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Issue: House of Secrets #56
Publication Date: September 1962
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Issues: #56 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: 07/19/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 20 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Murray Boltinoff
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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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The Secret of the Spectral Crimes!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin
Inker(s): George Roussos
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Mark Merlin
Character(s): Mark Merlin; Elsa
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Pages: 1
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Honor House Prod. Corp.
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Secret of the Spectral Crimes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arnold Drake
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin
Inker(s): George Roussos
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Stan Starkman
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Mark Merlin
Character(s): Mark Merlin; Elsa
Synopsis: Mark and Elsa try to solve the mystery of three crimes seemingly committed by ghosts from the past.
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Pages: 8.67
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Pages: 0.33
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Moolah the Mystic
Character(s): Moolah the Mystic
First Line: I'm sorry, I can't seem to see anything clearly in my crystal ball!
Synopsis: Moolah takes his crystal ball to a television repairman.
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Palisades Amusement Park
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Kyypton, the World Where Superman Was Born, Lives Again!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan; Wayne Boring; George Papp
Inker(s): George Klein; Stan Kaye; George Papp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
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Disclose Notes: house ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #5
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Littleton Coin Co.
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Prisoner of the Sub-Microscopic World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lee Elias
Inker(s): Lee Elias
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Roger Manfried is exposed to a mysterious gas that causes him to shrink into a microscopic world, where he helps the people there to fight a giant monster.
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Pages: 7.67
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Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Fudge
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Buzzy's Rules of Water Safety!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Buzzy
Character(s): Buzzy Brown; Wolfert the Wolf; Susie Gruff
Synopsis: Wolfie learns a lesson about playing pranks while swimming.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated September 1952.
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Task Force
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Murray Boltinoff
Penciller(s): ? (logo illustration)
Inker(s): ? (logo illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mark Merlin's Mailbox
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Disclose Notes: Letters from A.G.B., T.O'K., J., L.T.S., D.D., and B. van D.; includes brief biography of artist Lee Elias in reply to the letter from A.G.B.
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The Tiger-Man of the Desert

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Howard Purcell
Inker(s): Howard Purcell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Stan Starkman
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Harry Judson travels to the distant city of Majpol to find his missing cousin and is changed into a tiger-man by a magic amulet.
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Pages: 7.67
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Pop
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Chet Atkins Method
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Frontier Cabin
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wallace Brown, Inc.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Body Building Club
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): 100 Toy Soldiers
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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