Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets #Volume One

DC Comics

United States

Published
[August] 2008
Page count
548
Cover price
16.99 USD; 19.99 CAD
Colour
Black & white
Format
Comic series
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/537194

Credits

Editing
Joe Orlando (original)
Scott Nybakken (collected)

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Untitled (House of Secrets) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
House of Secrets
Characters
Swamp Thing

Credits

Art
Bernie Wrightson

Reprint history

First print
United States
House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #92 (June-July 1971)
Untitled
Also printed
United States
House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([April] 2018)
Untitled [House of Secrets #92]
Show/hide 1. Showcase Presents The House of Secrets Volume One Credits, 6 pages

Credits

Letters
typeset

Notes

Table of Contents pages with credit information.

Show/hide 2. House of Secrets #81 Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Credits

Art
Neal Adams
Show/hide 3. Don't Move It! Comic story, 9.67 pages

Credits

Script
Mike Friedrich
Pencils
Jerry Grandenetti
Inks
George Roussos
Show/hide 4. House of Secrets Comic story, 4 pages

Credits

Art
Bill Draut
Show/hide 5. Aaron Philips' Photo Finish! Comic story, 8 pages

Credits

Script
Gerry Conway
Art
Jack Sparling
Show/hide 6. House of Secrets #82 Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Credits

Art
Neal Adams
Show/hide 7. Welcome to the House of Secrets (Abel) Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1.67 pages

Featuring

Feature
Abel
Characters
Abel

Credits

Art
Bill Draut
Show/hide 8. Realler Than Real Comic story, 4.67 pages
Show/hide 9. Sudden Madness Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1.67 pages

Credits

Art
Dick Giordano

Reprint history

Based on
United States
House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #82 (October-November 1969)
Printed in
Australia
Weird Mystery Tales (Murray, 1977 series) #40 ([July 1979])
Sudden Madness

Notes

Introduction to next sequence/story.

Show/hide 10. The Little Old Winemaker Comic story, 8 pages
Show/hide 11. The One and Only, Fully Guaranteed, Super-Permanent, 100%? Comic story, 5 pages

Credits

Script
Marv Wolfman
Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Neal Adams
Show/hide 12. House of Secrets #83 Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Credits

Art
Gray Morrow
Show/hide 13. Welcome to the House of Secrets (Abel) Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1.67 pages

Featuring

Feature
Abel
Characters
Abel

Credits

Pencils
Bill Draut
Inks
Dick Giordano

Notes

Introduction to next sequence/story

Show/hide 14. The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of Comic story, 6.5 pages

Credits

Script
Marve Wolfman
Art
Alex Toth
Show/hide 15. Interlude (Abel) Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Abel
Characters
Abel

Credits

Pencils
Bill Draut
Inks
Dick Giordano
Show/hide 16. Bigger Than a Breadbox Comic story, 4.5 pages

Credits

Pencils
Mike Royer (see notes)
Inks
Mike Peppe (see notes)

Notes

Original index credits Pencils/Inks to Art Saaf and notes state - Original indexer had Mike Roy as penciller and Mike Peppe as inker. Original artwork was in Art Saaf's possession according to his son Steve (see error report June 2009). From this statement the credits in the original were changed to Art Saaf for Pencils/Inks. This volume credits Mike Roy and Mike Peppe.

Show/hide 17. Interlude (Abel) Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Abel
Characters
Abel

Credits

Pencils
Bill Druat
Inks
Dick Giordano
Show/hide 18. The House of Endless Years Comic story, 6.5 pages
Show/hide 19. Epilogue (Abel) Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1.67 pages

Featuring

Feature
Abel

Credits

Pencils
Bill Draut
Inks
Dick Giordano
Show/hide 20. House of Secrets #84 Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Credits

Art
Neal Adams
Show/hide 21. Welcome to the House of Secrets (Abel) Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 2 pages

Featuring

Feature
Abel
Characters
Abel

Credits

Script
Gerard Conway
Art
Bill Draut
Show/hide 22. If I Had But World Enough and Time Comic story, 5.67 pages

