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Issue: House of Secrets #86
Publication Date: June 1970
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Issues: #86 of 154 Issues (157 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/31/1970
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration. Promotional advertisement in Superboy (DC, 1949 Series) #166 (June 1970) listed the on-sale date of April 2nd.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Title Page
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At Midnight The Puppet Cried! Why?

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Abel (vignette)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Secrets #1 published October 2008
as House of Secrets #86 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: G767
Disclose Notes: Cover connects to the story "The Ballad of Little Joe."
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Welcome to the House of Secrets

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Abel
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Secrets #1 published October 2008
as Welcome to the House of Secrets [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: G-758
Disclose Notes: Framing sequence.
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Strain

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Abel (host)
Synopsis: A man is drawn to his death by piano music played by the wife he killed.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Secrets #1 published October 2008
as Strain [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.5
Job Number: G-675
Disclose Notes: Credit from Steve Skeates.
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Job Number: G-759
Disclose Notes: Abel sequence continues.
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The Golden Tower of the Sun

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Synopsis: A band member takes revenge on the rest of the band after they kill him to get him out of the group.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Secrets #1 published October 2008
as The Golden Tower of the Sun [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: G-658
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Interlude

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Abel
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Secrets #1 published October 2008
as Interlude [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: G-760
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The Ballad of Little Joe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Synopsis: 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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDoomsday Album #3 published December 1975
as The Ballad of Little Joe [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Secrets #1 published October 2008
as The Ballad of Little Joe [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.67
Job Number: G-660
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Epilogue

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Abel
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Secrets #1 published October 2008
as Epilogue [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: G-761
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: G-768
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers Shawn McCrea, Moose White, Richard H. Morrissey and Ernie Saxton.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Adam (intro); Gertrude (intro)
First Line: The bombs fell on Wednesday...
Synopsis: Adam and Gertrude meet in the ruins of New York City.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird War Tales #36 published April 1975
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Secrets #1 published October 2008
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Great Disaster Featuring the Atomic Knights #[nn] published August 2014
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: G-591
Disclose Notes: Series continues in House of Secrets #95 and #97. Credits confirmed from Weird War Tales reprint.

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