comic story / 5.5 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Skeates
Pencils
George Tuska
Inks
George Tuska
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
G-675
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Abel (host)
Synopsis
A man is drawn to his death by piano music played by the wife he killed.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credit from Steve Skeates.

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

Abel / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Bill Draut
Inks
Bill Draut
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
G-759
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Abel sequence continues.

The Golden Tower of the Sun (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway (signed)
Pencils
Gray Morrow (signed)
Inks
Gray Morrow (signed)
Colors
Gray Morrow ?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
G-658
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A band member takes revenge on the rest of the band after they kill him to get him out of the group.
Reprints

[Interlude] (Table of Contents: 5)

Abel / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Bill Draut
Inks
Bill Draut
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
G-760
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Abel
Reprints

The Ballad of Little Joe (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Bill Draut (credited as Big Bad Bill)
Inks
Bill Draut (credited as Big Bad Bill)
Colors
?
Letters
Ray Holloway ?

Job Number
G-660
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
A beloved ventriloquist's dummy is turned into a real boy by aliens to act as their spy on Earth, but he reveals their plans to his master then sacrifices himself to save the old man.
Reprints

[Epilogue] (Table of Contents: 7)

Abel / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Bill Draut
Inks
Bill Draut
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
G-761
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Abel
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

The House of Secrets Speaks! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dick Giordano ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
G-768

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Shawn McCrea, Moose White, Richard H. Morrissey and Ernie Saxton.

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

The Day after Doomsday / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
Jack Sparling
Inks
Jack Sparling
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
G-591
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The bombs fell on Wednesday...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Adam (intro); Gertrude (intro)
Synopsis
Adam and Gertrude meet in the ruins of New York City.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Series continues in House of Secrets #95 and #97. Credits confirmed from Weird War Tales reprint.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. At Midnight The Puppet Cried! Why?
    Abel
  2. 1. [Welcome to the House of Secrets]
    Abel
  3. 2. Strain
    Abel
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Abel
  5. 4. The Golden Tower of the Sun
  6. 5. [Interlude]
    Abel
  7. 6. The Ballad of Little Joe
  8. 7. [Epilogue]
    Abel
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    The House of Secrets Speaks!
  10. 9. ["The bombs fell on Wednesday..."]
    The Day after Doomsday
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • John Censullo
  • CTGarry
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Paul Lefebvre
  • John Monagle
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore