House of Secrets #60

(May-June 1963)

Countdown on Excellence (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Genre:

advocacy

Synopsis:

Jerry's dad explains what would happen if people had sloppy work habits.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Later appears in DC comics cover-dated March 1967.

Captive of the Cat Curse (Table of Contents: 2)

Mark Merlin / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script:

Arnold Drake

Pencils:

Mort Meskin (signed)

Inks:

George Roussos

Colors:

?

Letters:

Stan Starkman

Genre:

fantasy-supernatural

Characters:

Mark Merlin; Elsa; Memakata; Fazir; Gamel Saik; Lieutenant Heft; Mayor Gilbert

Synopsis:

Mark accidentally uses a mystical charm to transfer his consciousness into the body of a black cat, which helps him expose a sinister plot.

Reprints:

• in The Phantom Stranger (DC, 1969 series) #19 (May-June 1972)
which is reprinted
• in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #31 (March 1975)
• in Skrekk Magasinet (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1972 series) #2/1975 ([februar] 1975)

Keywords:

black cats; Egyptology

Indexer Notes

writer verified by Martin O'Hearn

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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

["Strange Sports Stories is the most..."] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

The Brave and the Bold; Strange Sports Stories / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Box of Four Fears (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Ely (signed)

Inks:

Bill Ely

Colors:

?

Letters:

Stan Starkman

Genre:

detective-mystery

Synopsis:

Four tourists pool their funds to buy a strange sealed box, but it turns out to be a plan to trap one of them into a murder confession.

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Tootsie Roll Pop / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

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 submitted by Ronald Hoyt, Tilly Lohman, Jim Bryson, B.T.B.

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

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Zenith Company / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Now! In Their Own Spectacular Book! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Metal Men / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Terrible Prophecies of the Tattooed Man (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Paul Parker

Inks:

Paul Parker

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Synopsis:

A circus performer's tattoos seem to change shape and predict catastrophe.

Keywords:

tattoos

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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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Missile Attack / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Palisades Amusement Park / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Best Values Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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147 Famous Automobiles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)