House of Secrets (1956 1st Series) comic books

"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.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $230.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #0221484022

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $119.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Label #3939331010 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $179.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4177669023 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Featuring: "The House of Human Cards" drawn by Jim Mooney; "The Amazing Visions of Abel Innes" drawn by Mort Meskin and George Roussos; "House Haunters, Inc." drawn by Bernard Baily; "Master of the Unknown" drawn by Jack Kirby. Also, a gag tale by Henry Boltinoff. Cover by Ruben Moreira. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $60.00 View scans

"3 Doors to Doom," "The Spirit Sculptor," "The Man With the Magic Touch," and "The Hole in the Sky" (pencils by Jack Kirby). Lou Cameron art. Kirby cover. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $100.00 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover art by Bernard Baily. "I Scout Earth's Strangest Secrets!", art by Mort Meskin; Mark Merlin describes three recent cases that he took on in his job as a supernatural investigator. Half-page Professor Eureka story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Creeping Creatures of Steel," art by George Roussos; Giant metal creatures at the Legend Land amusement park come to life and menace the patrons. "The Brief Life of Mr. Mechano" text story. "The Crazy House!" one-page story, script and art by Mort Drucker. "Tips on Summer Fun!" public service announcement starring Peter Porkchops, script by Jack Schiff, art by Otto Feuer. "The Curse of the Prophetic Pencil," art by Bernard Baily; A pencil inexplicably writes messages to a group of scientists, warning them that their experiments in teleportation will draw an other-dimensional creature to Earth. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $19.00 View scan Cover oxidation. Water damage.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $13.50 View scan Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheInnerGeek

Cover pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. "Black Steed of the Hill Gods," art by Bill Ely; An American joins a band of freedom fighters to overthrow a tyrant, and seems to receive great powers to help the cause. "Water: A Good Friend or Deadly Enemy--Depending on You!" public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bernard Baily; rules for water safety. 2/3-page Professor Eureka story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Sorceress of Silent Valley," art by Mort Meskin; Conrad Rogge's daughter Jenny has suddenly developed magical powers that threaten everyone around her. "Beware the Black Cat!" filler half-page by Mort Drucker. "Noisy Ghosts" 2/3 filler page by Mort Drucker. "Strange Skies" text article. "The Beast from the Box," art by Nick Cardy; Charles Sanders accidentally releases a strange creature from a box and it keeps growing as it rampages through the city. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $13.00 View scan Heavy water damage.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $13.00 Water damage.

Featuring: "The Prisoners of Mechanical Island" drawn by Bernard Baily; "The Man Who Mastered Matter" drawn by Bill Ely; Mark Merlin in "The Secret of the Sea Monsters" drawn by Mort Meskin; "Man into Frog" by Mort Drucker (reprint). Plus, the text story "Interplanetary Puzzle." Also, gag tales by Henry Boltinoff. Cover by Dick Dillin and Sheldon Moldoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $26.00 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $13.50 View scan Cover detached. Glue spotting near spine. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheInnerGeek

"Prisoner of Formula Zero," "The Creature from the Book," and "The Test Tube World." Art by Mort Meskin? 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $20.00 View scan 1/2" spine split from bottom.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $12.00

Cover pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. "The Fantastic Falcon," art by Bill Ely; Archaeologist Tod Farr discovers a giant falcon in suspended animation; When it is revived, the bird's initial good deeds change to more sinister ones. One-page Professor Eureka story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Island in the Sky," art by Lee Elias; Aliens come to Earth seeking refuge, but a gang of greedy humans steals the aliens' weapons and nearly starts a war. "The Deathless Mare" text story. One-page Science Says You're Wrong comic story about canals on Mars, script and art by Mort Drucker. One-page The Magic Genie story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Monster of the Mountain," pencils by Mort Meskin, inks by George Roussos; Mark and Elsa travel to the Andes to learn the secret behind a giant creature that is driving a mining crew away from their word. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $12.00 View scan

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $12.00 View scan Water damage.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $23.00 View scan Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. "The Interplanetary Target," pencils by Mort Meskin; Renegade aliens from Mercury plan to kill Mark Merlin because he accidentally discovered a way to destroy their transport vehicles. "Simon Newcomb" Giants of the Telescope non-fiction page by Mort Drucker. Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told ad. "Doom Was His Partner," pencils by Bernard Baily, inks by George Roussos; When an astronaut vanishes from a space capsule in flight, the effort to find him also releases a giant monster. "Phantom Footsteps" text story. One-page Professor Eureka story by Henry Boltinoff. "Lend a Friendly Hand!" public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye; When Superman sees some boys being unkind to a refugee boy, he takes them across the world to see the conditions refugees have come from and tells them that they need to be nicer. "The Ancients Who Lived Again," art by Howard Purcell; A weird mineral gives control of a giant creature from legend to an unscrupulous man. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $9.80 View scan Light mold and water damage.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $9.80 Water damage. Centerfold detached.

