House of Secrets
#137
(November 1975)
DC,
1956 Series
- Volume
- 18
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1975-08-28
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Line of DC Super-Stars
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (editor); Paul Levitz (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #121.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ernie Chan (signed as EC)
- Inks
- Ernie Chan (signed as EC)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese ?
- Job Number
- J-?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel (inset)
- Reprints
-
in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #2 (2019 [February 2020])
-
- Keywords
- matador; skeleton
The Harder They Fall
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- J-33?0
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel (host)
- Reprints
-
in Névrose (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #5 (décembre 1985) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]] - in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #2 (2019 [February 2020])
-
[no title indexed]
The House of Secrets Speaks! / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Paul Levitz ?
- Pencils
- Jerry Grandenetti ? (illustration)
- Inks
- Jerry Grandenetti ? (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- J-4103
Indexer Notes
Letters from: Mark Schmieder, John Elliot, Stephen Perry and Henry Kinnison.
Minerva Menace!
Captain Marvel / Shazam!; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Aunt Minerva
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies in comicstrip format.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Curt Swan; Murphy Anderson (illustrations)
- Inks
- George Klein; Murphy Anderson (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You can find me in every one of these comics!
- Characters
- Superman and Batman
Indexer Notes
DC house ad showing all the titles in which Superman and Batman appear.
The Magic Elixir
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- J-3903
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel (host)
- Reprints
-
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #56 - in Spectral (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #11 (janvier 1987) [N&B [B&W]]
- in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #2 (2019 [February 2020])
-
[CBS Saturday]
advertisement / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
2 page ad by Neal Adams for CBS Saturday morning cartoons
Final Exam
Abel's Fables / cartoon / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-1465
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #57
- in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #2 (2019 [February 2020])
-
Indexer Notes
An old man disintegrates when the doctor tests his reflexes by tapping his knee.
Suit of Lights
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- J-3968
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel (host)
- Reprints
- in Névrose (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #5 (décembre 1985) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
- in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #2 (2019 [February 2020])
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
The Harder They Fall
-
2.
[no title indexed]
The House of Secrets Speaks! -
3.
Minerva Menace!
Captain Marvel / Shazam!; Hostess Twinkies -
4.
["You can find me in every one of these comics!"]
-
5.
The Magic Elixir
-
6.
[CBS Saturday]
-
7.
Final Exam
Abel's Fables -
8.
Suit of Lights
This issue was modified by, among others
- mike bellinghausen
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Merlin Haas
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Jim Stangas
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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