House of Secrets
#67
(July-August 1964)
DC,
1956 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1964-05-14
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Challenge of the Split Man!
Eclipso / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stop, Eclipso!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Eclipso; Bruce Gordon
- Reprints
-
in Relatos Fabulosos (Editorial Novaro, 1959 series) #69 (1 de mayo de 1965) -
in Showcase Presents: Eclipso (DC, 2009 series) ([October] 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
Possible Dillin pencils and Moldoff inks per Nick Caputo, Mark Evanier and others on the Alex Toth Facebook Page, who believe the image closely copies Toth's interior splash. Previous indexer credited Alex Toth on pencils and inks.
[no title indexed]
Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Reward $11,750.00 for this coin!
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Doctor-7's Supernatural Ally
Mark Merlin / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Script
- Arnold Drake
- Pencils
- Mort Meskin (signed as Meskin)
- Inks
- Mort Meskin
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Stan Starkman
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It--it didn't work, Mark!
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Mark Merlin; Elsa Magussen; Doctor-7 (villain); The Morloo (villain)
- Synopsis
- Doctor-7 steals various ingredients he needs to perform a spell that will summon the Morloo, a giant supernatural monster of great power.
- Reprints
-
in Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 ? series) #108 - in Relatos Fabulosos (Editorial Novaro, 1959 series) #69 (1 de mayo de 1965)
-
in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #9 (avril 1970) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
Indexer Notes
writer verified by Martin O'Hearn
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] / comics-form advertising / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I like chocolate fudge best!
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Fudge
Learn from Your Hobbies!
public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look what I've got, Jim-- a stamp from Nepal!
- Genre
- advocacy
- Synopsis
- Jim learns that people's hobbies can help them in their school work and can be interesting, too.
Indexer Notes
The PSA is produced in sequential-arts comics format in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
[no title indexed]
World of the Weird / text article / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Miller ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The tying of knots has always...
- Genre
- non-fiction
[no title indexed]
Superboy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Watch for the first Superboy 80 page annual!
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for Superboy Annual (DC, 1964 series) #1
Challenge of the Split-Man!
Eclipso / comic story / 12.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now, Bruce Gordon, I will direct your own robot creation to doom you!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Eclipso; Bruce Gordon; Mona Bennet; Professor Bennet; RO-G-E-R [RObot Ground Excavator and Reducer]
- Synopsis
- Eclipso strands Gordon and the Bennets on a deserted island and takes control of Gordon's robot ROGER. Gordon and the Bennets are rescued and arrive in time to stop Eclipso.
- Reprints
- in Relatos Fabulosos (Editorial Novaro, 1959 series) #69 (1 de mayo de 1965)
- in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #5 (avril 1969) [N&B [B&W]]
- in Showcase Presents: Eclipso (DC, 2009 series) ([October] 2009)
-
[no title indexed]
Peter Puptent, Explorer / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as
Henry Boltinoff) - Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What have you got there?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Peter Puptent
- Reprints
- in Relatos Fabulosos (Editorial Novaro, 1959 series) #69 (1 de mayo de 1965)
-
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately following page 8 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tootsie Rolls go on and on after other candy is gone!
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately following page 8 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Be first in your neighborhood...
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately following the page with the two previous sequences.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey.
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
House of Mystery; J'onn J'onzz, Manhunter form Mars / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Meet the new J'onn J'onzz...
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What makes a Tootsie Pop so special?
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Pop
[no title indexed]
Ant Farm / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Exciting ant farm
[no title indexed]
American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Brother, can you spare a dime 10¢?
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Challenge of the Split Man!
Eclipso -
1.
["Reward $11,750.00 for this coin!"]
Best Values Coins and Currency -
2.
Doctor-7's Supernatural Ally
Mark Merlin -
3.
["I like chocolate fudge best!"]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
4.
Learn from Your Hobbies!
-
5.
["The tying of knots has always..."]
World of the Weird -
6.
["Watch for the first Superboy 80 page annual!"]
Superboy -
7.
Challenge of the Split-Man!
Eclipso -
8.
["What have you got there?"]
Peter Puptent, Explorer -
9.
["Tootsie Rolls go on and on after other candy is gone!"]
Tootsie Roll -
10.
["Be first in your neighborhood..."]
-
11.
["Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey."]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
12.
["Meet the new J'onn J'onzz..."]
House of Mystery; J'onn J'onzz, Manhunter form Mars -
13.
["What makes a Tootsie Pop so special?"]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
14.
["Exciting ant farm"]
Ant Farm -
15.
["Brother, can you spare a dime 10¢?"]
American Body Building Club -
16.
Beat the Champ!
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This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Stangas
- Brian Stewart
- Jim Van Dore
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