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"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.

That fantastic hand-- even bullets don't bother it! It could destroy that plane with one snap of a finger!
— Ted Slawson

House of Secrets #1 is an issue of the series House of Secrets (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 1956. It was published on September 25, 1956.

Synopsis for "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.

Appearing in "The Phantom Duel"

Featured Characters:

  • Raoul D'Arles (Single appearance; dies)

Supporting Characters:

  • Raoul's fiancé (Single appearance)

Antagonists:

  • Pierre Monsard (Single appearance; dies)

Other Characters:

  • A doctor (Single appearance)
  • Jean, a gardener (Single appearance)

Locations:


Synopsis for "The Unlucky Beauties"

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.

Appearing in "The Unlucky Beauties"

Featured Characters:

  • Grace (Single appearance)
  • Helen Blare (Single appearance)
  • Natalie Vale (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

  • Bill, Helen's boss (Single appearance)
  • Mrs. O'Brien (Single appearance)
  • J.G., a director (Single appearance)
  • Mr. Blare, Helen's father (Single appearance)

Items:

Synopsis for "The Sorcerer's Handcuffs"

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.

Appearing in "The Sorcerer's Handcuffs"

Featured Characters:

  • Gregory the Great (Single appearance)
  • Private detective (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
  • Transient (Unnamed) (Single appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • Winston the Wizard (Single appearance)
  • Windy Sam (Single appearance)

Antagonists:

  • Thief (Unnamed) (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

  • A Persian sage (Unnamed) (Flashback only)

Items:

  • Sorcerer's Handcuffs

Synopsis for "The Hand of Doom"

Giant disembodied hands are stealing monuments, and the only witness to this strange event is photographer Ted Slawson.

Appearing in "The Hand of Doom"

Featured Characters:

  • Ted Slawson (Single appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • Professor Goode (Single appearance)

Antagonists:

  • Green Hand (Single appearance)
  • Red Hand (Single appearance)

Locations:

Notes

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.


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