House of Secrets
#22
(July 1959)
DC,
1956 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1959-05-19
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (credited) (editor); Murray Boltinoff (credited) (associate editor); George Kashdan (credited) (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Thing from Beyond!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
in Bat Man (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #5 (juin 1960)
-
- Keywords
- fire
Buzzy Says "Be Sure of Your Facts!"
Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; teen
- Characters
- Buzzy Brown
- Synopsis
- When the clubhouse boys jump to conclusions and believe Jim stole the club's money, Buzzy advises them to stay calm and double-check before making accusations.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated April 1952.
The Thing from Beyond
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Ely (signed as
Bill Ely) - Inks
- Bill Ely (signed as Bill Ely)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Stan Starkman ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A strange accident endows a fisherman with inexplicable mental powers that help him predict, then defeat an alien menace.
- Reprints
-
in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #39 ([December 1959]) - in Bat Man (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #5 (juin 1960) [N&B/B&W]
- in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #46 (1980) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- precognition
[no title indexed]
Moolah the Mystic / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah! I see good things for you --
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Moolah the Mystic
The Man Who Changed History!
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- General Mark Matthews; Lawrence Decoven (alias Baron De Koven)
- Synopsis
- A boastful general believes that he knows how he could have changed the course of history's greatest battles, and a magician gives him the opportunity to prove it by sending him into the past.
- Reprints
- in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #19 ([November 1959])
- in Bat Man (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #5 (juin 1960) [N&B/B&W]
- in Green Lantern (Arédit-Artima, 1972 series) #31 (avril 1980) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- Battle of Bosworth; Battle of Tours; Richard III; time travel
[no title indexed]
The Curiosity Shop / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There are more hours of daylight...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
-
from Funny Stuff (DC, 1944 series) #40 (December 1948)
-
Indexer Notes
fun facts
The Incredible Grab Bag
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Miller ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
The Secret of the Bronze Man
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Mort Meskin (signed as Meskin)
- Inks
- Mort Meskin (signed as Meskin)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mr. Evans; Vorgas; Doctor Winters
- Synopsis
- A jungle explorer finds a spring whose water temporarily changes his skin into bronze metal. Returning home, he decides to use this ability to fight crime, but robbers try to steal the secret of his transformation and his doctor warns him that his skin could remain metallic forever.
- Reprints
- in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #19 ([November 1959])
- in Bat Man (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #5 (juin 1960) [N&B/B&W]
- in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #46 (1980) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
Happy Hunting Ground
comic story / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Native American customs regarding death
- Reprints
- from Tomahawk (DC, 1950 series) #22 (February 1954)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Thing from Beyond!
-
1.
Buzzy Says "Be Sure of Your Facts!"
Buzzy -
2.
The Thing from Beyond
-
3.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
Your Passport to Strange Journeys...
-
5.
["Ah! I see good things for you --"]
Moolah the Mystic -
6.
The Man Who Changed History!
-
7.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll Pop -
8.
["There are more hours of daylight..."]
The Curiosity Shop -
9.
["Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park..."]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
10.
Operation Blackhawks!
Blackhawk -
11.
The Incredible Grab Bag
-
12.
The Secret of the Bronze Man
-
13.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll Fudge -
14.
Happy Hunting Ground
-
15.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
16.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Body Building -
17.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Keith Chandler
- Gregory Fischer
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mark Muller
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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