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|caption              = ''Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion'' #5 (June 1972), the first issue under the new title. Cover art by [[Nick Cardy]].
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|startmo              = September
|startyr              = 1971
|endmo                = March
|endyr                = 1974
|issues               = 15
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|main_char_team       = Charity
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|editors              = [[Dorothy Woolfolk]], [[Ethan Mordden]], [[Joe Orlando]], [[E. Nelson Bridwell]], [[Denny O'Neil]]
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'''''Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion''''' was a [[Gothic fiction|Gothic]] [[horror comics|horror]]-suspense-[[Romance comics in the United States (1946–1975)|romance]] [[comics anthology|anthology]] [[comic book]] series published by [[DC Comics]] from 1971 to 1974, a companion to ''[[Secrets of Sinister House]]''. Both series were originally inspired by the successful [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[soap opera]], ''[[Dark Shadows]]'', which ran from 1966 to 1971.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sacks |first1=Jason |last2=Dallas |first2=Keith |title=American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1970s |date=2014 |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |isbn=978-1605490564 |page=55}}</ref>

==Publication history==
After four issues as '''''The Dark Mansion Of Forbidden Love''''',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cowsill |first1=Alan |last2=Irvine |first2=Alex |last3=Manning |first3=Matthew K. |last4=McAvennie |first4=Michael |last5=Wallace |first5=Daniel |title=DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle |date=2019 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-8578-6 |page=141}}</ref> the romance angle was abandoned and the title changed to ''Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion''. Very much in the same vein as ''[[House of Mystery]]'' and ''[[House of Secrets (DC Comics)|House of Secrets]]'',  ''Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion'' was "hosted" by Charity (the character debuted in issue #7).<ref>Orlando, Joe; Harper, Steve; and Kaluta, Michael William. "Welcome", ''Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion'' #7 (October 1972).</ref>

Originally edited by [[Dorothy Woolfolk]], the title was later overseen by a succession of editors, including [[Ethan Mordden]], [[Joe Orlando]], [[E. Nelson Bridwell]], and [[Denny O'Neil]]. Contributors to the title included [[Jack Oleck]], [[E. Nelson Bridwell]], [[Jack Kirby]],  [[Michael William Kaluta]], [[Alfredo Alcala]], [[Jack Sparling]], [[Bill Draut]], and [[Alex Niño]].

''Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion'' was canceled after publishing fifteen issues in three years.

The character of Charity later became part of the supporting cast in the ''[[Starman (Jack Knight)|Starman]]'' series and at some point after the last issue married the policeman [[List of Starman characters|Mason O'Dare]] and is pregnant with his child.<ref>''Starman'' #81 (March 2010).</ref>

== See also ==
* ''[[Haunted Love]]''

== Notes ==
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== References ==
* {{gcdb series|id=1975|title=The Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love}}
* {{comicbookdb|type=title|id=18177|title=''The Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love''}}
* {{gcdb series|id=2026|title=Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion}}
* {{comicbookdb|type=title|id=7405|title=''Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion''}}

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[[Category:1971 comics debuts]]
[[Category:1974 comics endings]]
[[Category:American gothic fiction]]
[[Category:Comics by George Kashdan]]
[[Category:Comics by Michael Fleisher]]
[[Category:Fantasy comics]]
[[Category:Gothic comics]]
[[Category:Horror comics]]
[[Category:Romance comics]]
[[Category:Comics set in mansions and country houses]]

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