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Issue: House of Secrets #97
Publication Date: April 1972
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Issues: #97 of 154 Issues (157 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [character]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/08/1972
Volume: 15
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #81.
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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:  
Disclose Reprinted In24
Disclose Reprinted From2
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Curse of Castle Morby

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShock Classics #4 published January 1972
as Geesten aan 't moorden [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #4 published November 1972
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSkrekk Magasinet #4/1972 published November 1972
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Secrets #1 published October 2008
as House of Secrets #97 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-1454
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The Curse of Morby Castle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Abel (host)
Synopsis: Lance Cauldan plans to scare his new wife to death, but his aide-de-camp has her own plans.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSkrekk Magasinet #4/1973 published April 1973
as Morbyslottets forbannelse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #9 published May 1973
as Der Fluch des Spukschlosses! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDoomsday Album #17 published January 1980
as The Curse of Morby Castle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Secrets #1 published October 2008
as The Curse of Morby Castle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-1506
Disclose Notes: Script credit per reprint in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1.
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Cain; Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: 2
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Divide and Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Abel (host)
Synopsis: John isn't worried about being exposed for taking kickbacks because he can separate his spirit from his body and murder his accuser. But he doesn't count on his victim entering his body and filing a full confession the next time he vacates his form.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShock Classics #4 published January 1972
as Geesten aan 't moorden [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #4 published November 1972
as Die Geisterfalle! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSkrekk Magasinet #4/1972 published November 1972
as Svartekunster [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDoomsday Album #15 published April 1980
as Divide and Murder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Secrets #1 published October 2008
as Divide and Murder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-1375
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Shark Transport; Chasing Pants; Gag Panel Rolling Up

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Abel
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSkrekk Magasinet #4/1972 published November 1972
as Haitransport [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #4 published November 1972
as Schwarzer Humor [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Secrets #1 published October 2008
as Abel's Fables [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-1433
Disclose Notes: Three one-panel gag cartoons.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-1588
Disclose Notes: Letters from readers Kathy Magestro, Bill Beigel, Harold Goldberg, Ron Lahusen, Daniel Gheno, Anthony Kowalik and George Nuche.
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The Tomb of Ramfis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Abel (host)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #59 published February 1957
was The Tomb of Ramfis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: J-1553
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Adam (killed); Gertrude (killed)
First Line: Darling! I've found another food can under the rubble!
Synopsis: Adam and Gertrude find a flower, then a wall falls and crushes them.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSkrekk Magasinet #6/1973 published June 1973
as Dagen etter dommedag ... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #11 published July 1973
as Der Tag nach dem grossen Knall... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSkrekk Magasinet #11/1974 published November 1974
as Dagen etter dommedag ... [Story on Interior Page(s)]2. translation
In Content Item: FlagHorror #28 published December 1974
as Nach dem Jüngsten Gericht [Story on Interior Page(s)]original title: The Day After Doomsday…
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-616
Disclose Notes: Series continues from House of Secrets #86 and #95. Series continues (with different characters) in Weird War Tales (DC, 1971 series) #22.
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Dead Man's Diary

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Abel (host)
Synopsis: Conrad Crane enters J. B. Dales' employ as food-taster, but Crane intends that Dales die not from poisoning, but from starvation, as Crane's father did.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #46 published January 1956
was Dead Man's Diary [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
Job Number: J-1552
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Domain of the Damned!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Abel (host)
Synopsis: Dan Walker washes ashore on a tropical island filled with people he thinks look like freaks. He successfully escapes, but not without a significant change to his own appearance.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGroot uur griezelen #[nn] published January 1973
as Eiland der verdoemden [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Secrets #1 published October 2008
as Domain of the Damned! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-1330
Disclose Notes: Script credit per reprint in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1.

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