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Issue Details

Issue	#98
Published	June-July 1972
Frequency	bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Joe Orlando; Mark Hanerfeld (Assistant Editor)

Cover Details

Genre	occult
Pencils	Mike Kaluta (signed)
Inks	Mike Kaluta (signed)
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series) #1

1 page Abel foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Welcome to the House of Secrets"

Characters	Abel
Genre	occult
Script	Mark Hanerfeld
Pencils	Mike Kaluta [as MWK]
Inks	Mike Kaluta [as MWK]
Notes	Introductory page.
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series) #1

8 page story "Born Losers"

Characters	Abel (host)
Genre	occult
Script	John Albano
Pencils	Mike Kaluta (signed)
Inks	Mike Kaluta (signed)
Reprinted	in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #17 (January 1982); in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series) #1

7 page story "The Secret Hero of Center City"

Characters	Abel (host)
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Alex Toth (signed)
Inks	Alex Toth (signed)
Notes	Toth's signature is on the last page.
Reprinted	from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #120

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

5 page story "The Night Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore!"

Characters	Abel (host)
Genre	occult
Script	Len Wein
Pencils	Mike Roy
Inks	Mike Peppe [as Mike Pepe]
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 Jim Barron, Sheila, Bill Mendenriall, Gary Kimber, Mark Waid and Bob Drago.

6 page story "The Fatal Superstition"

Characters	Abel (host)
Genre	occult
Pencils	John Prentice
Inks	John Prentice
Reprinted	from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #35 (February 1955).

8 page story "Happy Birthday, Herman!"

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