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Issue: Ripley's Believe It or Not! #58
Publication Date: October 1975
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Issues: #58 of 94 Issues (145 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Gold Key
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/28/1975
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the Comic Reader #121.
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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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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: The stones of death arose and walked the silent night!
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Pages: 1
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Gwanny's Vacation

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Subject Matter
Character(s): Tweety; Sylvester
First Line: Take good care of Tweety while I'm gone, Sylvester.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Hostess Apple and Cherry Fruit Pies.
Inside front cover.
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The Golden-Haired Ghost

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): James Rawley; Lord Lytton; Lord Castlereagh
First Line: The day before the hunt on Lord Lytton's estate in England, 1822.
Synopsis: 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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In Content Item: FlagGespenster Geschichten #108 published ?
as Der Schreckensbote aus dem Jenseits [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
Job Number: 90208-510
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Subject Matter
First Line: Fun tricks free things!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 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.
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The Searcher

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ? (identified as 'Willi let.')
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
First Line: In 1859, construction of a lighthouse on a solitary cay in the Bahamas is completed.
Synopsis: 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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In Content Item: FlagGespenster Geschichten #128 published ?
as Das Leuchtfeuer des Unheils [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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First Line: Order by mail specials
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: 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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First Line: Hey friend! Which would you rather have... neat prizes... or extra spending money?
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Grit Publishing sales kit.
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First Line: Kids, Roach Designs are now available as iron-on transfers!
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for iron-on transfers designed by Roach Studios, from Gandalf Products Co.
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First Line: Get these dynamite embroidered cloth patches that tell it like it is!
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for cloth patches from Gandalf Products.
Advertisement printed landscape.
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Stone Dead

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ? (identified as 'Willi let.')
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Douglas Bowen; Mary Bowen
First Line: All Souls' Day in 1901, Douglas and Mary Bowen call upon the vicar.
Synopsis: 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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In Content Item: FlagGespenster Geschichten #149 published ?
as Aufstand der Steingiganten [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Subject Matter
First Line: Get your favorite cartoon characters in these brilliant embroidered cloth patches
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for embroidered patches of cartoon characters from Gandalf Products.
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The Intruder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Constanze Mozart
First Line: In 1791, as Mozart and his wife lie asleep in their home in Vienna, strange musical notes from the piano downstairs awaken the composer...
Synopsis: 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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In Content Item: FlagGespenster Geschichten #112 published ?
as Der Mahner aus dem Nichts [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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Subject Matter
First Line: 'Black Cat' survival knife
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Disclose Notes: 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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Feature(s): The Best of Walt Disney Comics
First Line: A treasury of Collectors' Classics from the Golden Age of Comics!
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for The Best of Walt Disney Comics (Western, 1974 series) #96170, #96171, #96172 and #96173.
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First Line: 132 pc. Roman soldiers set
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for miniature toy Roman soldiers.
Advertisement printed landscape.
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First Line: Personality posters
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for posters from Gandalf Productions.
Inside back cover.
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First Line: The name of the game is winning prizes or cash
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Sales Leadership Club Christmas card sales kit.
Back cover.

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