Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets #1 (2008) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Series: Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets (DC, 2008 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: [October] 2008
Key date: October 2008
On-sale date: August 6, 2008
Indicia publisher: DC Comics
Price: $16.99; 19.99 CAD
Pages: 548
Barcode: 978140121818851699
ISBN: 978-1-4012-1818-8

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	House of Secrets	cover	1	pencils: Bernie Wrightson; inks: Bernie Wrightson; colors: Jack Adler	Swamp Thing
1	Showcase Presents The House of Secrets Volume One	credits, title page	6	letters: typeset
2	House of Secrets #81	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams
3	Don't Move It!	comic story	9.67	script: Mike Friedrich; pencils: Jerry Grandenetti; inks: George Roussos
4	House of Secrets	comic story	4	pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill Draut
5	Aaron Philips' Photo Finish!	comic story	8	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling
6	House of Secrets #82	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams
7	Welcome to the House of Secrets	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1.67	pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill Draut	Abel
8	Realler Than Real	comic story	4.67	pencils: Werner Roth; inks: Vince Colletta
9	Sudden Madness	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1.67	pencils: Dick Giordano; inks: Dick Giordano
10	The Little Old Winemaker	comic story	8	pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling
11	The One and Only, Fully Guaranteed, Super-Permanent, 100%?	comic story	5	script: Marv Wolfman; pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Neal Adams
12	House of Secrets #83	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Gray Morrow; inks: Gray Morrow
13	Welcome to the House of Secrets	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1.67	pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Dick Giordano	Abel
14	The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of	comic story	6.5	script: Marv Wolfman; pencils: Alex Toth; inks: Alex Toth
15	Interlude	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Dick Giordano	Abel
16	Bigger Than a Breadbox	comic story	4.5	pencils: Mike Royer; inks: Mike Peppe
17	Interlude	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Dick Giordano	Abel
18	The House of Endless Years	comic story	6.5	script: Gerard Conway; pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill Draut
19	Epilogue	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1.67	pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Dick Giordano
20	House of Secrets #84	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams
21	Welcome to the House of Secrets	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	2	script: Gerard Conway; pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill Draut	Abel
22	If I Had But World Enough and Time	comic story	5.67	script: Len Wein; pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Mike Peppe
23	Double or Nothing	comic story	3.67	script: Marv Wolfman; pencils: Sid Greene; inks: Sid Greene
24	The Unbelievable! The Unexplained!	comic story	6.5	script: Steve Skeates; pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Abel
25	If I Should Die Before I Wake...	comic story	5.67	script: Len Wein; pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling
26	Epilogue	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	2	script: Gerard Conway; pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill Draut	Abel
27	House of Secrets #85	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams
28	Welcome to the House of Secrets	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	2	script: Gerard Conway; pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill Draut	Abel
29	People Who Live in Glass Houses...	comic story	6.67	script: Len Wein; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Don Heck
30	Interlude	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	0.67	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill Draut	Abel
31	Reggie Rabbit, Heathcliffe Hog, Archibald Aardvark, J. Benson Babboon and Bertram, the Dancing Frog	comic story	2	script: Len Wein; pencils: Ralph Reese; inks: Ralph Reese	Reggie Rabbit; Heathcliffe Hog; Archibald Aardvark; J. Benson Babboon; Bertram the Dancing Frog
32	House of Wacks	activity	1	script: John Costanza; pencils: John Costanza; inks: John Costanza
33	Second Choice	comic story	10.67	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Neal Adams
34	Epilogue	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill Draut
35	House of Secrets #86	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams
36	Welcome to the House of Secrets	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill Draut	Abel
