House of Secrets (1956 1st Series) comic books 1960

Featuring: "The Man Who Made Monsters" drawn by George Roussos; "Isle of Missing Men" drawn by Bill Ely; Mark Merlin in "The Menace of the Creeping Doom" drawn by Mort Meskin. Cover by Dick Dillin and Sheldon Moldoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. "The Curse of the Forbidden Flora," art by Bill Ely; Adventurers are sent to collect specimens of flora grown by Tibetan wild men, but the specimens are protected by high priests who have placed a curse on anyone who picks their flowers. Ad for Tales of the Unexpected #46, My Greatest Adventure #40, and House of Mystery #95. 2/3 John C. Adams filler page, script by Julius Schwartz, art by Mort Drucker. "It's Fun to Help Others!" public service announcement starring Superboy, script by Jack Schiff, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein. "The Mystery of the Man-Made Monsters," art by Nick Cardy; A scientist has been experimenting on animals using radioactive isotopes, which cause a sheep to grow gold wool, spiders to spin webs made of silver, and caterpillars to weave indestructible cocoons; And that's before they increased in size. Ad for World's Finest Comics #107. One-page Moolah the Mystic story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Queen of the Beasts," pencils by Joe Kubert, inks by Mort Meskin; While investigating reports of strange creatures, Mark and Elsa discover a crack in a mountainside that leads to a hidden valley; In the valley they find creatures that appear to have come from underground. Elsa overpowered by fumes from the plant life, finds she can communicate with the creatures, and determines that together they can take over the earth. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. "The Duel of the Super-Powers," art by George Roussos; Detective Pearce is flying over stormy mountains with his prisoner Chuck Wingart when their plane goes down; Separated after the crash, Pearce is befriended by the People of the Storm, while Wingart connects with the Sun People; Both men are given powers from their respective sponsors to help them survive. Ad for Strange Adventures #114, House of Mystery #97, and Tales of the Unexpected #47. Ad for Showcase #25. "Buzzy's Famous Books Quiz" public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Ruben Moreira. One-page Peter Puptent, Explorer story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Spirits in the Smoke," art by Bill Ely; Guide Joe Red Feather helps Martin Hawks find a ancient Indian pipe told of in legend; According to the legend, Minoni, the medicine man, controlled the pipe and could call different spirits from it. After Minoni called the Eagle Spirit to kill Chief Tihuaki, the chief's son avenged his father by using a silver arrow. Ad for World's Finest Comics #108. "The Fiery Falcon" text story. "Demon Count" filler page by Mort Drucker. "The Creature City," pencils by Joe Kubert, inks by Mort Meskin; 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. "The Hybrid Monster," pencils by Mort Meskin, inks by George Roussos; Mark and Elsa travel to a remote Polynesian island where a mad doctor kidnaps Mark in order to give his human intelligence to a creature he is building. "Aloha... Hawaii!" public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bernard Baily; a celebration of Brotherhood Week and Hawaii as our 50th state. Mystery of the Martian Canals filler half-page, script by Julius Schwartz, pencils by Morris Waldinger. "The Creatures on the Cliff," art by Howard Purcell; Two mountain climbers encounter aliens at the top of Mount Majorca and assume they are planning an invasion. 2/3 Professor Eureka story by Henry Boltinoff. Ad for Rip Hunter... Time Master. "The Perfect Potion" text story. "The Human Wave," art by Russ Heath; Wealthy sportsman Dirk Huntley defies warnings and retrieves the lost sword of pirate captain Jean Latour, unleashing its watery guardian. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"Prisoner of Formula Zero," "The Creature from the Book," and "The Test Tube World." Art by Mort Meskin? 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. "The Fantastic Falcon," art by Bill Ely; Archaeologist Tod Farr discovers a giant falcon in suspended animation; When it is revived, the bird's initial good deeds change to more sinister ones. One-page Professor Eureka story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Island in the Sky," art by Lee Elias; Aliens come to Earth seeking refuge, but a gang of greedy humans steals the aliens' weapons and nearly starts a war. "The Deathless Mare" text story. One-page Science Says You're Wrong comic story about canals on Mars, script and art by Mort Drucker. One-page The Magic Genie story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Monster of the Mountain," pencils by Mort Meskin, inks by George Roussos; Mark and Elsa travel to the Andes to learn the secret behind a giant creature that is driving a mining crew away from their word. