House of Secrets #61 Values

Publisher: DC, 1963

About House of Secrets #61

Origin and first appearance of Eclipso. Lee Elias cover and art. Mort Meskin art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Doctor-7, King of the Supernatural

Characters: Mark Merlin; Doctor-7; Elsa Magussen; Eclipso [Bruce Gordon] (inset)

Pencils: Lee Elias

Inks: Lee Elias

Letters: Ira Schnapp

STORY DETAILS

(5 Stories)

Title: Doctor-7, King of the Supernatural

Characters: Mark Merlin; Doctor-7; Elsa Magusson; Memakata

Synopsis: Doctor-7 finds a way to hypnotize Mark Merlin into stealing the ingredients he needs for his magic potions, but he is eventually outwitted by Merlin.

Pages: 10.670

Script: Arnold Drake ?

Pencils: Mort Meskin

Inks: Mort Meskin

Letters: Stan Starkman ?

Notes: writer speculation by Bob Hughes

Title: A Tree Grows on Second Street

Synopsis: The Badger Club learns about the rules for planting trees along the streets in their town.

Pages: 1.000

Script: Jack Schiff

Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff

Inks: Sheldon Moldoff

Letters: Joe Letterese

Notes: published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

Title: Eclipso, the Genius Who Fought Himself

Characters: Eclipso [Bruce Gordon] (villain, introduction, origin); Mona Bennett; Professor Simon Bennett (Mona's father); Mophir (villain, flashback)

Synopsis: Bruce Gordon becomes Eclipso for the first time, destroying Solar City, and with the help of Professor Bennett, discovers explains how he was transformed into Eclipso during a solar eclipse.

Pages: 13.670

Script: Bob Haney

Pencils: Lee Elias (signed)

Inks: Lee Elias (signed)

Letters: Stan Starkman ?

Reprints: Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #411 (April 1972)

Pages: 1.000

Script: Murray Boltinoff

Pencils: ? (logo illustration)

Inks: ? (logo illustration)

Letters: typeset

Notes: Letters submitted by Billy McIlhany; Tom Jones; John Dunne. Also includes brief biography of artist Lee Elias. On the page immediately following page 7 of the previous story sequence.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	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	1	0	0	1	2	5	13	13	24	24	25	22	29	30	17	17	15	9	3	3	4	0	0	0	0	257
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
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	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	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	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Total	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	5	13	15	24	25	28	22	29	30	19	17	15	10	3	3	4	0	0	0	0	266

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