37	Strain	comic story	6	pencils: George Tuska; inks: George Tuska
38	The Golden Tower of the Sun	text story	5	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Gray Morrow; inks: Gray Morrow
39	Interlude	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill Draut	Abel
40	The Ballad of Little Joe	comic story	9.67	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill Draut
41	Epilogue	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill Draut
42	The Day after Doomsday...	comic story	2	pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling
43	House of Secrets #87	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams
44	And in the Darkness... Light	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill Draut
45	Death Has Marble Lips!	comic story	8	script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Dick Giordano
46	Interlude	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill Draut	Abel
47	The Man	comic story	6.5	script: Marv Wolfman; pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike Esposito
48	Interlude	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill Draut	Abel
49	The Coming of Ghaglan	comic story	6	script: Raymond Marais; pencils: Michael Wm. Kaluta; inks: Michael Wm. Kaluta
50	Epilogue	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill Draut	Abel
51	House of Secrets #88	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams
52	Welcome to the House of Secrets	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	3	script: Gerry Conway, Marv Wolfman; pencils: Richard Allen Dillin, Bill Draut, Frank Giacoia; inks: Richard Allen Dillin, Bill Draut, Frank Giacoia; letters: Richard Allen Dillin, Bill Draut, Frank Giacoia	Abel; Cynthia; Egor
53	The Morning Ghost	comic story	10.5	script: Marv Wolfman; pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Frank Giacoia	Casandra Dawn; Amos Dawn; Richard; Rich
54	Interlude	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill Draut	Abel; Cynthia
55	Eyesore!	comic story	7	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill Draut
56	Epilogue	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill Draut	Abel; Cynthia; Egor
57	House of Secrets #89	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Gray Morrow; inks: Gray Morrow
58	Welcome to the House of Secrets	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill Draut	Abel
59	Where Dead Men Walk	comic story	10	pencils: Gray Morrow; inks: Gray Morrow
60	Interlude	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill Draut	Abel
61	A Taste of Dark Fire!	comic story	10	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Don Heck
62	Epilogue	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill Draut	Abel
63	House of Secrets #90	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams
64	Welcome to the House of Secrets	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill Draut	Abel
65	The Distant Dome	comic story	6	pencils: George Tuska; inks: George Tuska	Thomm; Kathy
66	Interlude	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill Draut
67	The Symbionts	comic story	5.67	script: Marv Wolfman; pencils: Rich Buckler; inks: Neal Adams
68	Interlude	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	0.33	pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill Draut	Abel
69	Jedediah	comic story	7.67	script: Mike Friedrich; pencils: Gray Morrow; inks: Gray Morrow	Jedediah Jones; Paul Tarsus
70	Epilogue	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	0.33	pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill Draut	Abel
71	House of Secrets #91	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams
72	The Eagle's Talon	comic story	7	pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood
73	Ziito the Magician	comic story	1	pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling
74	The Ifrits!	comic story	1	pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling
75	Please, Don't Cry, Johnny!	comic story	3	pencils: Sam Glanzman; inks: Sam Glanzman
76	There are Two of Me... and One Must Die!	comic story	10	pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson
77	House of Secrets #92	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Bernie Wrightson; inks: Bernie Wrightson	Swamp Thing
78	Welcome to the House of Secrets	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: Bernie Wrightson; inks: Bernie Wrightson	Abel; Cain
79	Swamp Thing	comic story	8	script: Len Wein; pencils: Bernie Wrightson; inks: Bernie Wrightson	Swamp Thing
80	After I Die!	comic story	7	script: Jack Kirby, Mark Evanier; pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill Draut
81	It's Better to Give...	comic story	6	script: Virgil North; pencils: Alan Weiss; inks: Tony DeZuniga
82	Trick or Treat	comic story	2	pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Dick Dillin
