House of Secrets
#41
(February 1961)
DC,
1956 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1960-12-20
- 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.
The Dinosaur in Times Square!
Mark Merlin / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction; adventure; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Mark Merlin; Elsa
- Keywords
- dinosaurs; New York City; Times Square
The Great Space Impersonations
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Aliens kidnap Earth men and impersonate them with the help of life-like masks.
Our American Heritage
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy
- Characters
- William Penn; Thomas Paine; Emma Lazarus; John Peter Zenger; Harriet Tubman
- Synopsis
- historical quiz
Indexer Notes
published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
[no title indexed]
Hamid the Hypnotist / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I will hypnotize my assistant now...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Hamid the Hypnotist
The Wizard's Revenge
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- Reporter Jim Lowery travels to the European village of Waldyk to expose their legendary wizard as a hoax, but he can't explain the fantastic things that keep happening to him.
- Reprints
-
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #58 -
in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #228 (December 1974-January 1975) which is reprinted -
in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #8 ([October 1978]) [Job number (J-3743) deleted from this reprint. Cain (host) deleted from pp1. Page headings deleted: “The House of Mystery” (odd pages) and “The Wizard's Revenge” (even pages), except for pp1.]
-
Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!
Strange Adventures; My Greatest Adventure; Tales of the Unexpected / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
[no title indexed]
Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Earthquakes are an uncommon occurrence...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #69 (June 1956)
-
The Dinosaur in Times Square
Mark Merlin / comic story / 8.67 pages
- Feature Logo
A Mark Merlin Mystery- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
- Characters
- Mark Merlin; Elsa; Professor Blore
- Synopsis
- Mark and Elsa are shocked when Professor Blore's life-ray animates a model of a dinosaur so that it can embark on a rampage.
- Reprints
- in Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #38 ([June 1961])
-
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Statement of October 1, 1960
Average number copies sold during preceding 12 months: 194,000
Editor: Jack Schiff, Business Manager: Jack Liebowitz
Owners: National Comics Publications, Inc., H. Donenfeld, J. Liebowtiz, P. Sampliner, G. Donenfeld, S. Sampliner, F. Iger, I. Donenfeld, S. Iger, L. Liebowitz, J. H. Liebowitz, all at 575 Lexington Ave, New York 22, N.Y.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Dinosaur in Times Square!
Mark Merlin -
1.
[no title indexed]
The National Sports Council Books -
2.
The Great Space Impersonations
-
3.
Just Imagine!
Justice League of America -
4.
Our American Heritage
-
5.
["I will hypnotize my assistant now..."]
Hamid the Hypnotist -
6.
The Wizard's Revenge
-
7.
Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!
Strange Adventures; My Greatest Adventure; Tales of the Unexpected -
8.
The Haunted Hill
-
9.
["Earthquakes are an uncommon occurrence..."]
Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That -
10.
The Dinosaur in Times Square
Mark Merlin -
11.
[no title indexed]
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12.
[no title indexed]
Revolutionary War Soldiers -
13.
[no title indexed]
Frontier Cabin -
14.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes -
15.
You Asked for It!
Aquaman; Showcase -
16.
[no title indexed]
Cloverine Brand Salve
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