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60May-June 1963
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House of Secrets #60

DC · May-June 1963 · on sale 1963-03-21

First appearance: Memakata
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Identification plate

Series
House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series)
Issue
#60
Publication date
May-June 1963
Key date
1963-05-00
On-sale date
1963-03-21
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 Memakata - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Captive of the Cat Curse!cover1pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: George Roussos; letters: Ira SchnappElsa Magusson, Memakata First, Mark Merlin
1Countdown on Excellencepublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira SchnappJerry
2Captive of the Cat Cursecomic story9.67script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: George Roussos; letters: Stan StarkmanElsa Magusson, Memakata First, Mark Merlin
4The Brave and the Bold; Strange Sports Storiespromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Joe Giella; letters: Ira Schnapp
5The Box of Four Fearscomic story7.67pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely; letters: Stan Starkman
7-letters page1script: Murray Boltinoff
10-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Gaspar Saladino
11The Terrible Prophecies of the Tattooed Mancomic story7.67pencils: Paul Parker; inks: Paul Parker

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

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Sources

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