House of Secrets (1956 1st Series) comic books

House of Secrets (1956 1st Series) 2 CGC 3.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Centerfold detached.

Label #3939331008

"The Witch's Candles," "The Brain Thief," "Mars Calling," and "The Mask of Fear" (art by Ruben Moreira). Moreira cover. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

House of Secrets (1956 1st Series) 63 VG+ 4.5

Centerfold detached at one staple.

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Cover pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. "Your United Nations at Work" public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Sheldon Moldoff; Burmese Lin Tan goes to WHO nursing school in Rangoon; She then is able to diagnose the bubonic plague in her home village. "The Nest of Fear!", script by Arnold Drake, art by Mort Meskin; Mark and Elsa discover a cave that contains legendary creatures such as the roc and the kraken, and they must defeat the creatures when they escape. 2/3-page Peter Puptent Explorer story by Henry Boltinoff. Doom Patrol ad. "Secret Locked in the Ice," pencils by Gene Colan; A thief returns to the Alps to recover a stolen treasure previously lost there but the search ends in his death. The Flash ad. 2/3-page Moolah the Mystic story by Henry Boltinoff. Tomahawk ad. "Eclipso's Amazing Ally!", script by Bob Haney, art by Alex Toth; Eclipso builds a robot Eclipso to fool Bruce Gordon but when the robot Eclipso traps Bruce and Professor Bennett and tries to kill them, Eclipso must help them escape. Ad for Green Arrow and Manhunter from Mars. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

House of Secrets (1956 1st Series) 63 VG- 3.5

Cover pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. "Your United Nations at Work" public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Sheldon Moldoff; Burmese Lin Tan goes to WHO nursing school in Rangoon; She then is able to diagnose the bubonic plague in her home village. "The Nest of Fear!", script by Arnold Drake, art by Mort Meskin; Mark and Elsa discover a cave that contains legendary creatures such as the roc and the kraken, and they must defeat the creatures when they escape. 2/3-page Peter Puptent Explorer story by Henry Boltinoff. Doom Patrol ad. "Secret Locked in the Ice," pencils by Gene Colan; A thief returns to the Alps to recover a stolen treasure previously lost there but the search ends in his death. The Flash ad. 2/3-page Moolah the Mystic story by Henry Boltinoff. Tomahawk ad. "Eclipso's Amazing Ally!", script by Bob Haney, art by Alex Toth; Eclipso builds a robot Eclipso to fool Bruce Gordon but when the robot Eclipso traps Bruce and Professor Bennett and tries to kill them, Eclipso must help them escape. Ad for Green Arrow and Manhunter from Mars. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

House of Secrets (1956 1st Series) 92 CGC 9.2

Paper: Off white to white

Label #2008946001

Cover art by Bernie Wrightson. "Swamp Thing," script by Len Wein, art by Berni Wrightson; Sometime in the last century, Alex Olsen and Damien Ridge had been best friends; However, they both vied for the affections of a woman named Linda. Linda eventually married Alex and Damien had to endure his heartache in the form of the supportive friend; But his desire for Linda overrode the bonds of friendship and he conspired to eliminate Alex; He sabotaged the equipment in Alex's lab causing an explosion that killed him; Keeping the knowledge hidden from Linda, Damien buried Alex's body in the swamp; Damien eventually married the widow Olsen and they lived together in an old Victorian plantation house; But Linda never recovered from Alex's death; As months passed, Damien began to suspect that Linda might soon learn the truth, so he prepared to kill her; But Alex had been resurrected as a swamp thing and broke into the house and killed Damien. "After I Die!", script by Jack Kirby and Mark Evanier, art by Bill Draut; A wealthy man named Maxwell James is obsessed with what happens after death; his obsession only grows stronger when he arrives at his wife's deathbed, and realizes that she sees something utterly horrifying in her final moments. "It's Better to Give," script by Mary Skrenes (as "Virgil North"), pencils by Alan Weiss, inks by Tony DeZuniga; A homeless man encounters a crying baby warlock in the town dump who is upset that he has broken his balloon. "Trick or Treat" two-page story, art by Dick Dillin. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

House of Secrets (1956 1st Series) 120 CGC 9.4

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4630413023

Cover art by Luis Dominguez. "To Never Grow Old," script by Mary Skrenes (as "Virgil North"), art by Tony DeZuniga; A scientist gets revenge on a partner for cheating him out of the profits of a rejuvenation machine by reverting him to an infant's body forever. "The Right Demon Could Do It!", script by Sheldon Mayer, pencils by Paul Kirchner, inks by Tex Blaisdell; A crabby man wishes tortures on all who annoy him and a demon records all of his wishes until it finally appears before him and offers him a wish; The demon suggests a promotion at work, but the man turns that down as he knows he'd still be working for his boss that he doesn't like; The demon suggests marrying his supervisor's attractive secretary. "The Lion's Share," script by Steve Skeates, art by Alfredo Alcala; A hunter in Africa uses dogs to finish off a wounded lion that the natives regard highly; To get their revenge, they toss a voodoo doll of the hunter to the dogs and release them so that the dogs tear apart the hunter as they did the doll. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.