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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