House of Secrets #94 is an issue of the series House of Secrets (Volume 1) with a cover date of November, 1971. It was published on August 3, 1971.
Synopsis for "The Man With My Face"
A gambler agrees to switch bodies with a mysterious stranger in exchange for a lucky silver dollar which allows him to never lose a bet.
Appearing in "The Man With My Face"
Narrator:
Featured Characters:
- Albert Gibson (Single appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Stranger (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
Locations:
Items:
- Lucky Silver Dollar
Synopsis for "Hyde -- And Go Seek!"
A henpecked police officer is shocked to find out his best friend was searching for a cure for drug addiction and developed a serum that transformed him into a strangler that choose his victims among girls who reminded him of his wife who left him. After the police manage to shoot him at last the dying man tells his friend where the vial of serum is located and begs him to destroy it. After he returns to his shrew wife who is telling him about how she's already spent his bonus for solving the case, he withdraws the serum from his coat pocket and drinks it down.
Appearing in "Hyde -- And Go Seek!"
Narrator:
Featured Characters:
- Lt. Homer Plumm (Single appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Hazel Plumm (Single appearance)
Antagonists:
- Dr. Paul Jacobs (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Joanie Jacobs (Single appearance) (In a photograph only)
Locations:
Items:
- Hyde formula
Synopsis for "The Day Nobody Died"
This story is reprinted from Tales of the Unexpected #9.
Dr. Tom Morgan had to perform a difficult operation in a few hours, so he starts his way home for a rest. On his way, he keeps coming across a mysterious stranger who seems to prevent people from dying while in his presence. He tells his friend Jim to follow the stranger and convince them to return to the hospital with him to ensure the surgery goes well. But the stranger is revealed to be Death himself, who was just taking a break from his job.
Appearing in "The Day Nobody Died"
Featured Characters:
- Dr. Tom Morgan (Single appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Dr. Jim (Single appearance)
- Death
Other Characters:
- Mrs. Trent (Single appearance)
Locations:
- An undisclosed city
Vehicles:
- Plane (Destroyed)
Synopsis for "Track of the Invisible Beast"
This story is reprinted from House of Mystery #109.
Appearing in "Track of the Invisible Beast"
Featured Characters:
- Charles Riggs (Single appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- United States Army
- Major (Single appearance)
Antagonists:
- Invisible Beast (Single appearance)
Locations:
- An undisclosed city
Items:
- Green Dye
Vehicles:
- Train (Destroyed)
Synopsis for "A Bottle of Incense... A Whiff of the Past!"
An old woman who lost a man she fancied in an auto accident fifty years ago uses an occult ritual to return him to her, but he returns as a hungry zombie who devours her.
Appearing in "A Bottle of Incense... A Whiff of the Past!"
Narrator:
Featured Characters:
- Cecilia Graves (Single appearance) (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Silas Griffin (Single appearance)
- Osmodeus (Dies in flashback) (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Tad (Flashback only)
- John (Flashback only)
- Peter (Flashback only)
Locations:
Items:
- Bottle of mystic substance
Notes
- Aside from those that are themselves reprints, the stories and features in this issue appear again in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets Vol. 1.
- "Hyde -- And Go Seek!" is also reprinted in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #24.
- "A Bottle of Incense... A Whiff of the Past!" is also reprinted in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #17.
- The gag strip, "Abel's Fables", was drawn by Sergio Aragonés.
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