(January 1960)

DC, 1956 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1959-11-24
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] (Table of Contents)

A Mark Merlin Mystery / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
?
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #28
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The Man Who Made Monsters (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Roussos
Inks
George Roussos
Colors
?
Letters
?

Your Passport to Amazing Adventures! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Tales of the Unexpected; My Greatest Adventure; Strange Adventures / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Dr. Floogle / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I was told you need someone to help you in the lab!
Genre
humor; science fiction

The Best Present of All! (Table of Contents: 5)

Binky / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Bob Oksner
Inks
Bob Oksner
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
advocacy; teen

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Commercial Trades Institute / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Isle of Missing Men (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Ely
Inks
Bill Ely
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Mr. Martin; Dr. Meline; Dr. Saguchi; Professor Bergson; Zolu
Reprints
Keywords
bathyspheres (bathospheres); Volcanoes

The Man with Nine Lives! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Tomahawk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Demons of the Valley (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Twelve-Day Fear! (Table of Contents: 10)

cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

Wilson Chemical Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Menace of the Creeping Doom (Table of Contents: 12)

Mark Merlin / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mort Meskin (signed)
Inks
Mort Meskin (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural; science fiction

Hawk-a-a-a! (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Blackhawk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Garcelon Stamp Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

National Radio Institute / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    A Mark Merlin Mystery
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales
  3. 2. The Man Who Made Monsters
  4. 3. Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!
    Tales of the Unexpected; My Greatest Adventure; Strange Adventures
  5. 4. ["I was told you need someone to help you in the lab!"]
    Dr. Floogle
  6. 5. The Best Present of All!
    Binky
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Commercial Trades Institute
  8. 7. Isle of Missing Men
  9. 8. The Man with Nine Lives!
    Tomahawk
  10. 9. Demons of the Valley
  11. 10. Twelve-Day Fear!
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Wilson Chemical Co.
  13. 12. The Menace of the Creeping Doom
    Mark Merlin
  14. 13. Hawk-a-a-a!
    Blackhawk
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Garcelon Stamp Co.
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Manufacturing Company
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    National Radio Institute
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles
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