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Issue: House of Secrets #98
Publication Date: June 1972
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Issues: #98 of 154 Issues (157 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [character]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/06/1972
Volume: 15
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #83.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Born Losers

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Secrets #1 published October 2008
as House of Secrets #98 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Welcome to the House of Secrets

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, humorous, occult
Character(s): Abel
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Secrets #1 published October 2008
as Welcome to the House of Secrets [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-1676
Disclose Notes: Introductory page.
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Born Losers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Abel (host)
Synopsis: A scientist gives Rapp Rankin a boost of strength, but there are side-effects.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #17 [Direct] published January 1982
as Born Losers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Secrets #1 published October 2008
as Born Losers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-1333
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The Secret Hero of Center City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Abel (host)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #120 published March 1962
was The Secret Hero of Center City [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Job Number: J-1681
Disclose Notes: Toth's signature is on the last page.
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The Big Bird; Dripping Painting; Selling Skeletons

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Abel
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Secrets #1 published October 2008
as Abel's Fables [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-1434
Disclose Notes: Three one-panel gag cartoons.
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The Night Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Abel (host)
Synopsis: Silas Horn grabs the first train out of town after killing his business partner. Too bad it's the Hades Express.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDoomsday Album #15 published April 1980
as The Night Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Secrets #1 published October 2008
as The Night Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.5
Job Number: G-351
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-1669
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers Jim Barron, Sheila, Bill Mendenriall, Gary Kimber, Mark Waid and Bob Drago.
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The Fatal Superstition

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Abel (host)
Synopsis: Burt Roman kills his partner Ed Huggins and blames it on an invented superstition about polka-dot kerchiefs, but the kerchiefs return to extract their own justice.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #35 published February 1955
was The Fatal Superstition [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: J-1680
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Happy Birthday, Herman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Abel (host)
Synopsis: Herman kills his wife Martha and buries her in the cellar, but her birthday surprise exposes his crime.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Mysteries #44 published January 1980
as Happy Birthday, Herman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Secrets #1 published October 2008
as Happy Birthday, Herman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-1520
Disclose Notes: Script credit per reprint in House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1.

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