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House of Secrets #30

DC · Series began 1956 · March 1960

Dates

Cover date
March 1960
On sale
January 21, 1960
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Dick Dillin, George Roussos, Ruben Moreira, Henry Boltinoff, Bill Ely, Mort Drucker, Joe Kubertinks: Sheldon Moldoff, George Roussos, Ruben Moreira, Henry Boltinoff, Bill Ely, Mort Drucker, Mort Meskinletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoff, Mort Druckerscript: Jack Schiff, Henry Boltinoff, Mort Drucker

Stories

  • The Duel of the Super-Powers · 7.67 pages

    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.

  • The Spirits in the Smoke · 7.67 pages

    Martin Hawks searches for and finds an 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.

  • The Fiery Falcon · 1 pages

    Two thieves attempt to steal a sacred falcon from a Native American tribe, with unforeseen consequences.

  • Demon Count · 1 pages
  • The Creature City · 9 pages

    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.

Characters

Mark MerlinElsa MagussonPeter Puptent

Reprinted in

Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (1960)

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