Credits

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Mike Peppe
Show/hide 23. Double or Nothing Comic story, 3.67 pages
Show/hide 24. The Unbelievable! The Unexplained! Comic story, 6.5 pages

Credits

Script
Steve Skeates
Pencils
Jack Sparling
Inks
Jack Abel
Show/hide 25. If I Should Die Before I Wake... Comic story, 5.67 pages

Credits

Script
Len Wein
Art
Jack Sparling
Show/hide 26. Epilogue (Abel) Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 2 pages

Featuring

Feature
Abel
Characters
Abel

Credits

Script
Gerard Conway
Art
Bill Draut
Show/hide 27. House of Secrets #85 Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Credits

Art
Neal Adams
Show/hide 28. Welcome to the House of Secrets (Abel) Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 2 pages

Featuring

Feature
Abel
Characters
Abel

Credits

Script
Gerard Conway
Art
Bill Draut
Show/hide 29. People Who Live in Glass Houses... Comic story, 6.67 pages

Credits

Script
Len Wein
Art
Don Heck
Show/hide 30. Interlude (Abel) Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 0.67 pages

Featuring

Feature
Abel
Characters
Abel

Credits

Script
Gerry Conway
Art
Bill Draut
Show/hide 31. Reggie Rabbit, Heathcliffe Hog, Archibald Aardvark, J. Benson Babboon and Bertram, the Dancing Frog Comic story, 2 pages

Credits

Script
Len Wein
Art
Ralph Reese
Show/hide 32. House of Wacks Comic story, 1 page

Credits

Script
John Costanza
Art
John Costanza
Show/hide 33. Second Choice Comic story, 10.67 pages

Credits

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Neal Adams
Show/hide 34. Epilogue (Abel; Cain) Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Abel; Cain

Credits

Script
Gerry Conway
Art
Bill Draut
Show/hide 35. House of Secrets #86 Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page
Show/hide 36. Welcome to the House of Secrets (Abel) Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1 page
Show/hide 37. Strain Comic story, 6 pages
Show/hide 38. The Golden Tower of the Sun Text story, 5 pages
Show/hide 39. Interlude (Abel) Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Abel
Characters
Abel

Credits

Art
Bill Draut

Reprint history

First print
United States
House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #86 (June-July 1970)
Untitled [Interlude]
Also printed
United States
House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([April] 2018)
Untitled [Interlude]
Show/hide 40. The Ballad of Little Joe Comic story, 9.67 pages
Show/hide 41. Epilogue (Abel) Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1 page
Show/hide 42. The Day After Doomsday... Comic story, 2 pages
Show/hide 43. House of Secrets #87 Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page
Show/hide 44. And in the Darkness... Light Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1 page
Show/hide 45. Death Has Marble Lips! Comic story, 8 pages
Show/hide 46. Interlude (Abel) Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1 page
Show/hide 47. The Man Comic story, 6.5 pages
Show/hide 48. Interlude (Abel) Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1 page
Show/hide 49. The Coming of Ghaglan Comic story, 6 pages
Show/hide 50. Epilogue (Abel) Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1 page
Show/hide 51. House of Secrets #88 Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page
Show/hide 52. Welcome to the House of Secrets (Abel) Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 3 pages
Show/hide 53. The Morning Ghost Comic story, 10.5 pages
Show/hide 54. Interlude (Abel) Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Abel
Characters
Abel; Cynthia

Credits

Script
Gerry Conway
Art
Bill Draut

Reprint history

First print
United States
House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #88 (October-November 1970)
Untitled [Interlude]
Also printed
United States
House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([April] 2018)
Untitled [Interlude]
Show/hide 55. Eyesore! Comic story, 7 pages
Show/hide 56. Epilogue (Abel) Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Abel
Characters
Abel; Cynthia

