House of Secrets (1956 1st Series) comic books

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

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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) 116 VG 4.0

Cover art by Luis Dominguez. "Like Father, Like Son," script by Jack Oleck, art by Nestor Redondo; A man makes a deal with a witch to supply a maiden in exchange for gold; He asks the witch if there is any way to avoid damnation when dealing with the Devil and she tells him that he can escape Hell if he sacrifices his own son; He brings the young girl to the coven and they tell him that he can return for her the following morning; When he comes back he finds that the events of the evening have destroyed her sanity. "Puglyon's Crypt," script by David Michelinie, art by Ramona Fradon; A man with a fear of premature burial kicks some gypsy squatters out of his warehouse telling them to find somewhere else to stay for the winter; Since his father used to punish him by locking him in the family crypt overnight, he decides to have his casket built with a ventilation pipe and a door which opens from the inside out; After the specifications are complete, his vehicle gets into an accident wherein a small piece of window glass in his brain causes a temporary paralysis long enough for him to be considered dead and interred in his casket. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

House of Secrets (1956 1st Series) 139 FN 6.0

Cover art by Bernie Wrightson. "The Devil's Daughter," script by Jack Oleck, pencils by Steve Ditko, inks by Mike Royer; When a stepfather hears his daughter talking to the circus ape Bobo and the beast replies, he becomes convinced that she's a witch; The man attempts to kill the girl but the ape breaks his neck; The authorities have some suspicions about the girl, but she convinces them her stepfather was mad by showing them a book about ventriloquism she said she had been reading; The sheriff tells her that they are going to have to put down the ape now that it's killed and she pleads for a chance to say goodbye. Abel's Fables cartoon page by Sergio Aragones. "A Real Crazy Kid," script by Steve Skeates, art by Nestor Redondo; A ladies man meets a girl on the street who acts crazy and is intrigued by the potential challenge of getting her to fall in love with him; When he first sees her she is peeling two bananas without paying for them; He approaches her and she pushes the bananas into her ears telling him that she can't hear him because she's gone bananas. "Instant Rebirth!", script by George Kashdan, art by Bill Draut; An archaeologist gets more than he bargains for when he ingests the substance that will transform him into the natives' ancient god; He wanted the god's power but he gets the god's loathsome appearance as well. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.