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53March-April 1962
$0.12

House of Secrets #53

DC · March-April 1962 · on sale 1962-01-23

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Series
House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series)
Issue
#53
Publication date
March-April 1962
Key date
1962-03-00
On-sale date
1962-01-23
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Mark Merlin's Giant Double!cover1pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira SchnappElsa Magusson, Mark Merlin
2The Secret Seven of Staleyvillecomic story7.67pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman; letters: Stan StarkmanStyles; Bill Bergen; Ken
3Rip Hunter... Time Master; Tomahawkpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
4Justice League of America; Aquamanpromo (ad from the publisher)1
5Dolly and the Professorcomic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffDolly
6The Creatures That Changed the Futurecomic story7.67script: Howard Purcell; pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard Purcell; letters: Stan StarkmanTim; Bashabar; Carl; Jed
7-statement of ownership0.33letters: typeset
8Angelo Secchicomic story1script: Al Schwartz; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tom Nicolosi
9March of the Robotstext story1letters: typeset
10Mark Merlin's Giant Doublecomic story8.67script: Jack Miller; pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: George Roussos; letters: Stan StarkmanElsa Magusson, Mark Merlin
11Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!promo (ad from the publisher)0.33
12From Many Lands....public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Lou Cameron; inks: Lou Cameron; letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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