Auctions: comic books in 'Voodoo'

House of Secrets (1956 1st Series) 117 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #4753254011

Cover art by Luis Dominguez. "An Eye for an Eye," script by Jack Oleck, art by Ernie Chan (as Ernie Chua); A Duke makes a bargain with a witch who demands a human sacrifice as payment in order to gain revenge against a hated rival after the Duke's wife leaves him; The witch summons demons in order to aid the Duke's men and they take the rival and a young boy whom the Duke assumes is the child his ex-wife gave the man when she died in childbirth. "Don't Cry for Uncle Malcolm," script by Gerry Boudreau, art by Alex Niño; A man's uncle dies and he and his sister drive up to attend the funeral, but the locals are hostile and refuse to give direction; When they finally locate the house, they realize that the uncle was a voodoo practitioner who used his powers to keep the locals in thrall. 2 Abel's Fables cartoon pages by Sergio Aragonés. "Revenge for the Deadly Dummy!", script by Steve Skeates, art by Alfredo Alcala; A wooden dummy picks itself up and heads out of the garbage dump seeking revenge on its master for tossing him aside after twelve years of faithful service so he could become a standup comedian. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Tales of the Zombie (1973) Magazine 7 VG/FN 5.0

Simon Garth dies but is brought back to life as a zombie and doomed to walk the earth as one of the living dead. In "The Blood Testament of Brian Collier," the zombie wanders onto the grounds of a mansion where murder and mysterious happenings are taking place. Script by Doug Moench and art by Alfredo Alcala. Issue also has "Voodoo in the Park" (Article by Kenneth Dreyfack), "Haiti's Walking Dead" (Script by Doug Moench and art by Win Mortimer), "Inside 'Inside Voodoo'" (Article by Chris Claremont), "A Second Chance to Die" (Script by Carl Wessler and art by Alfredo Alcala), and a photo feature with Stan Lee promoting Crazy magazine. All stories are in black and white. Cover price $0.75.