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57November-December 1962
$0.12

House of Secrets #57

DC · November-December 1962 · on sale 1962-09-20

First appearance: The Magic Genie
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Identification plate

Series
House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series)
Issue
#57
Publication date
November-December 1962
Key date
1962-11-00
On-sale date
1962-09-20
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of The Magic Genie - 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
0Invasion from the Shadow World!cover1pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: George Roussos; letters: Ira SchnappElsa Magusson, Mark Merlin
1Tomorrow's Stars Appear Today!promo (ad from the publisher)1
2The Invader from the Shadow Worldcomic story8.67script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Mort Meskin; letters: Stan StarkmanElsa Magusson, Mark Merlin
4-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffThe Magic Genie First
5Batman's New Secret Identity!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Sheldon Moldoff, Dick Dillin; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira SchnappBatman; Robin; Superman; Joker; Lex Luthor
625 Cents to Nowherecomic story7.67script: Ed Herron; pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard Purcell; letters: Stan Starkman
8The Mysterious Painting!comic story0.67pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Morris Waldinger; letters: Morris Waldinger
9-comic story0.33script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffProfessor Eureka
12-letters page1script: Murray Boltinoff
13The Spectral Sniper in Kronen Castlecomic story7.67pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely; letters: Stan Starkman

Plus 5.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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