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2 dated observations. Last recorded 2026-11-01. Source record #2408467
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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | $408.50 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1956-11-01 |
| 6.0 | $611.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1956-11-01 |
| 8.0 | $4,063.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1956-11-01 |
| 9.2 | $5,282.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1956-11-01 |
| RAW | $170.27 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1956-11-01 |
| 9.2 | $1,625.00 | ComicBase · catalog referencecatalog | Date not recorded |
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Graded population
CGC records 119 graded copies for House of Secrets #1 (1956). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
The Phantom Duel
Raoul D'Arles kills Pierre Monsard in a duel by cheating, one year later, he is haunted by the ghost of his opponent. | Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Raoul D'Arles **Supporting Characters:** * Raoul's fiancé **Antagonists:** * Pierre Monsard **Other Characters:** * A doctor * Jean, a gardener **Locations:** * 1830s ** France *** Paris
| Writer2_1 = | Penciler2_1 = Bernard Baily | Inker2_1 = Bernard Baily | Letterer2_1 = Pat Gordon | Editor2_1 = Jack Schiff | StoryTitle2 = The Unlucky Beauties | Synopsis2 = Natalie, Grace, and Helen are turned into beautiful women with the help of a mysterious magical artifact, but their newfound beauty comes at a price. | Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Grace * Helen Blare * Natalie Vale **Other Characters:** * Bill, Helen's boss * Mrs. O'Brien * J.G., a director * Mr. Blare, Helen's father **Items:** * Right arm of Venus de Milo
| Writer3_1 = | Penciler3_1 = Mort Drucker | Inker3_1 = Mort Drucker | Letterer3_1 = Pat Gordon | Editor3_1 = Jack Schiff | StoryTitle3 = The Sorcerer's Handcuffs | Synopsis3 = A private detective has been assigned night duty at a local museum. He ponders over the relics located inside wondering if the stories revolving around them are true. A thief suddenly appears with a gun intent on stealing the objects. The detective warns the thief that some of the objects are cursed especially a golden pair of handcuffs that was cursed by a wizard that specified that the cuffs would stay on any pair of individuals until love triumphs over evil. The thief ignores the warning and slaps the cuffs on the detective and himself in hopes of using him as a hostage to escape. The pair gets away and they visit a locksmith to remove the handcuffs, but the locksmith is unable to get them off. The detectives remind the thief of the curse and encourages him to give himself up. Two days later they show up in the 71st precinct to surrender to the police. They immediately notice that the cuffs have come undone on their own.
The next day a magician named Gregory the great receives a pair of golden handcuffs in the mail. He goes to observe his rival Winston the Wizard as he performs his show. At one point Winston asks for a volunteer from the audience to demonstrate his handcuff trick. Gregory slaps on the handcuffs he received in the mail and the pair of magicians are bound together unable to set themselves free. A carpenter tries to set them free, but he is unsuccessful. The pair wander around the city handcuffed together when they run into a newspaper article describing the missing cuffs and their curse. The magicians sit down and settle their differences on a park bench and the cuffs come undone.
The cuffs are then picked up by a transient that recognizes the cuffs from the newspaper story. He decides to shackle himself to a supposedly rich individual in hopes of forcing him to share his wealth, but the cuffs have a drawback. According to the wizard's curse, you should not use then to bind yourself to a treasure or else there will be no release. The two men remain handcuffed together as the rich man reveals that he too is a poor transient that was only playing the part of a rich man thanks to a game show called millionaire for a day. | Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Gregory the Great * Private detective * Transient **Supporting Characters:** * Winston the Wizard * Windy Sam **Antagonists:** * Thief **Other Characters:** * A Persian sage **Items:** * Sorcerer's Handcuffs
| Writer4_1 = | Penciler4_1 = Jim Mooney | Inker4_1 = Jim Mooney | Letterer4_1 = Pat Gordon | Editor4_1 = Jack Schiff | StoryTitle4 = The Hand of Doom | Synopsis4 = Giant disembodied hands are stealing monuments, and the only witness to this strange event is photographer Ted Slawson. | Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Ted Slawson **Supporting Characters:** * Professor Goode **Antagonists:** * Green Hand * Red Hand **Locations:** * Egypt ** Cairo *** Great Sphinx of Giza * France ** Paris *** Eiffel Tower * United States of America ** New York City *** Statue of Liberty ** South Dakota *** Mount Rushmore * United Kingdom ** London *** Big Ben * India ** Taj Mahal
| Notes = * Premier issue. * *House of Secrets* is published bi-monthly for eighty issues before taking an extended hiatus in 1966. The series resumes in 1969 with issue #81. * "The Phantom Duel" was reprinted in The Unexpected #157. * "The Sorcerer's Handcuffs" was reprinted in The Unexpected #132. * "The Hand of Doom" was reprinted in *Strange Adventures* #202. * Also appearing in this issue of *House of Secrets* were: ** *Shorty* (one-page humor strip) by Henry Boltinoff. ** *Moolah the Mystic* (one-page humor strip) by Henry Boltinoff. ** *Binky's Special Election Exhibit* (one-page public service announcement) by Jack Schiff, Bob Oksner, and Ira Schnapp. ** *Jerry the Jitterbug* (one-page humor strip) by Henry Boltinoff. ** "The Strange Mind of Mother Shipton" (two-page text story) by Gus Kelly. | Trivia = * *House of Secrets* is also the name of a comic book retailer located in Burbank, California. * A movie entitled *House of Secrets* was released in 1993 starring Melissa Gilbert. The movie bears no similarity to the comic book series. | Recommended = * House of Secrets (Volume 1) * House of Secrets (Volume 2) * House of Mystery (Volume 1) * House of Mystery (Volume 2) | Links =
Creative credits
Interior art: Will Ely, Bernard Baily, Mort Drucker, Jim Mooney
Source records & attribution
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