House of Secrets (1956 1st Series) comic books 1968-1970

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First 15-cent cover. First appearance of Abel. Abel acts as a storyteller and host of the series, as well as the caretaker of the House of Secrets. Cover art by Neal Adams. "Don't Move It!", script by Mike Friedrich, pencils by Jerry Grandenetti, inks by George Roussos; This story provides the background of the House of Secrets, who built it and its history, and leads into the next story which talks about Abel's taking possession of it. "House of Secrets," art by Bill Draut; A realty agent helps Abel move into the House of Secrets where Abel bumps into Cain; When Cain asks Abel who he is talking to, Abel indicates the realty agent who dissipates into a spirit which merges into the House of Secrets. "Burn This House!" text story. "Aaron Philips' Photo Finish!", script by Gerry Conway, art by Jack Sparling; Abel tells Cain a story about a photographer who takes blackmail photos being sent out to photograph the House of Secrets, but the house swallows him up, leaving only a photograph of the man's shocked expression as the only evidence he was ever inside. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover art by Neal Adams. "Realler Than Real," inks by Vince Colletta; An obnoxious film producer gets his just rewards when he is slain by an arrow shot from a screening room projection screen. "His Last Resting Place!" text story. "Sudden Madness," inks by Dick Giordano; Aliens disperse puzzle boxes across Earth which produce violent psychosis in those who attempt to solve them so they can take over easily. "The Little Old Winemaker," art by Jack Sparling; A man builds a water-tight wine cellar while plotting to kill his nephew, and the nephew obliges by smashing open the wine casks obsessed with the idea the man has killed his wife and hidden her body inside one of them. "The One and Only, Fully Guaranteed, Super-Permanent, 100%?", script by Marv Wolfman, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Neal Adams; Henpecked Stanley Landman mail-orders the answer to his problems. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Gray Morrow. "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of," script by Marv Wolfman, art by Alex Toth; A man must choose between living in this world or a dream world. "Bigger Than a Breadbox, inks by Frank Giacoia. "Once Upon a Time in a Mystery Book" article. "The House of Endless Years," script by Gerry Conway (as Gerard Conway), art by Bill Draut; Two girls, Judy and Peggy, in search of Peggy's lost brother Neal, enter an old house where lives an old hag who warns them to leave for their own good; They don't and find out that the evil house drains the life from those in it by leeching on their fear of death, condemning them to an endless eternity. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Neal Adams. "If I Had But World Enough and Time," script by Len Wein, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Mike Peppe; Marvin literally lives through his television shows. "Double or Nothing," script by Marv Wolfman, art by Sid Greene; Harvey Franklyn has a system to beat Clifford King at every type of gambling game. "The Unbelievable! The Unexplained!", script by Steve Skeates, pencils by Jack Sparling, inks by Jack Abel; A woman wants to put her catatonic uncle into a home to claim his estate until she falls victim to the same malady. "If I Should Die Before I Wake," script by Len Wein, art by Jack Sparling; A man tries to run away from his dreams, but can't stay awake. 2-page epilogue with Abel, script by Gerry Conway, art by Bill Draut. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover art by Neal Adams. "People Who Live in Glass Houses," script by Len Wein, art by Don Heck; A sorcerer acquires a magic mirror that he can enter once a year, and standing before it on the inside, it absorbs a year's worth of time; The man is 100 years ago, but possessed of the body of a younger man; Three boys come across the mirror and stumble into it, interrupting him; He threatens to lock them away inside the mirror so that they can tell no one his secret, but one of the boys snatches his magic stone and they escape into the physical world. "Reggie Rabbit, Heathcliffe Hog, Archibald Aardvark, J. Benson Babboon and Bertram, the Dancing Frog" 2-page story, script by Len Wein, art by Ralph Reese. Letters section includes a humorous letter to editor Dick Giordano purportedly by Neal Adams. "House of Wacks" one-page story, script and art by John Costanza. "Second Choice," script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Neal Adams; Abel tells a story with two endings about a hero who travels to Stonehenge to battle an evil wizard powered with a star gem; When he arrives at Stonehenge a warlock intercepts him and the hero explains what he is doing there and the warlock offers to battle the evil wizard with spells; The hero offers the warlock his sword and stands on the sidelines as the warlock defeats the evil wizard; Abel wonders what would have happened if the hero had used his sword against the evil wizard and tells this version of the story; The hero confronts the wizard but the wizard uses a spell to dissolve his sword. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover art by Neal Adams. "Strain," script by Steve Skeates, art by George Tuska; A man is drawn to his death by piano music played by the wife he killed. "The Golden Tower of the Sun" text story by Gerry Conway, art by Gray Morrow; A band member takes revenge on the rest of the band after they kill him to get him out of the group. "The Ballad of Little Joe," script by Gerry Conway, art by Bill Draut (as Big Bad Bill); A beloved ventriloquist's dummy is turned into a real boy by aliens to act as their spy on Earth, but he reveals their plans to his master then sacrifices himself to save the old man. 2-page The Day After Doomsday story, art by Jack Sparling; Adam and Gertrude meet in the ruins of New York City. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover art by Neal Adams. "Death Has Marble Lips!", script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Dick Giordano; A sculptor offers to barter his soul to Satan if his latest beautiful creation can take the form of a living woman, and it happens, but she doesn't know that her kiss is cursed and it turns the artist to stone. "The Man," script by Marv Wolfman, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; A woman falls in love with a man who turns out to be a robot. "The Coming of Ghaglan," script by Raymond Marais, art by Mike Kaluta; Archaeologists find an Egyptian scroll that can be used to raise the dead to wipe out humanity, but they lose it to someone who has been seeking it for quite a long time. Letter from writer Alan Brennert. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Painted cover art by Neal Adams. "The Morning Ghost," script by Marv Wolfman, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Frank Giacoia; A man meets a woman on the run from the ghosts of her dead family who want her to join them; He tries to convince her there are no ghosts by bringing her back to the house where they died in a fire, but she reveals to him that there were no survivors and she too is a ghost. "Eyesore!", script by Gerry Conway, art by Bill Draut (as Wild Bill); A blind store owner begins to suspect an acquaintance of wanting to kill him and take over the business, so when the man tells him that he's got something for him in the closet, the blind man sneaks up behind him and kills him by striking him with his cane; The blind man hears sounds like something moving and thinks perhaps the man isn't dead and is coming for revenge. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.