House of Secrets
#29
(February 1960)
DC,
1956 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1959-12-22
- 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.
Queen of the Beasts!
Mark Merlin / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
[no title indexed]
The National Sports Council Books / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Let us pack your body with the muscle power you've always wanted!
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Curse of the Forbidden Flora
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Synopsis
- Adventurers are sent to collect specimens of flora grown by Tibetan wild men, but the specimens are protected by high priests who have placed a curse on anyone who picks their flowers.
- Reprints
-
in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #41 (août 1961) [N&B/B&W] -
in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #35 ([May 1979])
-
[no title indexed]
Tales of the Unexpected; My Greatest Adventure; House of Mystery / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your passport to amazing adventures!
- Genre
- science fiction
Indexer Notes
House ad from Tales of the Unexpected #46, My Greatest Adventure #40, and House of Mystery #95.
John C. Adams
Giants of the Telescope / comic story / 0.67 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science; biography
- Reprints
-
from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #16 (January 1952)
-
Superboy Says: "It's Fun to Help Others!"
Superboy / public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gosh, you brother Frank sure is in a hurry to get to his volunteer job at the hospital!
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
Indexer Notes
The PSA is produced in sequential-arts comics format.
The Mystery of the Man-Made Monsters
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Synopsis
- A scientist has been experimenting on animals using radioactive isotopes, which cause a sheep to grow gold wool, spiders to spin webs made of silver, and caterpillars to weave indestructible cocoons. And that's before they increased in size...
[no title indexed]
World's Finest Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your favorite heroes...
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
House ad for World's Finest Comics #107.
[no title indexed]
Moolah the Mystic / comic story / 1 page
- 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
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It is time now!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #24 ([April 1960])
-
- Keywords
- Pyramids
The Queen of the Beasts
Mark Merlin / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
- Synopsis
- While investigating reports of strange creatures, Mark and Elsa discover a crack in a mountainside that leads to a hidden valley. In the valley they find creatures that appear to have come from underground. Elsa, overpowered by fumes from the plant life, finds she can communicate with the creatures, and determines that together they can take over the earth.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Do you want spending money?
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear friend - My name is Charles Atlas.
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Queen of the Beasts!
Mark Merlin -
1.
["Let us pack your body with the muscle power you've always wanted!"]
The National Sports Council Books -
2.
The Curse of the Forbidden Flora
-
3.
["Your passport to amazing adventures!"]
Tales of the Unexpected; My Greatest Adventure; House of Mystery -
4.
Hi-Power Binoculars
Hi-Power Binoculars -
5.
150 Civil War Soldiers!
150 Civil War Soldiers -
6.
John C. Adams
Giants of the Telescope -
7.
Statement of Ownership
-
8.
Superboy Says: "It's Fun to Help Others!"
Superboy -
9.
The Mystery of the Man-Made Monsters
-
10.
["Your favorite heroes..."]
World's Finest Comics -
11.
Secret of the Wood Wizard
-
12.
["It is time now!"]
Moolah the Mystic -
13.
The Queen of the Beasts
Mark Merlin -
14.
Frontier Cabin
Frontier Cabin -
15.
100 Toy Soldiers $1.00
100 Toy Soldiers -
16.
Space Shoes
Space Shoes -
17.
["Do you want spending money?"]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes -
18.
["Dear friend - My name is Charles Atlas."]
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System -
19.
["Win a big prize!"]
Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ed Boner
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Katy Hayhurst
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mark Muller
- Per Sandell
- Jim Stangas
- Brian Stewart
- Jim Van Dore
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