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House of Secrets #57 cover
Cover: Mort Meskin & George Roussos

House of Secrets #57

Nov 1962 · DC · 0.12 USD
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In "The Invader from the Shadow World," a wartime miracle echoes decades later when Private Curt Vogel is spared by a mysterious spare bullet—only to be called upon years later by the man who gave it. Written by Bill Ely and lettered by Stan Starkman, this eerie tale from 1962 blends wartime memory with a haunting debt owed. The cover by Mort Meskin and George Roussos captures the story’s shadowy tension in stark, atmospheric detail.

Contains 6 stories
The Invader from the Shadow World
8.67 pp · Fantasy
Dr. Frank Gunther
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor
Mr. Mason
25 Cents to Nowhere
7.67 pp · Fantasy
The Mysterious Painting!
0.67 pp · Fantasy
Untitled Humor story
0.33 pp · Humor, Math & Science
The Spectral Sniper in Kronen Castle
7.67 pp · Fantasy, War

In the haunted halls of Kronen Castle during World War II, Private Curt Vogel survives a near-fatal encounter thanks to a single, inexplicable bullet. Years later, a spectral figure emerges from the past, demanding the favor owed to the man who once saved his life—though the nature of that debt remains shrouded in mystery.

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Raw (VG) $16
CGC 9.4 · 1 in census $496
CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $269
CGC 9.0 · 1 in census $173
CGC 8.5 none in existence
CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $96*
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Cast · 4 characters

Full credits

artist, inker Bill Ely
letterer Stan Starkman
cover pencils Mort Meskin
cover inks George Roussos

Reprints

↩ Reprints House of Mystery #3 (1952), Blackhawk #118 (1957)

Reprinted in Relatos Fabulosos #44 (1963)

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