House of Secrets #49

(October 1961)

Test Your Talent (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Art Instruction, Inc. courses / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Reluctant Sorcerer (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

Howard Purcell (signed)

Pencils

Howard Purcell (signed)

Inks

Howard Purcell (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Stan Starkman

First Line of Dialogue or Text

From the mysterious old lady in the woods, the boy received a fantastic gift!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Tommy Morgan; Mr. Wilson; Mr. Drenn

Synopsis

When Tommy helps a woman in trouble, she gives him magic powers but what he really wants is for his missing parents to come home.

Reprints

• in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #69
• in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1961 series) #45 (January 1962?)
• in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #224 (April-May 1974)
which is reprinted
• in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2009)
• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #74 (1er trimestre 1982)

Keywords

orphanages; sorcerers

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Big-Big-Big News about a Small-Small-Small Super-Hero (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Showcase; The Atom / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

A Message from Otto the Robot! (Table of Contents: 5)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Bernard Baily

Inks

Bernard Baily

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy

Synopsis

Bobby dreams about the fantastic future that robots will provide, but the robot in his dream reminds him that humans will always be needed too.

Indexer Notes

published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

The Forbidden Stones of Zhatec (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Ely (signed)

Inks

Bill Ely

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A heap of crumbling ruins from a far off steaming jungle, where they'd lain for centuries... what possible threat could they contain?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Abner Lake; Juan Cortez; Terqua; Azzuma

Synopsis

When an ancient temple is moved and rebuilt at a city museum, two giant phantom warriors emerge and battle each other, looking for a lost treasure.

Reprints

• in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1961 series) #45 (January 1962?)
• in Ray Halcotan (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #41 (octobre 1963) [N&B [B&W]]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Centre Coins / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Challenge for a Coward (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

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

Peter Puptent, Explorer / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You lie still, Puptent.

Genre

humor

Characters

Peter Puptent

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Captives of the Parallel World! (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Mort Meskin

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; science fiction

Characters

Elsa Magussen; Mark Merlin; Magussen; Professor Vaar; Vic Dunn

Synopsis

Mark and Elsa are drawn into another dimension to help capture a criminal from their own world.

Reprints

• in Relatos Fabulosos (Editorial Novaro, 1959 series) #37 (1° de septiembre de 1962)

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

Tootsie Roll Ice Cream Bar / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Frontier Cabin / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

150 Civil War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)