House of Secrets #61

(July-August 1963)

["Hi! Boys and girls, here is your big chance..."] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Doctor-7, King of the Supernatural (Table of Contents: 2)

Mark Merlin / comic story / 10.67 pages (report information)

Script:

Arnold Drake ?

Pencils:

Mort Meskin

Inks:

Mort Meskin

Colors:

?

Letters:

Stan Starkman ?

Genre:

adventure; fantasy-supernatural

Characters:

Mark Merlin; Doctor-7; Elsa Magusson; Memakata

Synopsis:

Doctor-7 finds a way to hypnotize Mark Merlin into stealing the ingredients he needs for his magic potions, but he is eventually outwitted by Merlin.

Indexer Notes

writer speculation by Bob Hughes

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Strange Lives of Batman and Robin (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

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Zenith Company / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

A Tree Grows on Second Street (Table of Contents: 7)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Letterese

Genre:

advocacy

Synopsis:

The Badger Club learns about the rules for planting trees along the streets in their town.

Indexer Notes

published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

Eclipso, the Genius Who Fought Himself (Table of Contents: 8)

Eclipso / comic story / 13.67 pages (report information)

Script:

Bob Haney

Pencils:

Lee Elias (signed)

Inks:

Lee Elias (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Stan Starkman ?

Genre:

fantasy-supernatural

Characters:

Eclipso [Bruce Gordon] (villain, introduction, origin); Mona Bennett; Professor Simon Bennett (Mona's father); Mophir (villain, flashback)

Synopsis:

Bruce Gordon becomes Eclipso for the first time, destroying Solar City, and with the help of Professor Bennett, discovers explains how he was transformed into Eclipso during a solar eclipse.

Reprints:

• in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #411 (April 1972)
• in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #78 ([December 1972] ?)
• in Even More Secret Origins (DC, 2003 series) #[nn] (June 2003)
• in Showcase Presents: Eclipso (DC, 2009 series) ([August] 2009)

Keywords:

Black Diamond; Solar City

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

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 Billy McIlhany; Tom Jones; John Dunne. Also includes brief biography of artist Lee Elias.

On the page immediately following page 7 of the previous story sequence.

["You and your magic!"] (Table of Contents: 10)

Moolah the Mystic / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Moolah; Mrs. Moolah

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 8 of the previous story sequence.

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

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

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

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

Fight Global Air Battles with Planes of All Nations (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Convoy Terror / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Task Force / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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Wallace Brown, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)