House of Secrets
#35
(August 1960)
DC,
1956 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1960-06-21
- 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.
The Interplanetary Target!
Mark Merlin / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is the Earthman we have come to destroy--Mark Merlin!
- Genre
- science fiction; adventure; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Mark Merlin; Elsa
The Interplanetary Target
Mark Merlin / comic story / 8.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A perfect shot...the Earthman is in the center of our sight!
- Genre
- science fiction; adventure; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Mark Merlin; Elsa; Ybar; Mr. Allans (Mercurian alien)
- Synopsis
- Renegade aliens from Mercury plan to kill Mark Merlin because he accidentally discovered a way to destroy their transport vehicles.
- Reprints
-
in Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #32 ([December 1960]) -
in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #64 (décembre 1961)
-
- Keywords
- Mercury
[no title indexed]
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis; The Adventures of Jerry Lewis / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Simon Newcomb
Giants of the Telescope / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science; biography
- Reprints
-
from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #10 (October-November 1952)
-
Doom Was His Partner
comic story / 7.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's unbelievable--but that cloud of energy is really a human being!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Lloyd Corwin; Dr. Van Evers; Burt Vale; Professor Ervin
- Synopsis
- When an astronaut vanishes from a space capsule in flight, the effort to find him also releases a giant monster.
- Reprints
- in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #66 (mars 1962)
-
- Keywords
- monsters; space travel
Phantom Footsteps
text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There it was again--the swift rush of approaching steps, then their quick ascent up the stone stairs.
[no title indexed]
Professor Eureka / 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 (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At last – my time machine is perfected!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Professor Eureka
- Keywords
- time travel
Superman Says... "Lend a Friendly Hand!"
Superman / public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Aw, Jim, we don't want Sandor along.
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Jim; Sandor
- Synopsis
- When Superman sees some boys being unkind to a refugee boy, he takes them across the world to see the conditions refugees have come from and tells them that they need to be nicer.
Indexer Notes
The PSA is produced in sequential-arts comics format in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
The Ancients Who Lived Again
comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's come over these three?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Jed; Dan; Tom Akers; Sam Billings; Dasgon
- Synopsis
- A weird mineral gives control of a giant creature from legend to an unscrupulous man.
- Reprints
- in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #64 (décembre 1961)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Interplanetary Target!
Mark Merlin -
1.
["Skinny or fat, 15, 20, 30 or 40 years of age..."]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
2.
The Interplanetary Target
Mark Merlin -
3.
["For the very best..."]
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis; The Adventures of Jerry Lewis -
4.
Simon Newcomb
Giants of the Telescope -
5.
["Presenting the greatest Superman stories ever told!"]
Superman -
6.
Doom Was His Partner
-
7.
["Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park..."]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
8.
Phantom Footsteps
-
9.
["At last – my time machine is perfected!"]
Professor Eureka -
10.
Superman Says... "Lend a Friendly Hand!"
Superman -
11.
The Ancients Who Lived Again
-
12.
["Do you want spending money?"]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes -
13.
Frontier Cabin
Frontier Cabin -
14.
150 Civil War Soldiers!
150 Civil War Soldiers -
15.
["Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men! Win a beautiful signet ring..."]
Cloverine Brand Salve -
16.
["These prizes without cost or take cash profits..."]
American Youth Sales Club Cards
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