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Issue: Mystery Comics Digest #14
Publication Date: October 1973
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Issues: #14 of 26 Issues (31 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Gold Key
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 132
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 92501-310
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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
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Feature(s): Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery
Character(s): Brad Stewart
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Based on the story The Fire Worshippers.
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck; Scrooge McDuck; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck; Goofy; Pluto; Doc; Chip; Dale; Jiminy Cricket
First Line: It's magic!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Slime Thing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery
Character(s): Boris Karloff; Theodore Golderson; Professor Lohr
First Line: This is not the first time that Theodore Golderson, multi-millionaire owner of a prosperous chemical plant, has been picketed!
Synopsis: Golderson's chemical plant creates a slime thing.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Fire Worshippers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery
Character(s): Boris Karloff; Brad Stewart
First Line: Fire worshippers honoring their god of fire -- observe how they walk unharmed through a river of burning coals!
Synopsis: Brad Stewart tries to steal an idol by using chemicals to let him walk across burning coals.
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From Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery #18 published June 1967
was The Fire Worshippers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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The Door of Doom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Carl Denver; Trudy Denver; Cagliostro; Countess Duroc; Count Duroc; Fritz Ulrich
First Line: In a weird New Orleans curio shop...
Synopsis: The Denvers buy a cursed paperweight.
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From Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery #13 published March 1966
was The Door of Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Mystic Journey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Perhaps we should start our bizarre journey into the oddities of present-day man with this prehistoric skull of the nutcracker man!
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From Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery #8 published December 1964
was Mystic Journey [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: An explorer tells the reader a variety of acts about humans and animals.
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A Taste of Money

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Feature(s): Tales of the Macabre
Character(s): Joe Techter; Carl Zangerl
First Line: The erupting sounds of blasting guns roar over the noises of traffic... as Joe Techter and Carl Zangerl run from the bank of a small southern town...
Synopsis: Two bank robbers get away in a plane, but crash in a valley with dinosaurs.
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Pages: 10
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The Man Who Lived In Yesterday

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery
Character(s): Linda; Seth Parker; Boris Karloff; Emile
First Line: Come in... come in, Seth, darling! - If you really love me, you will follow!..
Synopsis: Linda is convinced she is a witch and has Seth join her on a journey into the past.
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From Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery #13 published March 1966
was The Man Who Lived in Yesterday [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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Miracle From the Deep

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Robertson; Jack
First Line: In the spring of 1871, a schooner off the New Zealand coast makes her run through French Pass, a treacherous strip studded with submerged rocks and hidden rocks...
Synopsis: Jack the porpoise leads ships through a dangerous pass.
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From Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery #16 published December 1966
was Miracle from the Deep [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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The Curse of the Scharnhorst

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): Adolf Hitler
First Line: In Germany, as the Nazis prepare for the coming war...
Synopsis: The curse of the German ship Scharnhorst.
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From Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery #9 published March 1965
was The Curse of the Scharnhorst [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Evil of Xorkon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Feature(s): Tales of Sword and Sorcery
Character(s): Duroc; Lorlee; Xorkon
First Line: What prompts a man to place his life in mortal danger?
Synopsis: Duroc falls in love with a mermaid who saved his life.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Features Duroc (a proto-Dagar character). Duroc actually shows up in Dagar's strip, although his appearance is changed.
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Valley of the Monsters

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Pooka; Irach; Anthony Bridges; Clare Palmer; Dr. Lakeridge; Don Boyle; Paul Carson; Targo
First Line: The elder and the young man sat on plush pillows amid a tropical garden bathed in sunlight as they talked
Synopsis: A plane lands into a valley paradise in the Himalaya Mountains.
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Pages: 21
Disclose Notes: Illustrated text story, 16 text pages, 5 illustrated pages.
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Burn, Witch, Burn

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery
Character(s): Boris Karloff; Duke; Joe; Abigail Whiteside; Mephisto (cat)
First Line: A violent thunderstorm, a car racing through the night, and a lonely road near Salem, Mass!
Synopsis: Two bank robbers car stops working and they are forced to go into Abigail's house.
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From Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery #4 published July 1963
was Burn, Witch, Burn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Oh, You Beautiful Doll

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery
Character(s): Boris Karloff; Casper Gumm; Nancy; Harold; Annie
First Line: This is a genuine voodoo doll, very dangerous if it falls into the wrong hands!
Synopsis: Casper buys a voodoo doll and then discovers it actually works.
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From Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery #16 published December 1966
was Oh, You Beautiful Doll [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: See Twilight Zone (Gold Key, 1962 series) #49 (May 1973) text story.
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The Screaming Skull

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery
Character(s): Boris Karloff; Max Kidron; Dan Brothers
First Line: Psychiatrist Dr. Dan Brothers has heard many strange stories, but none more eerie than that of his friend, Max Kidron...
Synopsis: An archeologist can't sleep because of a skull he took from a tomb screams at him.
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From Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery #21 published March 1968
was The Screaming Skull [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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How Green Was My Thumb

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Feature(s): Midnight Mysteries
Character(s): Jerry Conway; Mr. Strang; Midnight (cat)
First Line: It was midnight when Jerry Conway, weary from his long hike through the raging downpour, saw the building.
Synopsis: In an out-of-the-way hotel, the owner kills some guests and steals their money.
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Pages: 10
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Tubby; Woody Woodpecker; Bugs Bunny; Andy Panda; Little Lulu; Tom; Jerry; Porky Pig; The Roadrunner; Sylvester; Tweety
First Line: Riddle: It fits in your pocket. It's full of your favorite cartoons. It comes out six times a year. What is it?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Golden Comics Digest.
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Cracky
First Line: It's golden fun time... anytime of the year!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Golden Fun Jokes.

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