House of Secrets #100 is an issue of the series House of Secrets (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1972.
Synopsis for "Round-Trip Ticket"
A man learns astral projection and uses it to cheat on his wife, but she gets even with him by having his body buried since there are no detectable life signs.
Appearing in "Round-Trip Ticket"
Narrator:
- Abel (Host)
Featured Characters:
- Buz Hitchcock (Single appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Josie Hitchcock (Single appearance)
- Holly (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Mr. Lambert (Single appearance)
- Mrs. Quimby (Single appearance)
- Doctor Berger (Single appearance)
Locations:
Items:
- Ancient Book of Black Magic
Synopsis for "The Man Who Stopped Time!"
A man escapes his execution and wanders onto the Alamogordo testing site in 1945. He believes in his own superiority to others so much that when he wishes for time to stop and sees the unmoving dummies in the test ground houses, he mistakes them for real people and thinks that he has stopped time by the power of his mind. That is, until the bomb goes off.
Appearing in "The Man Who Stopped Time!"
Narrator:
- Abel (Host)
Featured Characters:
- Philip Kenyon (Single appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Prison Guards (Single appearance)
Locations:
Synopsis for "Rest In Peace"
A fat plantation owner in Haiti uses drugs to rob a chef of his will and force him to work for him. His obese master hates movement above all things so that when he finally dies of a heart attack, the chef gets his revenge by replacing the sands of an hourglass with his ashes.
Appearing in "Rest In Peace"
Narrator:
- Abel (Host)
Featured Characters:
- Andre Mallard (Single appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Surat (Single appearance)
Antagonists:
- Philippe Lacroix (Single appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- LaCroix's slaves (Single appearance)
Locations:
Items:
- Hourglass
Notes
- This issue is reprinted in Showcase Presents: The House of Secrets Vol. 2.
- "Cain & Abel" was drawn by Sergio Aragonés.
- "Abel's Fables" was drawn by Lore Shoberg.
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