House of Secrets #14 Values

Publisher: DC, 1958

About House of Secrets #14

Bob Brown cover. Howard Purcell, Bill Ely, Mort Meskin, and Nick Cardy art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Man Who Stole Air!

Pencils: Bob Brown

Inks: Bob Brown

Letters: Ira Schnapp

STORY DETAILS

(8 Stories)

Title: The Curse of the Fire God

Characters: Pete Marek

Synopsis: Pete Marek has stolen a million dollars and escapes to Peru where he is pursued by detectives. He plunges into the jungle but his path is blocked by a festival to the Fire God. Told that the alternative route is 5 miles away he pushes through despite warnings the Fire God will seek him out. Further along a bolt of lightning sets fire to the track forcing him to change course. He then tries to cross a rope bridge which catches fire. He decides to go further up into the snow. The detectives see smoke coming from a hut and find Marek. His glasses have focused the sun's rays causing a fire.

Pages: 5.670

Pencils: Howard Purcell

Inks: Howard Purcell

Title: Look to the Stars!

Characters: Bob; Ted

Synopsis: Bob and his friends are saved from being lost in the woods because Bob knows how to find Polaris, the North Star.

Pages: 1.000

Script: Jack Schiff

Pencils: Lou Cameron

Inks: Lou Cameron

Letters: Ira Schnapp

Notes: Appeared across a range of DC comics in November/December 1958.

Title: The Swami of Broadway

Characters: Dean Hall; Orry Kane; swami [Jones]

Synopsis: Dean Hall and Orry Kane are on a trip in Bengal. Kane tries again to persuade Hall to sell him his theater, Hall again refuses. They enter a village and see a swami who predicts an elephant stampede. The square is emptied just in time. A month later Hall auditions acts for his theater when the swami appears on stage. He makes two predictions which comes true. Later the swami is asked to appear at the theater and he says he will not enter as it will be struck by a meteor. Hall sells the theatre to Kane and leaves. The swami is then revealed to be a fake. Then a meteor hits the theatre.

Pages: 6.000

Pencils: Bill Ely

Inks: Bill Ely

Letters: Pat Gordon

Reprints: The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #159 (September-October 1974)

Title: The Fantastic Wishing Well

Characters: Brad Horton

Synopsis: Brad Horton has stolen $150,000 in marked money. He jumps from a train into some woods looking for a place to bury the money until it is safe to spend. He trips and falls into an old well. He wishes he never left the train and suddenly finds himself back there. Leaving the train again he finds his way back to the well where a stone tells him that wishes cost a nickel. He wishes for a million dollars and uses this to buy up the well and surrounding land. Officials visit and want to know the source of his wealth. He makes a wish to escape but the nickel is fake and he is arrested.

Pages: 5.670

Pencils: Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed)

Inks: George Roussos; Mort Meskin ?

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #195 (October 1971)

Notes: Signature (Meskin) on lower edge of splash panel. Following discussion on GCD Main, inker changed from Mort Meskin to George Roussos with a query on Meskin as inker. Meskin and Roussos had a collaborative relationship from the 1940s onwards (information from Lambiek).

Title: The Man Who Stole Air

Characters: Eric Fowler; Harry (G.S.A. Agent - voice on radio only); George Croft (G.S.A. Agent)

Synopsis: Former scientist Eric Fowler is seen collecting samples of air. George Croft is assigned and tails him back to his house. Inside he sees Fowler talking to tiny aliens. Suddenly the tiny aliens are giants and they head towards the nearby army base. Fowler recovers from being stunned and tells Croft that he tried to trick the aliens into giving him their secrets by promising them helium which they need for fuel. The aliens have a magnifying device which created the giant images. Croft disables the device and the giants disappear. The aliens are given helium and leave Earth.

Pages: 7.670

Pencils: Nick Cardy [as NC] (signed)

Inks: Nick Cardy [as NC] (signed)

Notes: Nick Cardy NC monogram in the lower right splash panel.

Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8

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