DC Comics · House of Secrets #93 · September 1971 · 15¢ · 52 pages
Grade: FN+ 6.5
Hosted by Abel.
House of Secrets was running at full steam in September 1971 — a rotating cast of short horror and mystery stories anchored by Abel, DC's biblical host who'd been presiding over the book since the late '60s revival. The format was tight: three to four standalone tales per issue, typically in the five-to-eight page range, each with a twist ending pulled from the EC playbook but filtered through DC's editorial hand. The stories leaned on dread, irony, and small-scale human cruelty — greed punished, hubris reversed, the uncanny intruding on the ordinary.
Specific story titles, page counts, and creator credits for this issue are not confirmed in our records. We don't fill that space with guesswork. What we can say: the stable of artists working House of Secrets in this period included Bernie Wrightson, Neal Adams, Alex Toth, Nick Cardy, and a deep bench of DC's best genre craftsmen. Any one of them could be in here. That's part of what makes this run worth holding.
Issue #92 — one issue prior — is where Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson introduced Swamp Thing in a story that became one of the most reprinted shorts in DC history. Issue #93 lands directly in that same creative window, same editorial team, same momentum. The shadow of #92 is long, but this book stands on its own as a solid representative of the run at its peak.
Condition FN+ 6.5 — .
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DC Comics · House of Secrets #93 · September 1971 · 15¢ · 52 pages
Grade: FN+ 6.5
Hosted by Abel.
House of Secrets was running at full steam in September 1971 — a rotating cast of short horror and mystery stories anchored by Abel, DC's biblical host who'd been presiding over the book since the late '60s revival. The format was tight: three to four standalone tales per issue, typically in the five-to-eight page range, each with a twist ending pulled from the EC playbook but filtered through DC's editorial hand. The stories leaned on dread, irony, and small-scale human cruelty — greed punished, hubris reversed, the uncanny intruding on the ordinary.
Specific story titles, page counts, and creator credits for this issue are not confirmed in our records. We don't fill that space with guesswork. What we can say: the stable of artists working House of Secrets in this period included Bernie Wrightson, Neal Adams, Alex Toth, Nick Cardy, and a deep bench of DC's best genre craftsmen. Any one of them could be in here. That's part of what makes this run worth holding.
Issue #92 — one issue prior — is where Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson introduced Swamp Thing in a story that became one of the most reprinted shorts in DC history. Issue #93 lands directly in that same creative window, same editorial team, same momentum. The shadow of #92 is long, but this book stands on its own as a solid representative of the run at its peak.
Condition FN+ 6.5 — .
We use what the scientists are calling artificial intelligence to research and write our descriptions — it gives us more time to add books to our website and provide you with a wider array of inventory. We think Klaatu would approve. Details are verified but the robot does slip up. We're not infallible. Every book is graded by a human collector who has actually held it. If anything ever looks off, reach on out at robopictocomics@gmail.com.
