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Issue: Ripley's Believe It or Not! #58
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Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
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Pages: 36
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17 (4 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.; later standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The stones of death arose and walked the silent night!
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Gwanny's Vacation

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Tweety; Sylvester
Take good care of Tweety while I'm gone, Sylvester.
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Advertisement for Hostess Apple and Cherry Fruit Pies.
Inside front cover.
The Golden-Haired Ghost

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fantasy
James Rawley; Lord Lytton; Lord Castlereagh
The day before the hunt on Lord Lytton's estate in England, 1822.
The ghost of a gold-haired boy appears to presage the death of Lord Castlereagh. Based on a supposedly true story.
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Fun tricks free things!
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Advertisement for the following products: card tricks; midget cap gun; sneezing powder; marked deck of cards; snowstorm tablets; squirting nickel; mini-camera; dud firecracker; itching powder; ventriloquism device; genie powder; joy buzzer; smoking fingers; magic light bulb; red hot gum.
The Searcher

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fantasy
In 1859, construction of a lighthouse on a solitary cay in the Bahamas is completed.
A ghost searching for her missing child haunts a lighthouse in the Bahamas. Based on the story of the Great Isaac Lighthouse wailing ghost.
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Order by mail specials
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Advertisement for the following products: bike decals; fake traffic tickets; book of magic tricks; 1001 things free; pennant stick-ons; phony bank notes; snap-gum packages; crazy labels.
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Hey friend! Which would you rather have... neat prizes... or extra spending money?
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Advertisement for the Grit Publishing sales kit.
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Kids, Roach Designs are now available as iron-on transfers!
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Advertisement for iron-on transfers designed by Roach Studios, from Gandalf Products Co.
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Get these dynamite embroidered cloth patches that tell it like it is!
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Advertisement for cloth patches from Gandalf Products.
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Stone Dead

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Douglas Bowen; Mary Bowen
All Souls' Day in 1901, Douglas and Mary Bowen call upon the vicar.
Statues at the grave of two reputed murderers come to life to threaten the neighbours of the nearby vicarage where they are buried.
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Get your favorite cartoon characters in these brilliant embroidered cloth patches
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Advertisement for embroidered patches of cartoon characters from Gandalf Products.
The Intruder

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Constanze Mozart
In 1791, as Mozart and his wife lie asleep in their home in Vienna, strange musical notes from the piano downstairs awaken the composer...
A ghost appears to Mozart to commission a requiem to be played at Mozart's own funeral. Based on the supposedly true story of Mozart's final requiem.
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'Black Cat' survival knife
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Advertisement for the following products: survival knife; surprise package; 101 magic tricks; hot seat; hypno-coin; money maker; 1001 free things; replica grenade; spy scope; magic drawer; barlow knife; sling shot; itching powder; calculator; joy buzzer; snowstorm tablets; stink loads; potato gun; magic soap powder; x-ray specs; throwing knife; 10 instruments in one; flesh eating plants; sneezing powder; replica pistol; magic color clouds; hot pepper gum.
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The Best of Walt Disney Comics
A treasury of Collectors' Classics from the Golden Age of Comics!
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Advertisement for The Best of Walt Disney Comics (Western, 1974 series) #96170, #96171, #96172 and #96173.
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132 pc. Roman soldiers set
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Advertisement for miniature toy Roman soldiers.
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Personality posters
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Advertisement for posters from Gandalf Productions.
Inside back cover.
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The name of the game is winning prizes or cash
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Advertisement for the Sales Leadership Club Christmas card sales kit.
Back cover.

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