House of Secrets
#26
(November 1959)
DC,
1956 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1959-09-22
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (credited) (editor); Murray Boltinoff (credited) (associate editor); George Kashdan (credited) (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Menace of the Alien Ape!
cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look! He's brushing that plane away like a fly!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
in Relatos Fabulosos (Editorial Novaro, 1959 series) #14 (1 de octubre de 1960)
-
The Sorcerer's Sentry!
Mark Merlin / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Mort Meskin (signed as Meskin)
- Inks
- Mort Meskin (signed as Meskin)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mark! You must rescue Junius!
- Feature Logo
A Mark Merlin Mystery- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Mark Merlin
- Reprints
-
in Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #22 ([February 1960]) - in Relatos Fabulosos (Editorial Novaro, 1959 series) #14 (1 de octubre de 1960)
-
[no title indexed]
Professor Eureka / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as
Henry Boltinoff) - Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We'll go into this unexplored tomb!
- Feature Logo
Professor Eureka- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Relatos Fabulosos (Editorial Novaro, 1959 series) #14 (1 de octubre de 1960)
-
The Secret of Camp Galaxy
comic story / 7.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, boy!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Johnny Thornton; Mr. Nairam; Vorkle; Thboothga; Uncle Y'Tram; Zeba; Orgaal; Svardo
- Synopsis
- Johnny Thornton is chosen to go to a summer camp staffed by aliens from other planets, but his parents believe it's all an elaborate hoax.
- Reprints
- in Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #22 ([February 1960])
- in Relatos Fabulosos (Editorial Novaro, 1959 series) #14 (1 de octubre de 1960)
-
in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #52 (1961) -
in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #200 (March 1972) which is reprinted - in House of Mystery: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 (2018 [March 2019])
- in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #85 ([February 1974] ?)
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([May] 2007) [black and white]
-
New Stars for "Old Glory"
public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gosh, Dad, our flag looks different with 49 stars...
- Genre
- advocacy
Indexer Notes
This PSA is produced in sequential comics-art style.
[no title indexed]
Our Strange Universe / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A great flock of globular clusters...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #29 (December 1955-January 1956)
- in Relatos Fabulosos (Editorial Novaro, 1959 series) #14 (1 de octubre de 1960)
-
Phantom in the Wind
text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mr. and Mrs. Otis Herkimer were at it again.
The Menace of the Alien Ape
comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Good grief!
- Reprints
- in Relatos Fabulosos (Editorial Novaro, 1959 series) #14 (1 de octubre de 1960)
-
Ghost Habits
comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The behavior of ghosts as popularized by weird story writers does not always agree with accounts reported by "Ghost Observers"...
- Reprints
- from Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #107 (January-February 1952)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Menace of the Alien Ape!
-
1.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Co. -
2.
The Sorcerer's Sentry!
Mark Merlin -
3.
Hawk-a-a-a!
Blackhawk -
4.
["Who was the incredible creature..."]
Showcase; Green Lantern -
5.
["We'll go into this unexplored tomb!"]
Professor Eureka -
6.
The Secret of Camp Galaxy
-
7.
Fantastic! Mysterious!
Tomahawk -
8.
New Stars for "Old Glory"
-
9.
["A great flock of globular clusters..."]
Our Strange Universe -
10.
Phantom in the Wind
-
11.
The Menace of the Alien Ape
-
12.
Ghost Habits
-
13.
Capture the Spirit of the Winning of the West
Little Novelty Co. -
14.
["Do you want spending money? Sell these popular Patriotic and Religious Mottoes"]
Stephens Credit Sales -
15.
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System -
16.
[no title indexed]
American Specialty Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Keith Chandler
- Gregory Fischer
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Stangas
- Brian Stewart
- Jim Van Dore
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