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Issue: Mystery Comics Digest #19
Publication Date: September 1974
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Issues: #19 of 26 Issues (30 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company, Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/16/1974
Volume:
Pages: 132
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $0.59 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 27 (20 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 92501-409
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Four Color
Dimensions: Digest-size
Paper Stock: Cardstock cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): George Wilson (painted)
Inker(s): George Wilson (painted)
Colorist(s): George Wilson (painted)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Ripley's Believe It or Not!
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Pages: 1
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Gold Key Comics Where the Action Is!

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Dr. Spektor; Dagar; Samson
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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The Ghostly Drummer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Draut
Inker(s): Bill Draut ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Character(s): Judge Moppesson; Mrs. Moppesson; King Charles II
First Line: Judge Moppesson was a stern judge, so the harsh sentencing of the vagabond drummer was not unusual. But the events that followed were strange indeed...
Synopsis: Judge Moppesson sentences a drummer to prison and is cursed with ghostly drumming.
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From Content Item: FlagRipley's Believe It or Not! #9 [unnamed variant] published May 1968
was The Ghostly Drummer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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In the Days of Giants

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Glut
Penciller(s): Roger Brand ?
Inker(s): Roger Brand ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Spicer
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Character(s): Dr. Nesmith; Carter
First Line: 1926... the workroom of the anthropology department of a natural history museum in Montana, where a scientist named Dr. Nesmith has just experienced the impossible...
Synopsis: Dr. Nesmith tells Carter legends of ancient people meeting giants.
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The Horror of Lincoln's Inn

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mike Roy
Inker(s): Mike Roy
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
First Line: One night in 1913, a fearful scream resounds through Lincoln's Inn, London's famed law building...
Synopsis: A winged demon haunts a room of Lincoln's Inn.
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From Content Item: FlagRipley's Believe It or Not! #14 published June 1969
was The Horror of Lincoln's Inn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Armies of the Doomed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Sparling
Inker(s): Jack Sparling
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Character(s): Lanai; Nanui; Pele
First Line: Lanai!... Do you hear those drums? Where does the sound come from? What does it mean?
Synopsis: Pele gives two little girls who were kind to her leaves to protect their hut.
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From Content Item: FlagRipley's Believe It or Not! #15 published August 1969
was Armies of the Doomed [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Winged Phantom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Luis Dominguez
Inker(s): Luis Dominguez
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Character(s): Lt. Carrol
First Line: 1942. An air base in England goes on a sudden alert...
Synopsis: During World War II a ghostly Sopwith Camel from World War I is seen flying.
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From Content Item: FlagRipley's Believe It or Not! #16 published October 1969
was The Winged Phantom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Tin Star

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Glut
Penciller(s): Warren Tufts
Inker(s): Warren Tufts
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Warren Tufts
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Midnight Mysteries
Character(s): James McKellar; Brian McKellar; Lojos; "King" Charles
First Line: James McKellar had heard the commotion raised by the livestock.
Synopsis: A werewolf kills James McKellar in the old west.
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The Ballerina's Last Dance

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Certa
Inker(s): Joe Certa
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Anna Pavlova; Frances Doble
First Line: When the famed ballerina, Madame Pavlova died in 1931, the world of the ballet went into mourning.
Synopsis: After her death the ghost of Madame Pavlova is seen.
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From Content Item: FlagRipley's Believe It or Not! #11 published November 1968
was The Ballerina's Last Dance [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Herne the Hunter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (woodcut style)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Ronald Beck; Herne; Richard II; Anne Boleyn; Charles I
First Line: One eerie day, in 1931, as Ronald Beck strolls through Windsor Park, once the hunting grounds of the king of England...
Synopsis: Ronald Beck sees Herne the hunter and learns that disaster and death follow these sightings.
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From Content Item: FlagRipley's Believe It or Not! #15 published August 1969
was Herne the Hunter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Doom Flower

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sal Trapani
Inker(s): Sal Trapani
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jon D'Agostino
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Character(s): Dolores Santos; Lopez; Mira; Dr. Thorness; Pedro; Carl Husser; Pedro Altas; Professor Martena
First Line: The hot sun pours down on a South American port, as a tourist shops in the native market, grim fate waits for one to buy...
Synopsis: A blue orchid brings death to those who take it from the forest.
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From Content Item: FlagRipley's Believe It or Not! #17 published December 1969
was The Doom Flower [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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Rob Not the Dead

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Glut
Penciller(s): John Calnan
Inker(s): John Calnan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Spicer
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Grimm's Ghost Stories
Character(s): Hephzibah Grimm; Barbour; Donahoe; Eben Wayne; Sarah Wayne
First Line: They say it gets more and more difficult to make a dishonest dollar these days! Especially when that dollar is paid off in "ghoul's" gold, as this story, of two men with a peculiar occupation, wlll prove...
Synopsis: Two gravediggers find an out of the way graveyard to rob.
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The Headless Conquistador

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Celardo
Inker(s): John Celardo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): John Celardo
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Character(s): John Oxley; Martha
First Line: Keep your eyes open, boys! This could be some kind of robbers' roost! We may even find buried treasure!
Synopsis: The ghost of a dead conquistador comes looking for his skull.
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From Content Item: FlagRipley's Believe It or Not! #15 published August 1969
was The Headless Conquistador [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Phantom Lights of Crusheen

