House of Secrets #13

(October 1958)

Draw Me! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Art Instruction, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Menace of Multifax (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lou Cameron

Inks

Lou Cameron

Colors

?

Letters

?

Reprints

• in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #32 ([May 1959])
• in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #38 (novembre 1959)

Do You Know the Legend of Superman? (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Superboy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Curious Names of Western Mines! / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Morris Waldinger

Pencils

Morris Waldinger

Inks

Morris Waldinger

Colors

?

Letters

Morris Waldinger

First Line of Dialogue or Text

While wandering across Western waste lands...

Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier

Reprints

• from Hopalong Cassidy (DC, 1954 series) #94 (October 1954)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Sleuth with the Super-Powers (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

George Roussos

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Mr. Hall (Private Detective); Rocky Mason; alien law officer (unnamed)

Reprints

• in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #13 ([May 1959])
• in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #38 (novembre 1959)

Keywords

Private Detectives

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Moolah the Mystic / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Moolah, the high wire artist suddenly took sick...

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Mystery in Space (Thorpe & Porter, 1958 ? series) #8 ([circa 1959])

Lost -- A Free Education! (Table of Contents: 9)

Binky [DC] / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Bob Oksner

Inks

Bob Oksner

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; teen

Museum of Worthless Inventions (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Bernard Baily

Inks

Bernard Baily

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

All these crazy contraptions are scientifically impossible! Could this be... witchcraft?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Professor Amos Todd

Synopsis

Amos Todd sells tickets to his Museum of Worthless Inventions when he sees a flash of light come through the rain clouds. He shows a gold making machine and then a power pill which converts water to gasoline. He is surprised when the water suddenly bursts into flame. In the storm he helps a doctor's car with a power pill and water. He finds all inventions now work and fixes the hospital generator with a perpetual motion machine. Back at the museum criminals steal the gold making machine. Todd follows using mechanical wings which stop working as he lands. All machines return to uselessness.

Reprints

• in Mystery in Space (Thorpe & Porter, 1958 ? series) #8 ([circa 1959])
• in All Favourites, The 100-Page Comic (K. G. Murray, 1957 ? series) #12 ([April 1959] ?)
• in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #38 (novembre 1959)
• in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1962 ? series) #9 ([1963])
• in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #174 (May-June 1968)
which is reprinted
• in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #143 (1 de octubre de 1968)
• in House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2018 [March 2019])
• in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([April] 2006)

Keywords

perpetual motion; power pill

Indexer Notes

Script identification by Roy Thomas in Alter Ego #147 (July 2017).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll Pop / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Professor Eureka / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm contacting the satellite sent up by the army!

Genre

humor

Reprints

• in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #20 ([December 1959])

Scotland's Pet "Monster" (Table of Contents: 13)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Kashdan

Letters

typeset

The Face in the Mist (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Ely

Inks

Bill Ely

Colors

?

Letters

?

Reprints

• in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #14 ([June 1959])
• in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #38 (novembre 1959)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Giant Dinosaurs / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Stephens Credit Sales / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Hey Skinny! ...Yer Ribs Are Showing! (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Midwest Card Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)