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1November-December 1956
$0.10

House of Secrets #1

DC · November-December 1956 · on sale 1956-09-25

First appearance: Mrs. Moolah
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Identification plate

Series
House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
November-December 1956
Key date
1956-11-00
On-sale date
1956-09-25
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Mrs. Moolah - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Hand of Doom!cover1pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Phantom Duelcomic story5.67pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely; letters: Pat GordonPierre Monsard; Raoul D'Arles; Jean the gardener
4First Men on the Mooncomic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffShorty
6TV or Not TVcomic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffMoolah the Mystic, Mrs. Moolah First
7The Unlucky Beautiescomic story6pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Pat GordonHelen Blare; Bill; Mrs. O'Brien; Grace; Natalie; Mr. Blare
8Binky's Special Election Exhibitpublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner; letters: Ira SchnappBinky Biggs
9Superstitioncomic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffJerry the Jitterbug
10The Sorcerer's Handcuffscomic story6pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker; letters: Pat GordonGregory the Great; Winston the Wizard; Windy Sam
11The Strange Mind of Mother Shiptontext article2script: Gus Kelly
12The Hand of Doomcomic story6pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Pat GordonTed Slawson; Professor Goode

Plus 5.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Strange Adventures #2021967On eBay ›
The Unexpected #1321972On eBay ›
The Unexpected #1571974On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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