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Issue: Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery #3
Publication Date: April 1963
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Issues: #3 of 95 Issues (140 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/31/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Quarterly
Content Items: 10 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
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Ring of Fear

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Boris Karloff (photograph, inset)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives #1 published June 2009
as Ring of Fear [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover
In Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives #1 published June 2009
as Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery #3 cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]cover
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Credited in reprint collection
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The Sea, Number 11: Plants of the Coral Reef

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, informational, nature, non-fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives #1 published June 2009
as The Sea, Number 11: Plants of the Coral Reef [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Ring of Fear

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ? [WCL]
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Boris Karloff (host); John Ruskin (death); Milo Mead (death); Mary Ruskin; Jack Ruskin; Tim Marker (death); Felix Morro (death); Dan Duff (death)
Synopsis: A series of men, beginning with John Ruskin and then extending to each person who has in their possession a famous Aztec Ring, die. John Ruskin's daughter is convinced that their deaths were caused by the ring, and she almost dies before she throws the ring away. It turns out that the ring they all possessed was a fake.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #11 published May 1973
as Ring of Fear [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #20 published November 1974
as Ring Of Fear [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives #1 published June 2009
as Ring of Fear [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGespenster Geschichten #105 published ?
as Das Geheimnis des Geistergötzen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: Cover story. 'WCL' is an indeterminate reference to 'Gold Key/Dell West Coast Letterer.'
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Jonah

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, occult
Feature(s): A True Tale of Mystery
Character(s): James Bartley
Synopsis: The story of James Bartley, a whaler who is swallowed alive by a whale and lives. He ends up almost blind, his hair gone and his skin turned white. He quits whaling and becomes a cobbler.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #8 published October 1972
as Jonah [Story on Interior Page(s)]reprint layout=3 pages; original layout=1 page
In Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives #1 published June 2009
as Jonah [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGespenster Geschichten #131 published ?
as Jonas der Mann aus dem Wal [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Target: Earth

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, science and technology
Synopsis: An article about asteroids and their effects (or potential effects) upon the earth.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives #1 published June 2009
as Target: Earth [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Secret of Oak Island

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, occult
Feature(s): A True Tale of Mystery
Synopsis: The story of the unsuccessful search for buried treasure on Oak Island.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives #1 published June 2009
as The Secret of Oak Island [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Night Caller

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Zilma; Pablo; Jim Brechers; Vince Harper
Synopsis: After the witch doctor stirs up evil spirits Zilma is attacked by a monster that no one gets a good look at. Pablo is in love with Zilma and wants to protect her. The witch doctor doesn’t like Pablo, and tells her tribe that she has seen him bring illness to them in her dreams. Pablo and Zilma run away, but the witch doctor uses voodoo to make Zilma sick. Pablo throws a rock and asks for it to find the witch doctor and kill her. The witch doctor dies when she falls off of a cliff. No one knows if the stone knocked her off or if the monster did. Pablo becomes the new witch doctor of the tribe.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives #1 published June 2009
as Night Caller [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGespenster Geschichten #104 published ?
as Die Herrin des bösen Zaubers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Man Who Lived Forever

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, occult
Feature(s): A True Tale of Mystery
Character(s): Count of Saint-Germain
Synopsis: The story of the Count of Saint-Germain, who is rumored to have lived over 2000 years.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #26 published October 1975
as The Man Who Lived Forever [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives #1 published June 2009
as The Man Who Lived Forever [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGespenster Geschichten #105 published ?
as Die Rückkehr des Geistergrafen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Sea, Number 12: Waves

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, informational, nature, non-fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives #1 published June 2009
as The Sea, Number 12: Waves [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Boris Karloff Pin-Up No. 3

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives #1 published June 2009
as Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery #3 back cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Reprint of the front cover without photograph, logo or caption. Credited in reprint collection.

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