Credits

Script
Gerry Conway
Art
Bill Draut

Reprint history

First print
United States
House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #88 (October-November 1970)
Untitled [Epilogue]
Also printed
United States
House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([April] 2018)
Untitled [Epilogue]
Show/hide 57. House of Secrets #89 Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page
Show/hide 58. Welcome to the House of Secrets (Abel) Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1 page
Show/hide 59. Where Dead Men Walk Comic story, 10 pages
Show/hide 60. Interlude (Abel) Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1 page
Show/hide 61. A Taste of Dark Fire! Comic story, 10 pages
Show/hide 62. Epilogue (Abel) Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1 page
Show/hide 63. House of Secrets #90 Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Credits

Art
Neal Adams
Show/hide 64. Welcome to the House of Secrets (Abel) Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Abel
Characters
Abel

Credits

Art
Bill Draut
Show/hide 65. The Distant Dome Comic story, 6 pages

Credits

Art
George Tuska
Show/hide 66. Interlude (Abel) Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Abel

Credits

Art
Bill Draut
Show/hide 67. The Symbionts Comic story, 5.67 pages

Credits

Script
Marv Wolfman
Pencils
Rich Buckler
Inks
Neal Adams
Show/hide 68. Interlude (Abel) Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 0.33 pages

Featuring

Feature
Abel
Characters
Abel

Credits

Pencils
Bill Draut
Inks
Billl Draut
Show/hide 69. Jedediah Comic story, 7.67 pages
Show/hide 70. Epilogue (Abel) Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 0.33 pages

Featuring

Feature
Abel

Credits

Art
Bill Draut
Show/hide 71. House of Secrets #91 Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Credits

Art
Neal Adams
Show/hide 72. The Eagle's Talon Comic story, 7 pages

Credits

Art
Wally Wood
Show/hide 73. Ziito the Magician (Realm of the Mystics) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Realm of the Mystics

Credits

Art
Jack Sparling
Show/hide 74. The Ifrits! (Realm of Mystics) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Realm of Mystics

Credits

Art
Jack Sparling
Show/hide 75. Please, Don't Cry, Johnny! Comic story, 3 pages
Show/hide 76. There are Two of Me... and One Must Die! Comic story, 10 pages

Credits

Art
Murphy Anderson
Show/hide 77. House of Secrets #92 (Swamp Thing) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Swamp Thing
Characters
Swamp Thing

Credits

Art
Bernie Wrightson

Reprint history

First print
United States
House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #92 (June-July 1971)
Untitled
Also printed
United States
House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([April] 2018)
Untitled [House of Secrets #92]
Show/hide 78. Welcome to the House of Secrets (Abel) Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1 page
Show/hide 79. Swamp Thing (Swamp Thing) Comic story, 8 pages
Show/hide 80. After I Die! Comic story, 7 pages
Show/hide 81. It's Better to Give... Comic story, 6 pages
Show/hide 82. Trick or Treat Comic story, 2 pages
Show/hide 83. House of Secrets #93 Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Credits

Art
Bernie Wrightson
Show/hide 84. Lonely in Death! Comic story, 9 pages
Show/hide 85. Abel's Fables from the House of Secrets (Abel) Comic story, ? pages

Featuring

Feature
Abel
Genre
Humor
Characters
Abel

Credits

Script
Sergio Aragones
Art
Sergio Aragones
Show/hide 86. The Curse of the Cat's Cradle Comic story, 7.67 pages
Show/hide 87. Nightmare Comic story, 3 pages

Credits

Art
Jack Abel
Show/hide 88. The Beast from the Box Comic story, 8 pages
Show/hide 89. Abel's Fables Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
Humor

Credits

Script
Lore Shoberg
Art
Lore Shoberg
Show/hide 90. Never Kill a Witch's Son! Comic story, 8 pages

Credits

Script
John Albano
Art
Tony deZuniga
Show/hide 91. House of Secrets #94 Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Credits

Art
Bernie Wrightson
Show/hide 92. The Man With My Face Comic story, 5.67 pages

Credits

Art
Jack Sparling
Show/hide 93. Hyde -- and Go Seek! Comic story, 8 pages
Show/hide 94. The Day Nobody Died Comic story, 6 pages

Credits

Art
George Roussos
Show/hide 95. Track of the Invisible Beast Comic story, 8.67 pages

