Issue Details

Issue	#97
Published	April-May 1972
Frequency	bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Joe Orlando; Mark Hanerfeld (assistant)

Cover Details - "The Curse of Castle Morby"

Genre	occult
Pencils	Jack Sparling (painting)
Inks	Jack Sparling (painting)
Colors	Jack Sparling (painting)
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series) #1

8 page story "The Curse of Morby Castle"

Characters	Abel (host)
Genre	occult
Pencils	Jack Sparling
Inks	Jack Sparling
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series) #1

1 page Direct Currents promo (ad from the publisher) "Direct Currents"

Characters	Cain; Jimmy Olsen; Superman; Lois Lane; Green Arrow; Green Lantern
Script	E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils	{variious} (illos)
Inks	{various} (illos)
Letters	typeset

7 page story "Divide and Murder"

Characters	Abel (host)
Genre	occult
Script	Steve Skeates
Pencils	Jim Aparo
Inks	Jim Aparo
Letters	Jim Aparo
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series) #1

1 page Abel story "Abel's Fables"

Characters	Abel
Genre	Humor; gags
Script	Sergio Aragonés (signed)
Pencils	Sergio Aragonés (signed)
Inks	Sergio Aragonés (signed)
Notes	Three one-panel gag cartoons.
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series) #1

1 page letters page "The House of Secrets Speaks!"

Pencils	? (illo)
Inks	? (illo)
Letters	typeset
Notes	LOC from readers Kathy Magestro, Bill Beigel, Harold Goldberg, Ron Lahusen, Daniel Gheno, Anthony Kowalik and George Nuche.

6 page story "The Tomb of Ramfis"

Characters	Abel (host)
Genre	occult
Pencils	John Prentice
Inks	John Prentice
Reprinted	from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #59

2 page story "The Day After Doomsday..."

Genre	science fiction
Script	Len Wein
Pencils	Jack Sparling
Inks	Jack Sparling
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series) #1

5 page story "Dead Man's Diary"

Characters	Abel (host)
Genre	occult
Pencils	Ralph Mayo
Inks	Ralph Mayo
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (Original Editor)
Reprinted	from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #46 (January 1956).

8 page story "Domain of the Damned!"

Characters	Abel (host)
Genre	occult
Pencils	Jose Delbo (signed)
Inks	Jose Delbo (signed)
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series) #1