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; adventure; science fiction

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 Relatos Fabulosos (Editorial Novaro, 1959 series) #50 (1° de octubre de 1963)
• in The Phantom Stranger (DC, 1969 series) #19 (May-June 1972)
which is reprinted
• in Shock Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #37 (1975)
• 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

Tootsie Roll Makes History (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / 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, and B.T.B.

204 Revolutionary War Soldiers (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

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

Zenith Co. [stamps] / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (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

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

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

Missile Attack! (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Strathmore Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

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

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

147 Famous Automobiles (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Auto Models / advertisement / 1 page (report information)