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Certa
Inker(s): Joe Certa
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Among the weirdest of uncanny tales to come out of Ireland is the spine-tingling story of the ghostly lights which haunt the hamlet of Crusheen on the island of Inchicronan some twenty miles southeast of Galway Bay.
Synopsis: The mysterious lights of Crusheen, Ireland, foretell a death where they stop.
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From Content Item: FlagRipley's Believe It or Not! #16 published October 1969
was The Phantom Lights of Crusheen [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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The Devil-Eyed Cat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ed Robbins
Inker(s): Ed Robbins
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Character(s): Captain Dorn; Maxim
First Line: The new captain, eh? Better leave while you can, sir!
Synopsis: The Nancy Hanks is cursed by the appearances of the ghost of a black cat.
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From Content Item: FlagRipley's Believe It or Not! #19 published April 1970
was The Devil-Eyed Cat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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The Ghostly Guardian

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Bolle
Inker(s): Frank Bolle
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jon D'Agostino
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Character(s): Richard James; Shukari
First Line: For decades Richard James is known as the finest game warden in northern Rhodesia... a man who loved the creatures of the wild...
Synopsis: Game Warden Richard James is a friend to the elephants before and after death.
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From Content Item: FlagRipley's Believe It or Not! #16 published October 1969
was The Ghostly Guardian [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Curse of Humble Lee

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ed Robbins
Inker(s): Ed Robbins
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jon D'Agostino
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Character(s): Humble Lee
First Line: Men call me "Humble" because I revere the gods who have brought me riches! But tell me, wise one, how long will my good luck last?
Synopsis: To avoid a death curse, Humble Lee must keep building houses for himself.
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From Content Item: FlagRipley's Believe It or Not! #17 published December 1969
was The Curse of Humble Lee [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Jungle Goddess

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Glut
Penciller(s): Mike Royer
Inker(s): Mike Royer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Royer
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): A Macabre Tale
Character(s): Gordon Thomas; Joanie Thomas; Warren Willis; Jenny Thomas
First Line: Three attentive figures observe the sharply focused image on the motion picture screen: anthropologist Gordon Thomas, his comely daughter Joanie, and Thomas' laboratory assistant Warren Willis...
Synopsis: Years earlier Gordon Thomas lost one of his twin daughters in Africa, but now he's found evidence she may be alive.
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Pages: 8
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Demon-Wizard

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Sparling
Inker(s): Jack Sparling
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jon D'Agostino
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): George Pickingill
First Line: You there! Pay for my ale and be quick about it!
Synopsis: George Pickingill is feared as a demon-wizard.
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From Content Item: FlagRipley's Believe It or Not! #19 published April 1970
was The Demon-Wizard [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Ship of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mike Roy
Inker(s): Mike Roy
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jon D'Agostino
Subject Matter
Character(s): Captain Fokke
First Line: One fearsome night in 1881, as the British dreadnaught H.M.S. Bacchante patrols the Pacific...
Synopsis: Disaster befalls ships which see the Libera Nos.
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From Content Item: FlagRipley's Believe It or Not! #16 published October 1969
was The Ship of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Devil's Violin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Bolle
Inker(s): Frank Bolle
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jon D'Agostino
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Character(s): Mrs. Paganini; Mr. Paganini; Nicolo Paganini; Satan
First Line: In 1786 - an Italian mother is awakened by a horrifying dream.
Synopsis: Nicolo Paganini has an unnatural skill at playing the violin.
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From Content Item: FlagRipley's Believe It or Not! #18 published February 1970
was The Devil's Violin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Ghost's Vendetta

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (woodcut style)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jon D'Agostino
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Sereni; Count de Ferson
First Line: In the Italian town of Radicofani, an innkeeper quarrels with a local mason...
Synopsis: Before dying Sereni swears vengeance on the man who killed him.
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From Content Item: FlagRipley's Believe It or Not! #18 published February 1970
was The Ghost's Vendetta [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Man Who Walked on Air!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Certa
Inker(s): Joe Certa
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jon D'Agostino
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Reynard Beck; Frank Beck
First Line: Another day! Oh well, I have to get going if I'm going to be at work on time...
Synopsis: Reynard Beck wakes up to discover that he floats in the air.
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From Content Item: FlagRipley's Believe It or Not! #17 published December 1969
was The Man Who Walked on Air! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Creature From the Loch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Leo Dorfman
Penciller(s): John Celardo
Inker(s): John Celardo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): John Celardo
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Diane; Mary
First Line: In the 1880's on the bleak moors of Lewis, an island in the outer hebrides--
Synopsis: Mary, a plain girl, meets a man who thinks she's beautiful.
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From Content Item: FlagRipley's Believe It or Not! #25 published April 1971
was The Creature from the Loch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Take an adventure trip into strange unknown worlds - with Mystery Comics Digest
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Gold Key Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Little Lulu Moppett; Baby Snoots; Wacky Witch; Pink Panther; Scooby Doo; Heckle; Tweety; Fat Albert; Tom
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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