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Issue: House of Secrets #30
Publication Date: March 1960
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Issues: #30 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 Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/21/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (Editor); Murray Boltinoff (Associate Editor); George Kashdan (Associate Editor)
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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
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Creature City!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Dick Dillin
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, science fiction
Feature(s): A Mark Merlin Mystery
Character(s): Mark Merlin
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Pages: 1
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Charles Atlas
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Pages: 1
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The Duel of the Super-Powers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Roussos
Inker(s): George Roussos
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, science fiction
Character(s): Detective Jim Pearce; Chuck Wingart; Storm People; Sun Tribe
Synopsis: Detective Pearce is flying over stormy mountains with his prisoner Chuck Wingart when their plane goes down. Separated after the crash, Pearce is befriended by the People of the Storm, while Wingart connects with the Sun People. Both men are given powers from their respective sponsors to help them survive, but their goals remain the same, capture for one, escape for the other.
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Pages: 7.67
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Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Strange Adventures; House of Mystery; Tales of the Unexpected
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: House ad for Strange Adventures #114, House of Mystery #97, and Tales of the Unexpected #47.
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The Man Who Conquered Time!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Feature(s): Showcase; Rip Hunter... Time Master
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Pages: 1
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Buzzy's "Famous Books" Quiz

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Ruben Moreira
Inker(s): Ruben Moreira
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Buzzy
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Peter Puptent, Explorer
First Line: I'll go into the tomb first, Puptent
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The Spirits in the Smoke

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Ely
Inker(s): Bill Ely
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, science fiction
Character(s): Martin Hawks (student of Indian life); Joe Red Feather (guide); Medicine Man Minoni; Chief Tihuaki; the chief's son; the Eagle Spirit; the Fire Spirit
Synopsis: Martin Hawks searches for and finds a ancient Indian pipe told of in legend. The legend claims Minoni, the medicine man, controlled the pipe and could call different spirits from it. After Minoni called the Eagle Spirit to kill Chief Tihuaki, the chief's son avenged his father by using a silver arrow. Minoni took the pipe and buried it so that his descendants could use it again someday. The pipe is put on display but is stolen, and the Spirits begin to appear again. Hawks pilots a plane named the Silver Arrow and defeats the Spirits as the last descendant of Tihuaki.
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
First Line: Your favorite heroes...
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Disclose Notes: House ad for World's Finest Comics #108.
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The Fiery Falcon

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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Demon Count

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mort Drucker
Penciller(s): Mort Drucker
Inker(s): Mort Drucker
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Mort Drucker
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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From Content Item: FlagThe Phantom Stranger #5 published April 1953
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Pages: 1
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The Creature City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Miller ?
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert
Inker(s): Mort Meskin (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, science fiction
Feature(s): A Mark Merlin Mystery
Character(s): Mark Merlin; Elsa; Jim; Willy; Jim's father (friend of Mark Merlin); W'Dor (other dimensional criminal)
Synopsis: Mark and Elsa are contacted about strange creatures attacking a nearby town. They walk into town and find no one but giant shadows who fire a shell at them. They're transformed into shadows and transported to another dimension, where they find the missing townspeople. But Mark starts arming himself with weapons. He and Elsa return to Earth, where he uses an alteration lens to return to his actual form of W'Dor, a criminal from the other dimension who switched during the shelling. His people show up to capture him, but an elephant (Mark having also used the alteration lens) immobilizes him.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Pyro Plastics Corp.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Jaro Stamp Co.; Maxim Stamp Co. Inc.
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Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Wilson Chemical Co.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): American Seed Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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