House of Secrets comic books issue 149

Cover price by Michael Wm. Kaluta. Introductory page with Abel, script by Paul Levitz, art by Michael Golden. "The Rain Dance," script by Paul Levitz (plot) and J. Cheever Loophole, art by Bill Draut; Settlers kidnap an Indian medicine man and force him to do a rain dance at gunpoint; The sky rains blood which clots into the form of a vampire bat; The bat kills most of the settlers until they try to set fire to it by burning the crops. "The Evil One," script by Jack Oleck, art by Ricardo Villamonte; A boy's uncle kills his father and hides the body; The boy suspects him but the police tell him that they can't arrest the uncle without a body; The years go by and the boy becomes angry and bitter living with his abusive uncle until he spots an old woman that the kids used to believe was a witch; He asks her if she can summon Satan but she gives him a book of spells and tells him to try it himself if he wants to because she doesn't believe in magic; He does attempt to summon Satan and it works; He offers Satan his soul in exchange for getting revenge on his uncle. #23 Bob Layton DC Profiles bio. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Michael Golden splash page. "The Rain Dance" (plot by Paul Levitz, script by"J. Cheever Loophole," art by Bill Draut), and "The Evil One" (script by Jack Oleck, art by Ricardo Villamonte). Third-page Bob Layton biography. The Penguin stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "The Cuckoo Cuckoos." Cover price $0.35.