83	House of Secrets #93	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Bernie Wrightson; inks: Bernie Wrightson
84	Lonely in Death!	comic story	9	script: Steve Skeates; pencils: Jim Aparo; inks: Jim Aparo
85	Abel's Fables from the House of Secrets	cartoon	1	script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés	Abel
86	The Curse of the Cat's Cradle	comic story	7.67	pencils: Alex Toth; inks: Alex Toth
87	Nightmare	comic story	3	pencils: Jack Abel; inks: Jack Abel
88	The Beast from the Box	comic story	8	pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy
89	Abel's Fables	cartoon	1	script: Lore Shoberg; pencils: Lore Shoberg; inks: Lore Shoberg
90	Never Kill a Witch's Son!	comic story	8	script: John Albano; pencils: Tony DeZuniga; inks: Tony DeZuniga
91	House of Secrets #94	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Bernie Wrightson; inks: Bernie Wrightson
92	The Man With My Face	comic story	5.67	pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling
93	Hyde -- and Go Seek!	comic story	8	script: Len Wein; pencils: Tony DeZuniga; inks: Tony DeZuniga
94	The Day Nobody Died	comic story	6	pencils: George Roussos; inks: George Roussos
95	Track of the Invisible Beast	comic story	8.67	pencils: Alex Toth; inks: Alex Toth
96	Abel's Fables	cartoon	1	script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés
97	A Bottle of Incense.. A Whiff of the Past!	comic story	8	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Alan Weiss; inks: Bernie Wrightson
98	House of Secrets #95	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy
99	Creature...	comic story	7	script: John Albano; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Don Heck
100	Abel's Fables	cartoon	1	script: Lore Shoberg; pencils: Lore Shoberg; inks: Lore Shoberg
101	And Things That Go Bump in the Night!	comic story	6.5	script: Len Wein; pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: George Tuska	Henry; Martha; Cindy; Addison Bell
102	Abel's Fables	cartoon	1	script: Lore Shoberg; pencils: Lore Shoberg; inks: Lore Shoberg
103	Baphomet	comic story	1	pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling
104	The Day after Doomsday...	comic story	1.5	script: Len Wein; pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling
105	The Last Sorcerer	comic story	6	pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily
106	The Phantom of the Flames!	comic story	6	pencils: Joe Maneely; inks: Joe Maneely
107	The Bride of Death	comic story	7	script: Jack Oleck; pencils: Nestor Redondo; inks: Nestor Redondo
108	House of Secrets #96	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Bernie Wrightson; inks: Bernie Wrightson
109	World of the Witch	comic story	8	script: Jack Oleck; pencils: Bill Draut; inks: Bill Draut
110	The Great Dimensional Brain Swap	comic story	7.67	pencils: Alex Toth; inks: Alex Toth
111	Be It Ever So Humble...	comic story	8.67	script: Len Wein; pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Jack Abel
112	Abel's Fables	cartoon	1	script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés
113	The Monster	comic story	6	script: Jack Oleck; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood
114	The Indestructible Man	comic story	6	pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely
115	House of Secrets #97	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling
116	The Curse of Morby Castle	comic story	8	pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling
117	Divide and Murder	comic story	7	script: Steve Skeates; pencils: Jim Aparo; inks: Jim Aparo
118	Abel's Fables	cartoon	1	script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés
119	The Tomb of Ramfis	comic story	6	pencils: John Prentice; inks: John Prentice
120	The Day after Doomsday...	comic story	2	script: Len Wein; pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling
121	Dead Man's Diary	comic story	5.67	pencils: Ralph Mayo; inks: Ralph Mayo
122	Domain of the Damned!	comic story	8	pencils: José Delbo; inks: José Delbo
123	House of Secrets #98	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Michael Kaluta; inks: Michael Kaluta
124	Welcome to the House of Secrets	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Mark Hanerfeld; pencils: Michael Wm. Kaluta; inks: Michael Wm. Kaluta	Abel
125	Born Losers	comic story	8	script: John Albano; pencils: Michael Wm. Kaluta; inks: Michael Wm. Kaluta
126	The Secret Hero of Center City	comic story	7.67	pencils: Alex Toth; inks: Alex Toth
127	Abel's Fables	cartoon	1	script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés	Abel
128	The Night Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore!	comic story	5.5	script: Len Wein; pencils: Mike Roy; inks: Mike Peppe
129	The Fatal Superstition	comic story	6	pencils: John Prentice; inks: John Prentice
130	Happy Birthday, Herman!	comic story	8	pencils: Adolfo Buylla; inks: Adolfo Buylla

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