House of Secrets
#24
(September 1959)
DC,
1956 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1959-07-21
- 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 (editor); Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Black Steed of the Hill Gods
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- An American joins a band of freedom fighters to overthrow a tyrant, and seems to receive great powers to help the cause.
- Reprints
Water: A Good Friend or Deadly Enemy -- Depending on You!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
- Synopsis
- rules for water safety
Indexer Notes
published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
[no title indexed]
Professor Eureka / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've succeeded! I've made myself invisible!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Professor Eureka
- Keywords
- invisibility
The Sorceress of Silent Valley
Mark Merlin / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Jack Miller ?; ?
- Pencils
- Mort Meskin (signed as Meskin)
- Inks
- Mort Meskin (signed as Meskin)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Feature Logo
A Mark Merlin Mystery- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; science fiction; adventure
- Characters
- Mark Merlin; Elsa; Conrad Rogge; Jenny Rogge
- Synopsis
- Conrad Rogge's daughter Jenny has suddenly developed magical powers that threaten everyone around her.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
writer identification by Bob Hughes
Beware the Black Cat!
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
-
from Sensation Mystery (DC, 1952 series) #110 (July-August 1952)
-
Noisy Ghosts
comic story / 0.67 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #108 (March-April 1952)
-
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Pop
The Beast from the Box
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy (signed as N C)
- Inks
- Nick Cardy (signed as N C)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Charles Sanders accidentally releases a strange creature from a box and it keeps growing as it rampages through the city.
- Reprints
- in House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #93 (August-September 1971) which is reprinted
- in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([April] 2018)
-
in Shock Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #3 (1972) -
in Skrækmagasinet (Williams, 1972 series) #3/1972 ([September] 1972) -
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #3 (October 1972) -
in Skrekk Magasinet (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1972 series) #3/1972 ([oktober] 1972) -
in Skräckmagasinet (Williams Förlags AB, 1972 series) #3/1972 (6 oktober 1972) -
in Il Est Minuit... l'Heure des Sorcières (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #2 (1er trimestre 1975) [N&B [B&W]] -
in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #10 ([March 1979] ?) - in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
-
- Keywords
- monsters
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Sold by Wilson Chemical Co.
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Beast from the Box!
-
1.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
2.
Black Steed of the Hill Gods
-
3.
[no title indexed]
Zenith Stamps -
4.
Water: A Good Friend or Deadly Enemy -- Depending on You!
-
5.
["I've succeeded! I've made myself invisible!"]
Professor Eureka -
6.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
7.
The Sorceress of Silent Valley
Mark Merlin -
8.
Beware the Black Cat!
-
9.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
10.
Noisy Ghosts
-
11.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
12.
Strange Skies
-
13.
The Beast from the Box
-
14.
[no title indexed]
150 Civil War Soldiers -
15.
[no title indexed]
40 Foreign and American Cars -
16.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes -
17.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve -
18.
[no title indexed]
American Geographical Society Around the World Program
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Keith Chandler
- Wilhelm Dohmeier
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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