House of Secrets #101 is an issue of the series House of Secrets (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 1972.
Synopsis for "Small Invasion"
Aliens miscalculate when they make human bodies too perfect for their spies and they fall in love. When the aliens send out a sound signal which kills the humans in a two-mile radius of the device the male spy writes down the details before he sacrifices himself for the girl he has fallen in love with, unknown to him, also an alien spy. She arrives at the site and feels a new emotion, besides love, she now feels hate for her alien overseers and reprograms the device to emit a sound deadly to their kind at the transmission's source.
Appearing in "Small Invasion"
Narrator:
Featured Characters:
- Richard "Dick" Brawn / Tor #27 (Dies in flashback) (Single appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Vivien (Single appearance)
Antagonists:
- Phlorisians, an alien race (All Die) (Single appearance)
- Big Louie (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Loggers (All Die) (Single appearance)
Locations:
- Earth
- United States of America
- Oregon
- APEX Logging Camp
- Oregon
- United States of America
Items:
- Dick's notebook
- Video Communication Device (Destroyed)
Synopsis for "The Sacrifice"
A warlock intends to sacrifice his wife to the Devil in return for a youthful appearance, but she beats him to the punch.
Appearing in "The Sacrifice"
Narrator:
Featured Characters:
- Andrew Tobin (Flashback and main story) (Single appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Witches of Karres (Flashback and main story) (Single appearance)
- Maria Tobin (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Tobin's first wife (Dies in flashback)
Locations:
- Island of Karres (Single appearance)
Synopsis for "Hiding Place"
A mobster on the run ducks into an unusual toy store and when he threatens the owners for money, he finds that they spiked his food with chemicals which shrink his body so that he can be added as the final touch to a new model torture rack they have been building.
Appearing in "Hiding Place"
Narrator:
Featured Characters:
- Freddie Sloan (Single appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Loretta (Single appearance)
- Sebastian (Single appearance)
Antagonists:
- Gordon (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- An old man (Single appearance)
Locations:
- An undisclosed city
Items:
- Model of a rack torture device
Vehicles:
- A stolen car
Notes
- This issue is reprinted in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets Vol. 2.
- Sergio Aragonés was the artist for this issue's "Cain & Abel" gag strip.
- Lore Shoberg did the art for "Abel's Fables".
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