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Issue: House of Secrets #42
Publication Date: March 1961
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Issues: #42 of 154 Issues (157 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/19/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Man with the Alien Identity!

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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): A Mark Merlin Mystery
Character(s): Mark Merlin; Elsa; Rej
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Joe Weider
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Pages: 1
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The Man with the Alien Identity

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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): A Mark Merlin Mystery
Character(s): Mark Merlin; Elsa; Rej; Vorl
Synopsis: Mark is enlisted to assume temporarily the identity of Rej, an alien leader but soon realizes that it's a plot to overthrow Rej.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Doctor Rocket
First Line: This missile will be fired tomorrow!
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Now in a Magazine of His Own!

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Genres: science fiction
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Disclose Notes: house ad for Rip Hunter... Time Master (DC, 1961 series) #1
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Don't Sell Nature Short!

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Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: A wildlife preserve wins out over plans to build a new shopping center.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
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Prisoner of Sorcerers' City

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Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Researcher Edwin Locke finds himself transported to Marsus, the fabled City of Sorcerers, where he must find the spell that will free several sorcerers that have been imprisoned there.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Witching Hour #21 published June 1972
as Prisoner of Sorcerers' City [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #37 published November 1979
as Prisoner of Sorcerers' City [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!

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Feature(s): House of Mystery; My Greatest Adventure; Tales of the Unexpected
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Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
First Line: Because of the absence of any atmosphere...
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Letterer(s): typeset
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The Forest of Captive Creatures

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: fantasy
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The Thief of Time

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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Harry Logan steals an invention that allows him to see into other time periods, but he discovers a giant alien in each of them, and then the alien is drawn into Harry's time.
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The Sea Beasts from One Billion B. C.!

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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for Showcase (DC, 1955 series) #31 (March-April 1961)
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Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
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Feature(s): Wilson Chemical Co.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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