#House of secrets code
Upon examination, the censor bureau, the Comics Code Authority refused to give the issue its seal of approval since it mentions a wolfman, which was specifically forbidden along with other classic monsters. As part of the framing story, Abel introduces the story by telling a tale told to him by a "wandering Wolfman". The title had an early breakthrough for the mainstream part of the medium: issue #83 had a story, "The Stuff that Dreams are Made of", written by Marv Wolfman. His brother, Cain, hosted The House of Mystery. Now its horror and suspense tales were introduced by a host named Abel, who would also host the satirical comic Plop!. The series was revived three years later with a definite article as The House of Secrets, beginning with issue #81 (Aug.–Sept.
Other, lesser continuing features included "Peter Puptent, Explorer" "Dolly and the Professor" "Doctor Rocket" and "Moolah the Mystic".Ĭover of The House of Secrets #92 (July 1971), introducing the Swamp Thing, art by Bernie Wrightson. The "Prince Ra-Man" feature ended in House of Secrets #80 (September–October 1966), the final issue of the series. Prince Ra-Man the Mind-Master bowed in #73 (July–August 1965) and was a Doctor Strange-style "replacement" for Mark Merlin. The dual-personality supervillain Eclipso ("Hero and Villain in One Man!") was created by Bob Haney and Lee Elias and was introduced in issue #61 (August 1963) and continued to the series' end. In addition to short "one-off" stories, several issues featured the adventures of modern-dress sorcerer Mark Merlin, who first appeared in issue #23 (August 1959). The original Silver Age series ran 80 issues, from November/December 1956 to September/October 1966.
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