Cover pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. "The Creature Costumes," pencils by Mort Meskin, inks by George Roussos; Mark Merlin and Elsa travel to the Peruvian jungle to help defeat a witch doctor who controls a group of men in monster costumes; Merlin is forced to don one of the costumes and falls under the spell of the witch doctor himself. Cave Carson ad. "The Secret of the Lost Sea," art by Lee Elias; Two adventurers are hired by a rich man to help him find a hidden island. "The Haunted Caverns" text story. Half-page Dr. Floogle story by Henry Boltinoff. "Bike Safety = Bike Fun!" public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bernard Baily; quiz based on the rules of the Bicycle Institute of America. "The Deadly Duplicate," art by Bill Ely; Robert Steele buys a robot double of himself so that he can go on vacation and leave the robot to manage his business, but the robot's inventor plots to take over Steele's life completely. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $9.90 Water damage. Centerfold detached.

Featuring: Mark Merlin in "The Secret of the Captive Creature!" drawn by Mort Meskin and George Roussos; "Operation Cyclops" drawn by Bill Ely; "The Weird World of Anton Borka" by Howard Purcell. Plus, the text story "Secret of the Snows." Also, a gag tale by Henry Boltinoff. Cover by Dick Dillin and Sheldon Moldoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $9.80 View scan Worm holes. Cover oxidation and water damage.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $9.80

Add to cart GD 2.0 $9.90

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $7.70

Cover pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. "The Pied-Piper Creature!", art by Bill Ely; A space ship containing weird interplanetary creatures crashes on Earth and the pilot is injured and unable to help round them up when they escape. Half-page Dolly and the Professor story by Henry Boltinoff. "Gifts from Your Elders!" public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bernard Baily; A group of teens discover that they can learn many things from older people. Ad for Rip Hunter... Time Master #3, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. "The Second Life of Simon Steele," art by Howard Sherman; The ghost of a lawyer who relied on sorcery returns after 150 years to take revenge on the descendant of the person who stopped him originally. "Last Trip to Lo'Ana" text story. One-page Moolah the Mystic story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Invasion of the Fish-Men," pencils by Mort Meskin, inks by George Roussos; Mark and Elsa encounter an invasion force of fish creatures from another dimension. Superman ad. Secret Origins ad. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $12.00 Centerfold detached at one staple. Cover oxidation.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $9.90

Cover pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. "Return of the Phantom Physician," art by Bill Ely; Dr. Miles Menken is visited three times by his fabled ancestor Anselmo the Great, a physician with great healing powers. One-page Moolah the Mystic story by Henry Boltinoff. Superman ad. Secret Origins ad. "The Man With the Mineral Powers," art by Howard Sherman; Geologist Bart Hobbs convinces a grand jury that inexplicable transformations of his body forced him to commit various thefts, but his lies are eventually exposed. The Inside Stories of Batman and Robin's Top Secrets ad. "The Day the World Vanished" text story. "The Creatures of Camouflage Forest," script by Jack Miller, pencils by Mort Meskin, inks by George Roussos; Astronauts bring back plants from an asteroid that are actually creatures that can change their forms. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $12.00 View scan Interior glue at staple and spine. Only one staple (manufacturing).

Add to cart GD 2.0 $9.90 Centerfold detached. Cover detached at one staple. Cover oxidation.

"The Great Dimensional Brain Swap" (art by Alex Toth), "The Invention That Went Berserk," "Beware the Guardian Beast!" (a Mark Merlin mystery; art by Mort Meskin). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $13.75

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $8.80 Water damage. Piece missing from back cover corner.

Cover pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. "The Reluctant Sorcerer," script and art by Howard Purcell; When Tommy helps a woman in trouble, she gives him magic powers but what he really wants is for his missing parents to come home. Ad for The Atom. "A Message from Otto the Robot!" public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bernard Baily; Bobby dreams about the fantastic future that robots will provide, but the robot in his dream reminds him that humans will always be needed too. "The Forbidden Stones of Zhatec," art by Bill Ely; When an ancient temple is moved and rebuilt at a city museum, two giant phantom warriors emerge and battle each other, looking for a lost treasure. "Challenge for a Coward" text story. Half-page Peter Puptent Explorer story by Henry Boltinoff. "Captives of the Parallel World!", pencils by Mort Meskin, inks by George Roussos; Mark and Elsa are drawn into another dimension to help capture a criminal from their own world. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $24.50 View scan Water damage. 1/2" spine split near top.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $8.80 Water damage. Cover and multiple wraps detached at one staple.

"The Town That Lost its Face," "Pageant of the 300-Year Doom," and "The Last Survivors of Planet Earth" (art by Mort Meskin). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.