"It's "Freak" time again! 
House of Secrets #78 is an issue of the series House of Secrets (Volume 1) with a cover date of May, 1966.
Synopsis for Prince Ra-Man: "Lord Leopard"
Playboy Whitney Hargrave challenges Prince Ra-Man to a duel of occult powers. He becomes embarrassed when Ra-Man exposes him as a charlatan. Angered by this, Hargrave orders his assistant Jambo to help him summon the supernatural Lord Leopard. When the creature arrives, his mighty mental powers make Hargrave his servant.
Jambo warns Ra-Man about Lord Leopard, but Ra-Man finds the demon's mental powers to be equal to his own. Elsa falls into Lord Leopard's hypnotic trance too. Ra-Man then uses the cat charm to exchange bodies with Memakata. He locates Hargrave and forces the playboy to say the magic words that will banish Lord Leopard. Elsa, Hargrave, and Lord Leopard's other victims are then freed from their trances.
Appearing in Prince Ra-Man: "Lord Leopard"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Lord Leopard (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Whitney Hargrave (First appearance)
- Jambo (First appearance)
Locations:
Items:
- Cat Charm
Synopsis for Eclipso: "Monster Eclipso"
Eclipso is again released from the body of Bruce Gordon. The villain makes his way to London where another eclipse is soon scheduled to occur. Bruce Gordon and the Bennett's follow Eclipso, but they don't reach him before the eclipse. Eclipso believes the second eclipse will allow him to remain permanently separated from Gordon, but instead it transforms him into a monster.
Though Gordon tries to use light bursts to stop the monster, they prove ineffective against Eclipso's new form. The villain then visits Stonehenge to uncover a hidden treasure. Eclipso succeeds in finding the treasure, which is a buried meteorite. The radiation from the meteorite returns Eclipso to his normal form, then Gordon uses a light burst to return Eclipso to his own body.
Appearing in Eclipso: "Monster Eclipso"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Eclipso
- Members of Eclipso's Gang
Other Characters:
- Sam (Single appearance)
- J.T. Dawson (Single appearance)
Locations:
- United States of America
- Bruce Gordon's Lab Complex
- Paris, France
- Asia
- England
Items:
- Black Diamond
- Light Grenades
Vehicles:
- Rented Helicopter
Notes
- "Monster Eclipso" is reprinted in Showcase Presents: Eclipso.
- "The Magic Genie", a humor strip by Henry Boltinoff, appears in this issue.
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