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Issue: DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #17
Publication Date: January 1982
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Issues: #17 of 24 Issues (44 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/08/1981
Volume: 3
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893345201
Price: $0.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
18 (14 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Andrew Helfer
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #195.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: digest (5" x 6.75")
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
First Line: This is the best of Ghosts...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-744
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Ghosts

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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A Carnival of Dwarfs

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Squire Shade (host)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Squire Shade replaces Abel as host from the original printing.
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Above and Beyond the Call of Duty

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Squire Shade (host); Jonas Sentry; Maria (Chambermaid); Peter (Butler, Devil)
Synopsis: Jonas Sentry makes a deal with the devil to regain his youth.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Squire Shade replaces Mildred as host from the original printing.
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He Who Laughs Last...

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Squire Shade (host)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Widow's Walk

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Angus Beame; Mary Bourne
Synopsis: Mary Bourne placed a curse on her husband Angus that he may not return to harbor until the day she dies.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Message from Beyond

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Squire Shade (host)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Squire Shade replaces Cain as host from original printing.
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The Monster

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Squire Shade (host)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Nightmare

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Squire Shade (host); Judy; Judy's father; Miss Winter (governess); Pan (statue brought to life)
Synopsis: A lonely little girl, Judy, seeks a friend and finds it in Pan, an animated statue. They play together in a fantasy world, but meantime in the real world she is struck by a fever and a doctor tries to cure her. As she improves, her father convinces her that Pan is just a statue. The statue, with a girl who's now grown up, sheds a tear.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Squire Shade replaces Cain as host from original printing.

This reprint credits "ADAMS & GIORDANO" for the art, but later reprints and the Neal Adams checklist credit Adams for the inks.
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The Big Burp

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Colorist(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: One page gag strip featuring a monster.
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A Bottle of Incense... A Whiff of the Past!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Squire Shade (host)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Squire Shade replaces Abel as host from the original printing.
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The Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
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Pages: 7
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Death on Cue!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Squire Shade (host)
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Squire Shade replaces Abel as host from original printing.
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The Symbionts

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Born Losers

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Dead Can Kill

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Ghosts True Case Files
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Art credited to Neal Adams on splash page in error.
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Here She Comes!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Promo for new Wonder Woman series.
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Squire Shade
First Line: Ghosts presents a comic collector's compendium...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Preview of the artists and writers in the issue.

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