House of Secrets #56

(September-October 1962)

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Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Secret of the Spectral Crimes (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Arnold Drake

Pencils

Mort Meskin

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

?

Letters

Stan Starkman

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; science fiction

Characters

Elsa Magussen; Mark Merlin

Synopsis

Mark and Elsa try to solve the mystery of three crimes seemingly committed by ghosts from the past.

Reprints

• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #5 (juillet 1967) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]

Indexer Notes

writer verified by Martin O'Hearn

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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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Moolah the Mystic / 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

I'm sorry, I can't seem to see anything clearly in my crystal ball!

Genre

humor

Characters

Moolah the Mystic

Synopsis

Moolah takes his crystal ball to a television repairman.

Keywords

crystal balls; fortune-telling; television

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

Kyypton, the World Where Superman Was Born, Lives Again! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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Littleton Coins / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Prisoner of the Sub-Microscopic World! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lee Elias

Inks

Lee Elias

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

Roger Manfried is exposed to a mysterious gas that causes him to shrink into a microscopic world, where he helps the people there to fight a giant monster.

Keywords

shrinking

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

Buzzy's Rules of Water Safety! (Table of Contents: 10)

Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; teen

Characters

Buzzy Brown; Wolfert the Wolf; Susie Gruff

Synopsis

Wolfie learns a lesson about playing pranks while swimming.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated September 1952.

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Task Force / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Mark Merlin's Mailbox / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Murray Boltinoff

Pencils

? (logo illustration)

Inks

? (logo illustration)

Colors

? (logo illustration)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from A.G.B., T.O'K., J., L.T.S., D.D., and B. van D.; includes brief biography of artist Lee Elias in reply to the letter from A.G.B.

The Tiger-Man of the Desert (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Howard Purcell

Inks

Howard Purcell

Colors

?

Letters

Stan Starkman

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

Harry Judson travels to the distant city of Majpol to find his missing cousin and is changed into a tiger-man by a magic amulet.

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

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Chet Atkins Method / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Frontier Cabin / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)