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House of Shadows

House of Shadows

7 appearances · Silver Age · 1964–2024
Who is House of Shadows?

The House of Shadows is a sentient, malevolent haunted house from Marvel's Silver Age — a structure possessed of its own dark will, capable of trapping and terrorizing those who enter it.

Born in the fertile imagination of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in Strange Tales #120, House of Shadows is a genuinely eerie Silver Age curiosity from Marvel's most wonderfully strange era. This haunting presence has kept remarkable company over the decades — sharing pages with the likes of Doctor Strange, Mister Fantastic, and Tigra — lending an air of supernatural unease to some of Marvel's most mystically charged corners. Though appearances in the catalog are select rather than sprawling, the character has surfaced across an impressive sixty-year span, touching titles from Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Annual to Vengeance of the Moon Knight, which speaks to a quietly persistent place in Marvel's shadowy mythology. For collectors who love the weird, wonderful foundations of the Silver Age, House of Shadows is exactly the kind of hidden gem worth seeking out.

★ First appearance
Strange Tales #120
May 1964

Top series

Covers through the years — 1964–2021

Strange Tales #120 1964
Strange Tales #120
Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Annual #2 1992
Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Annual #2
Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1 2021
Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #1

Appearances

Strange Tales (1951)
Secrets of the Unknown (1962)
Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Annual (1992)
#2
Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (2021)
#1
Vengeance of the Moon Knight (2024)
Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu (2024)