Credits

Art
Alex Toth
Show/hide 96. Abel's Fables Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
Humor

Credits

Script
Sergio Aragones
Art
Sergio Aragones
Show/hide 97. A Bottle of Incense.. A Whiff of the Past! Comic story, 8 pages
Show/hide 98. House of Secrets #95 Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Credits

Art
Nick Cardy
Show/hide 99. Creature... Comic story, 7 pages

Credits

Script
John Albano
Art
Don Heck
Show/hide 100. Abel's Fables Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
Humor

Credits

Script
Lore Shoberg
Art
Lore Shoberg
Show/hide 101. And Things That Go Bump in the Night! Comic story, 6.5 pages

Credits

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
Jack Sparling
Inks
George Tuska
Show/hide 102. Abel's Fables Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
Humor

Credits

Script
Lore Shoberg
Art
Lore Shoberg
Show/hide 103. Baphomet (Realm of the Mystics) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Realm of the Mystics

Credits

Art
Jack Sparling
Show/hide 104. The Day After Doomsday Comic story, 1.5 pages

Credits

Script
Len Wein
Art
Jack Sparling
Show/hide 105. The Last Sorcerer Comic story, 6 pages

Credits

Art
Bernard Baily
Show/hide 106. The Phantom of the Flames! Comic story, 6 pages
Show/hide 107. The Bride of Death Comic story, 7 pages

Credits

Script
Jack Oleck
Art
Nestor Redondo
Show/hide 108. House of Secrets #96 Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Credits

Art
Bernie Wrightson
Show/hide 109. World of the Witch Comic story, 8 pages

Credits

Script
Jack Oleck
Art
Bill Draut
Show/hide 110. The Great Dimensional Brain Swap Comic story, 7.67 pages
Show/hide 111. Be It Ever So Humble... Comic story, 8.67 pages
Show/hide 112. Abel's Fables Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
Humor

Credits

Script
Sergio Aragones
Art
Sergio Aragones
Show/hide 113. The Monster Comic story, 6 pages

Credits

Script
Jack Oleck
Art
Wally Wood
Show/hide 114. The Indestructible Man Comic story, 6 pages

Credits

Art
Bill Ely
Show/hide 115. House of Secrets #97 Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page
Show/hide 116. The Curse of Morby Castle Comic story, 8 pages
Show/hide 117. Divide and Murder Comic story, 7 pages
Show/hide 118. Abel's Fables (Abel) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Abel
Genre
Humor

Credits

Script
Sergio Aragones
Art
Sergio Aragones
Show/hide 119. The Tomb of Ramfis Comic story, 6 pages
Show/hide 120. The Day After Doomsday... Comic story, 2 pages

Credits

Script
Len Wein
Art
Jack Sparling
Show/hide 121. Dead Man's Diary Comic story, 5.67 pages
Show/hide 122. Domain of the Damned! Comic story, 8 pages
Show/hide 123. House of Secrets #98 Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Credits

Art
Michael Kaluta
Show/hide 124. Welcome to the House of Secrets (Abel) Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Abel
Characters
Abel

Credits

Script
Mark Hanerfeld
Art
Michael Kaluta
Show/hide 125. Born Losers Comic story, 8 pages

Credits

Script
John Albano
Art
Michael Kaluta
Show/hide 126. The Secret Hero of Center City Comic story, 7.67 pages
Show/hide 127. Abel's Fables (Abel) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Abel
Genre
Humor
Characters
Abel

Credits

Script
Sergio Aragones
Art
Sergio Aragones
Show/hide 128. The Night Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore! Comic story, 5.5 pages
Show/hide 129. The Fatal Superstition Comic story, 6 pages
Show/hide 130. Happy Birthday, Herman! Comic story, 8 pages

Notes

Reprints from House of Secrets (DC, 1969 series) #81-98. Date listed is release date.

Status

AusReprints ID

  • 39436

Cover added

  • 07/11/2010

Index completed

  • 03/04/2011

Last updated

  • 03/04/2011