House of Secrets (1956 1st Series) comic books 1976
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Issue #140
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- Paper: Off white to white
- Label #4322795012
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Last 25-cent cover price. Cover art by Ernie Chan. "Reprise: The Patchwork Man," script by Gerry Conway, art by Nestor Redondo; Gregori Arcane survived a fall and found himself hiding in a department store; He startled two employees opening up and security fired a shot that grazed his head, knocking him out; The security men turned him over to the police who were visited by a Dr. Chomes who demanded that they release his "patient" into his custody. Dr. Chomes conducted some painful experiments upon the Patchwork Man and the pain caused him to break his restraints and brush past Dr. Chomes and his assistant; Outside, a good Samaritan cab driver picked him up and drove him away from his tormenters; Dr. Chomes took down the license plate number and told his assistant they would acquire the man's address in the morning. The Cup Cake Caper Hostess Cup Cakes ad featuring Shazam! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.
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Issue #142
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Cover art by Ernie Chan (as Ernie Chau). "Who Goes There?", script by Jack Oleck, art by Ernesto Patricio; A woman has a recurring dream where she flees from a specter and falls off a balcony, then wakes up; Her husband is concerned with his wife's distraught behavior so he takes her on a vacation; While on the road, she identifies the house where the dream occurs and are told by the real estate agent that it is for rent. "Food for Thought!", script by George Kashdan, art by Leopoldo Duranona; A man takes a serum which makes him invulnerable and then shoots the scientist who provided it; He goes to Africa to rob the native tribes, but they toss him into quicksand where the bugs devour him forever as he cannot die. Twinkies and Kelp Hostess snack cakes ad featuring Aquaman. "Playmate," script by Jack Oleck, art by Bill Draut; A crippled boy has a playmate come to visit him but his parents can't see the little girl he speaks of so they assume she is just an imaginary playmate; She wants him to come outside but he refuses so she tricks him by skipping rope in the path of an oncoming car. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.
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Issue #143
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Cover pencils by Jack Sparling, inks by Vince Colletta. The Muse Hostess snack cakes ad featuring Batman. "Witch Blood," script by Jack Oleck, pencils by Ernie Chan (as Ernie Chua), inks by Bill Draut; A baron burns a woman as a witch because he wishes to annex her land. He gives her orphan boy to a vassal of his; When the man discovers that his adopted son can shape-shift he realizes that his mother really was a witch; The boy learns that the baron had burned his mother so he changes into a hawk and claws the baron's eyes. "The Experiment," art by Vicente Alcazar; This is a story with no text that looks like it is telling the story of Frankenstein, except that the last panel features Pinocchio. Abel's Fables cartoon, script by Don Edwing, art by Dave Manak. "The Evil Side," script by Steve Skeates, art by Ruben Yandoc (as Rubeny); A boy sorcerer resents his uncle for attempting to discourage him from following his evil inclinations and when the man's brother visits and mentions the powerful items kept in the attic, the boy waits until his uncle has gone to sleep before exploring the attic; He finds a magic carpet and a spell book that he uses to summon a demon so that his uncle will be killed and he'll be free of his smothering influence. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.