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. "Free Speech--Free for All!" public service announcement starring Buzzy, script by Jack Schiff, art by Win Mortimer; Tom is tearing down the campaign posters of the candidate his father opposes, until Buzzy shows Tom that his father is much more fair-minded. "The Puzzle of the Plundering Creatures," pencils by Mort Meskin, inks by George Roussos; When Mark Merlin is called in to investigate a fantastic bank robbery, he learns that an alien child was duped into helping a crook, and now the alien parents want their child back. "The Eyes Have It!" non-fiction page, script by Julius Schwartz, pencils by Morris Waldinger, inks by Tommy Nicolosi. Green Lantern ad. "Curse of the Night People" text story. 2-page Peter Puptent Explorer story by Henry Boltinoff. "Bodyguards to a Planet!", art by George Roussos; A fugitive alien begs two Earth men to hide his home planet, which he has shrunk to tiny size, from dangerous space marauders. "Micro-Meteors" non-fiction page by Mort Drucker. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. "The Interplanetary Target," pencils by Mort Meskin; Renegade aliens from Mercury plan to kill Mark Merlin because he accidentally discovered a way to destroy their transport vehicles. "Simon Newcomb" Giants of the Telescope non-fiction page by Mort Drucker. Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told ad. "Doom Was His Partner," pencils by Bernard Baily, inks by George Roussos; When an astronaut vanishes from a space capsule in flight, the effort to find him also releases a giant monster. "Phantom Footsteps" text story. One-page Professor Eureka story by Henry Boltinoff. "Lend a Friendly Hand!" public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye; When Superman sees some boys being unkind to a refugee boy, he takes them across the world to see the conditions refugees have come from and tells them that they need to be nicer. "The Ancients Who Lived Again," art by Howard Purcell; A weird mineral gives control of a giant creature from legend to an unscrupulous man. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. "The Creature Costumes," pencils by Mort Meskin, inks by George Roussos; Mark Merlin and Elsa travel to the Peruvian jungle to help defeat a witch doctor who controls a group of men in monster costumes; Merlin is forced to don one of the costumes and falls under the spell of the witch doctor himself. Cave Carson ad. "The Secret of the Lost Sea," art by Lee Elias; Two adventurers are hired by a rich man to help him find a hidden island. "The Haunted Caverns" text story. Half-page Dr. Floogle story by Henry Boltinoff. "Bike Safety = Bike Fun!" public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bernard Baily; quiz based on the rules of the Bicycle Institute of America. "The Deadly Duplicate," art by Bill Ely; Robert Steele buys a robot double of himself so that he can go on vacation and leave the robot to manage his business, but the robot's inventor plots to take over Steele's life completely. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Featuring: Mark Merlin in "The Secret of the Captive Creature!" drawn by Mort Meskin and George Roussos; "Operation Cyclops" drawn by Bill Ely; "The Weird World of Anton Borka" by Howard Purcell. Plus, the text story "Secret of the Snows." Also, a gag tale by Henry Boltinoff. Cover by Dick Dillin and Sheldon Moldoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Mystery of Caveman Island," "The Anti-Matter Man," and Mark Merlin in "The Fantastic Flower Creatures." Full-page ad for Justice League of America # 1. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. "Dramas of Doom," art by George Roussos; Larry's theater is about to close down when he decides to mount a fourteenth-century play by a cursed playwright; The play is a success but the curse seems to have taken hold of Larry. Superman Annual ad. One-page Moolah the Mystic story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Fabulous Eye of Fevos," art by Howard Purcell; Two explorers searching for a vast radium deposit encounter an amnesiac man with super-powers and enlist him to help them retrieve the radium. Cave Carson ad. "Flight to Nowhere" text story. "The Alien Bird of Prey," pencils by Joe Kubert, inks by George Roussos; Mark Merlin meets two Plutonian explorers who have brought a giant space bird to Earth, and then the bird goes berserk. "Children of Tomorrow!" public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bernard Baily; Celebration of United Nations Day (October 24) with a description of the U.N. Declaration of the Rights of a Child. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.