House of Secrets #120 is an issue of the series House of Secrets (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1974. It was published on March 21, 1974.
Synopsis for "To Never Grow Old"
A scientist gets revenge on a partner for cheating him out of the profits of a rejuvenation machine by reverting him to an infant's body forever.
Appearing in "To Never Grow Old"
Narrator:
- Abel (Host)
Featured Characters:
- Harry Jungmann (Single appearance)
Antagonists:
- Max (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- An old bum (Single appearance; dies)
Locations:
- An undisclosed city
Items:
- Age-reversing machine
Synopsis for "The Right Demon Could Do It!"
A crabby man wishes tortures on all who annoy him and a demon records all of his wishes until it finally appears before him and offers him a wish. The demon suggests a promotion at work, but the man turns that down as he knows he'd still be working for his boss that he doesn't like. The demon suggests marrying his supervisor's attractive secretary, but he thinks she'd probably be a shrew, so he turns down that suggestion as well. The demon suggests why not run the world your way then? The man agrees and the next morning he wakes he thinks his encounter with the demon must have been a dream, but he is shocked to find everyone on the bus is dead. He goes up to a cop leaning against a lamppost and the cop is dead too. The demon appears and informs him everyone is dead because of all the hateful wishes he ever made against people have all been put into practice. The man protests that he didn't know the demon would execute all his wishes retroactively. The demon tells him he should've asked. The demon gives the despairing man a package, tells him to use it when the loneliness becomes too much, laughs and vanishes. Inside the package is a noose.
Appearing in "The Right Demon Could Do It!"
Narrator:
- Abel (Host)
Featured Characters:
- Harrison Quimby (Single appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Mr. Arvis (Single appearance; dies)
- Doris Foxx (Single appearance; dies)
- Fred Shinley (Single appearance; dies)
Antagonists:
- Sam, a demon (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Bert (Single appearance; dies)
Locations:
- An undisclosed city
Vehicles:
- A bus
A hunter in Africa uses dogs to finish off a wounded lion that the natives regard highly. To get their revenge, they toss a voodoo doll of the hunter to the dogs and release them so that the dogs tear apart the hunter as they did the doll.
Narrator:
- Abel (Host)
Featured Characters:
- Michael Hoover (Single appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Hoover's hunting group (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
Antagonists:
- Natives
Animals:
- Dogs
- A lion (Dies)
Locations:
Items:
- Voodoo doll
Notes
- Mary Skrenes is credited in this issue as "Virgil North".
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