House of Secrets
#89
(December 1970-January 1971)
DC,
1956 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1970-10-01
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Editing
- Dick Giordano (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from the Direct Currents page of From Beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #8 and from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Gray Morrow (signed as Gray Morrow)
- Inks
- Gray Morrow (signed as Gray Morrow)
- Colors
- Gray Morrow ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- G-1078
- 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)
-
Indexer Notes
This cover mimics the Paperback Library Gothic series that was popular at the time, including the oval over a gold background and rendering the series name in the font Cooper Black. Perform an internet image search for "Dark Shadows Marilyn Ross" to see a comparison.
[Welcome to the House of Secrets]
Abel / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Job Number
- G-1040
- 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
Framing sequence.
Script credit per reprint in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1.
Where Dead Men Walk!
comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Gerry Conway
- Pencils
- Gray Morrow (signed)
- Inks
- Gray Morrow (signed)
- Colors
- Gray Morrow ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- G-914
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Philip Hastings; Anne Hastings; Jamieson (Servant)
- Synopsis
- Philip and Anne inherit the Hastings Castle, and plan to move there. But the place seems haunted, and Jamieson helps them escape and burn down the Castle - or so it seems.
- Reprints
-
in Skräckextra (Williams Förlags AB, 1973 series) (1973) -
in Skræk-Ekstra (Williams, 1973 series) (1973) -
in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #6 ([May 1978]) [Job number (G-914) deleted from this reprint.] - 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
Set in 1840.
Script credit per reprint in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1.
[Interlude]
Abel / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Job Number
- G-1042
- 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)
-
Indexer Notes
2nd page of framing sequence.
Script credit per reprint in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1.
A Taste of Dark Fire!
comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- G-911
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Father John Christian; Rabbi Samuel Shulman
- Reprints
-
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #10 (1973) -
in Shock Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #10 (1973) - in Skrækmagasinet (Williams, 1972 series) #4/1973 ([April] 1973)
-
in Skrekk Magasinet (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1972 series) #5/1973 ([mai] 1973) - in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #6 ([May 1978]) [Job number (G-911) deleted from this reprint.]
- 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
Father John and Rabbi Samuel appeared next in The Sinister House of Secret Love (DC, 1971 series) #2 (December 1971-January 1972)
[Epilogue]
Abel / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Job Number
- G-1041
- 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
Last page of framing sequence.
Script credit per reprint in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1.
The Editor Speaks!
The House of Secrets Speaks! / letters page / 1 page
- Job Number
- G-1073
Indexer Notes
Letters from: Mary Rinehart, Scott Huntley, Debbye Wright, Leslie Benedict, Arnold Bred and Abe.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[Welcome to the House of Secrets]
Abel -
2.
Where Dead Men Walk!
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3.
[Interlude]
Abel -
4.
DC Takes Top Honors at Comic Art Convention!
Daily Planet -
5.
A Taste of Dark Fire!
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6.
[Epilogue]
Abel -
7.
The Editor Speaks!
The House of Secrets Speaks! -
8.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents
This issue was modified by, among others
- October Alpi
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- John Monagle
- Mike Nielsen
- Steffen Nyeland
- Allen Ross
- Jim Van Dore
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