House of Secrets
#38
(November 1960)
DC,
1956 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1960-09-20
- 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 Fantastic Flower Creatures!
Mark Merlin / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Good grief! The pods of those weird plants are cracking open--and look what's coming out!
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
- Characters
- Mark Merlin; Elsa
- Reprints
The Mystery of Caveman Island
comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- An outer-space robot coming back to life after 50,000 years!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dr. Maria Larkin; Donald Malin; Professor Hugh Acton
Keep Learning-- The Key to Success!
public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, Frank, I made up my mind! I'm going to quit school and get a job!
- Genre
- advocacy
- Characters
- Frank; Bob
Indexer Notes
The PSA is produced in sequential-arts comics format.
[no title indexed]
Dr. Floogle / 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)
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I hope we can find Professor Noodle's laboratory out here!
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Reprints
-
in Colossal Comic (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #36 ([February 1966])
-
The Anti-Matter Man
comic story / 7.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Great Scott! ... Now Yerby's turning trees into missiles with his mental force!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Yerby; Corbett; Jeff; Pete
- Reprints
-
in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #67 (1962) [N&B [B&W]]
-
The Gift That Stopped Time
text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Just think! By pressing down the stop-lever on this ancient clock, you will be stopping time itself!
- Genre
- science fiction
[William Henry Pickering]
Giants of the Telescope / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Through the medium of astronomical photography, Pickering discovered Phoebe, the ninth satellite of Saturn, in 1898...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science; biography
- Characters
- William Henry Pickering
- Reprints
-
from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #11 (December 1952-January 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
Information for this sequence from Arthur Lortie.
The Fantastic Flower Creatures
Mark Merlin / comic story / 8.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hit the dirt, everyone!
- Genre
- science fiction; adventure; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Mark Merlin; Philip Wall; Elsa; Satkar
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Fantastic Flower Creatures!
Mark Merlin -
1.
["Amazing wrist radio"]
Honor House Products Corp. -
2.
The Mystery of Caveman Island
-
3.
Just Imagine!
Justice League of America -
4.
Keep Learning-- The Key to Success!
-
5.
["I hope we can find Professor Noodle's laboratory out here!"]
Dr. Floogle -
6.
The Anti-Matter Man
-
7.
["For the very best..."]
Challengers of the Unknown; Tomahawk -
8.
The Gift That Stopped Time
-
9.
[William Henry Pickering]
Giants of the Telescope -
10.
The Fantastic Flower Creatures
Mark Merlin -
11.
["For the very best..."]
The Flash; Strange Adventures -
12.
["Do you want spending money?"]
Stephens Credit Sales -
13.
Win a Big Prize!
Wilson Chemical Co. -
14.
["Dear Friend -- My name is Charles Atlas."]
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System -
15.
["Make money get prizes selling 35¢ packs of Christmas cards"]
American Specialty Company Christmas Cards & Seals
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Stangas
- Brian Stewart
- Jim Van Dore
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