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House of Secrets #97

DC · Series began 1956 · April-May 1972

Dates

Cover date
April-May 1972
On sale
February 8, 1972
Pages
52

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Jack Sparling, Jim Aparo, Sergio Aragonés, John Prentice, Ralph Mayo, José Delboinks: Jack Sparling, Jim Aparo, Sergio Aragonés, John Prentice, Ralph Mayo, José Delbocolors: Jack Sparlingletters: Gaspar Saladino, John Costanza, Jim Aparo, Ben Odascript: Gerry Conway, E. Nelson Bridwell, Steve Skeates, Sergio Aragonés, Len Weinediting: Whitney Ellsworth

Stories

  • The Curse of Morby Castle · 8 pages

    Lance Cauldan plans to scare his new wife to death, but his aide-de-camp has her own plans.

  • Divide and Murder · 7 pages

    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.

  • The Tomb of Ramfis · 6 pages
  • Untitled · 2 pages

    Adam and Gertrude find a flower, then a wall falls and crushes them.

  • Dead Man's Diary · 5.67 pages

    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.

  • Domain of the Damned! · 8 pages

    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.

Reprinted in

House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2018), Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (2008), Doomsday Album (1977), Terror Tales Album (1977), Weird Mystery Tales (1972), Showcase Presents: The Great Disaster Featuring the Atomic Knights (2014)

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