Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery #3

(April 1963)

The Sea Number 11 Plants of the Coral Reef (Table of Contents)

Keys of Knowledge / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Tom Gill

Inks:

Tom Gill

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Fact; Natural History

Reprinted:

• in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Ring of Fear (Table of Contents)

Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer

Pencils:

Dan Spiegle

Inks:

Dan Spiegle

Colors:

?

Letters:

? [WCL]

Content Information

Genre:

Occult

Characters:

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.

Reprinted:

• in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #11 (May 1973)
• in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #20 (November 1974)
• in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1.

Indexer Notes

Cover story.

Jonah (Table of Contents)

A True Tale of Mystery / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Tom Gill

Inks:

Tom Gill

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Occult

Characters:

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.

Reprinted:

• in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #8 (October 1972) [reprint layout=3 pages]
• in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1.

Target: Earth (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (illustrations)

Inks:

? (illustrations)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Fact

Synopsis:

An article about asteroids and their effects (or potential effects) upon the earth.

Reprinted:

• in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1.

The Secret of Oak Island (Table of Contents)

A True Tale of Mystery / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Tom Gill

Inks:

Tom Gill

Colors:

?

Letters:

Tom Gill?

Content Information

Genre:

Occult

Synopsis:

The story of the unsuccessful search for buried treasure on Oak Island.

Reprinted:

• in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1.

Night Caller (Table of Contents)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mike Sekowsky

Inks:

Mike Peppe

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Occult

Characters:

Zilma; Pablo; Jim Brechers; Vince Harper

Synopsis:

Zilma is an evil witch doctor's daughter. After the witch doctor stirs up evil spirits Zilma is attacked by some creature that no one gets a good look at. Pablo is in love with Zilma and wants to protect her. The witch doctor does not 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 creature did. Pablo becomes the new witch doctor of the tribe.

Reprinted:

• in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1.

The Man Who Lived Forever (Table of Contents)

A True Tale of Mystery / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Tom Gill

Inks:

Tom Gill

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Occult

Characters:

Count of Saint-Germain

Synopsis:

The story of the Count of Saint-Germain, who is rumored to have lived over 2000 years.

Reprinted:

• in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #26 (October 1975)
• in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1.

The Sea Number 12 Waves (Table of Contents)

Keys of Knowledge / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Tom Gill

Inks:

Tom Gill

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Fact; Natural History

Reprinted:

• in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

Boris Karloff Pin-Up No. 3 (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

? (painted)

Inks:

? (painted)

Colors:

? (painted)

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Occult

Reprinted:

• in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1.

Indexer Notes

Reprint of the front cover without photo, logo or lettering.