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Issue: Ripley's Believe It or Not! #85
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Variant: Gold Key
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0335009020801
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 90208-901
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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
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Mel Crawford (painted)
Mel Crawford (painted)
Mel Crawford (painted)
typeset
Subject Matter
horror
Herbert Headley; ghostly hand of Kenneth Eastland
The ghostly hand writes its message... of death!
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Miscellaneous
1
G-6002
The artist attribution and job number were found on the margins of the original art board.
The cover was originally intended for Issue #81, and bumped back to this issue.
The Storm Meets Its Master!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Joe Sinnott
Joe Sinnott
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?
Subject Matter
superhero
Thor; Twinkies
Thor
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Miscellaneous
1
Hostess Twinkies ad. Located inside front cover.
The Dead Hand

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Paul S. Newman
George Roussos
George Roussos
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?
Subject Matter
horror
Herbert Headley; Kenneth Eastland; Joan Eastland; Harold Eastland; Justice Marlow
A greedy lawyer rewrites a dying man's will and inherits everything but is haunted by the dead man's ghostly hand until he finally confesses his crime and meets his punishment.
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FlagGespenster Geschichten #291 published ?
as Geständnis aus dem Schattenreich [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
Cover story. Script credit per Newman's records published in Robin Snyder's History of the Comics, Vol 2, # 8, August 1991.
Phantoms in the Mirror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
John Celardo
John Celardo
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?
Subject Matter
horror
Reginald Keating (poet); Professor Albert Jenkins; Reginald's sweetheart; Reginald's sweetheart's husband
While visiting an aged poet to discover the inspiration of his classic poems, Professor Jenkins witnesses a scene from the distant past in a mirror: a young Keating involved in the accidental death of his sweetheart's husband. As a result, the romance is forever doomed and the lovers can never see each other again. The poet confirms that, indeed, that incident was the dark source of his famous poems.
Reprinting
FlagGespenster Geschichten #285 published ?
as Der Zauberspiegel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
The Tearful Ghost

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Frank Bolle (illustration)
Frank Bolle (illustration)
?
Typeset
Subject Matter
horror
Japhet Wadderburn; Dona Mercedes; Huldy Craddock
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Miscellaneous
1
The Fatal Plunge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Frank Bolle
Frank Bolle
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?
Subject Matter
horror
Fred Holmes; innkeeper; Michael Langley; farmer
While riding along the rugged Irish coast, Fred Holmes sees a ghostly horse tumble over a cliff. Then, Fred sees a ghostly male also fall over the cliff. The innkeeper tells Holmes about how Michael Langley and his prize-winning stallion mysteriously vanished years ago and that Holmes has solved the mystery of the ghostly horse's repeated sightings. Both man and beast died falling over that cliff.
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FlagGespenster Geschichten #292 published ?
as Der Sprung ins Nichts [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Buried Treasure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Frank Bolle
Frank Bolle
?
?
Subject Matter
horror
Brian Tyler (archeologist; Thalun (his guide); old woman (the Guardian Spirit)
An archeologist in Burma, skeptical of native superstition, is visited by the Guardian Spirit of a treasure. Appearing as an old woman during an earthquake, the Guardian Spirit convinces Tyler to abandon his dig.
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FlagGespenster Geschichten #288 published ?
as Die Mitternachtslady [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Tom and Jerry
Tom; Jerry; Tuffy
Enjoy the loveable antics of Tom and Jerry
Jerry and Tuffy toast marshmallows on a stove element just as chef Tom is about to fix his dinner.
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Miscellaneous
1
House ad for Tom and Jerry comics. Located between story pages 1 and 2 of Buried Treasure.

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