House of Secrets
#83
(December 1969-January 1970)
DC,
1956 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1969-10-02
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Dick Giordano (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Abel / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008) - in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([April] 2018)
-
[Welcome to the House of Secrets]
Abel / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1.67 pages
- Job Number
- G-312
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
- in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([April] 2018)
-
Indexer Notes
First part of framing sequence running throughout the book.
Script credit per reprint in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1.
The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
comic story / 6.5 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Princess Lyla; Jim Ivey; King Shalla
- Synopsis
- A dying man must choose between living in this world or a dream world.
- Reprints
-
in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #4 ([September 1977]) - in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #24 (August 1982)
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
- in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([April] 2018)
-
[Interlude]
Abel / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Job Number
- G-313
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
- in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([April] 2018)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit per reprint in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1.
Bigger Than a Breadbox
comic story / 4.67 pages
- Job Number
- G-375
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #24 ([August 1976])
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
- in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([April] 2018)
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Indexer Notes
Original artwork was in Art Saaf's possession according to his son Steve (see error report June 2009). From this statement the credits were changed to Art Saaf. Original indexer credited Mike Roy on pencils and Mike Peppe on inks, while DC credits Mike Royer on pencils and Peppe on inks in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series) #1. Giacoia inks per Nick Caputo.
Script credit per reprint in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1.
Once Upon a Time in a Mystery Book...
text article / 1 page
- Job Number
- G-462
Indexer Notes
Text article with illustration.
[Interlude]
Abel / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Job Number
- G-314
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
- in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([April] 2018)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit per reprint in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1.
The House of Endless Years
comic story / 6.67 pages
- Job Number
- G-392
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel (story host); Judy (girl); Neal (Peggy's brother); old hag; Peggy (girl); Tippy (Peggy's dog)
- Synopsis
- Two girls, Judy and Peggy, in search of Peggy's lost brother Neal, enter an old house where lives an old hag who warns them to leave for their own good. They don't and find out that the evil house drains the life from those in it by leeching on their fear of death, condemning them to an endless eternity.
- Reprints
-
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #72 - in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #224 (April-May 1974) [Page 1, panel 1, and Page 2, panel 3: Abel’s headshot deleted and Cain's headshot inserted (different artist).] which is reprinted
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2009)
- in Weird Mystery Tales Annual (K. G. Murray, 1975 series) #1 ([1975])
- in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #2 ([January 1977]) [pp1 of original story deleted.]
-
in Démon (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #14 (4ème trimestre 1980) [Noir & Blanc et remonté [Black & White and reframed]] - in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #24 (August 1982)
- in Welcome Back to the House of Mystery (DC, 1998 series) #1 (July 1998)
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
- in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([April] 2018)
-
[Epilogue]
Abel / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1.67 pages
- Job Number
- G-315
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel; Cain
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
- in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([April] 2018)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit per reprint in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Abel -
1.
[Welcome to the House of Secrets]
Abel -
2.
The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
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3.
[Interlude]
Abel -
4.
Bigger Than a Breadbox
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5.
Once Upon a Time in a Mystery Book...
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6.
[Interlude]
Abel -
7.
The House of Endless Years
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8.
[Epilogue]
Abel
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Gregory Fischer
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- John Monagle
- Mark Muller
- Jim Van Dore
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