Ghosts
#3
(January-February 1972)
DC,
1971 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1971-11-04
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy (signed as
NC [N in C]) - Inks
- Nick Cardy (signed as NC [N in C])
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- B1153
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Showcase Presents: Ghosts (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([January] 2012)
-
Death Is My Mother
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- B-1121
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Lira [Ghost Woman of the Sea]; Sir Desmond; Dennis
- Synopsis
- When Sir Desmond accidentally kills his wife Lira she returns to take their son.
- Reprints
- in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-32 (December 1974-January 1975)
- in Showcase Presents: Ghosts (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([January] 2012)
-
The Magician Who Haunted Hollywood
comic story / 5.67 pages
- Job Number
- B-1155
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Dick Mayhew; Mr. Coombs (Movie Director); Lola Lamour
- Synopsis
- When actor Dick Mayhew begins to play the part of a famous escape artist for a film did the ghost of the escape artist help him with the stunts?
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #10 (January 1953)
-
The Sinister Sisters of "Spook House"
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- B-1146
- Genre
- horror-suspense
The Dark Goddess of Doom
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- B-1122
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Johnny Gan; Suggs; Chris Morton; Margot
- Synopsis
- Chris Morton steals a statue of the Indian goddess of evil, Kali. He didn't bargain on the curse that came with the statue.
- Reprints
-
in Horror (Condor, 1989 series) #3 - in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-32 (December 1974-January 1975)
-
in Spectral (Arédit-Artima, 1974 series) #3 (1er trimestre 1975) [N&B [B&W]] -
in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #2 ([January 1977]) [Job number (B-1122) deleted from this reprint.] - in La Maison du Mystère (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #18 (juin 1982) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Showcase Presents: Ghosts (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([January] 2012)
-
- Keywords
- Kali
Indexer Notes
Esposito inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited John Calnan.
Station G-H-O-S-T!
comic story / 5.67 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ruben Moreira (signed)
- Inks
- Ruben Moreira (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- B-1156
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Andrew Gill; Tom; Bold Eagle; Jeff; Timothy Gill (Ghost); Mr. Yorke; Eddie
- Synopsis
- Andrew Gill wants to buy the house his ancestor supposedly haunts and uses some trickery on the current owner.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #17 (August 1953)
-
Legion of the Dead
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- B-1145
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Marius; Octavius; Mark Calder
- Synopsis
- Some ghostly Roman soldiers lead Mark Calder out of the desert.
- Reprints
- in Spectral (Arédit-Artima, 1974 series) #3 (1er trimestre 1975) [N&B [B&W]]
- in La Maison du Mystère (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #18 (juin 1982) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Showcase Presents: Ghosts (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([January] 2012)
-
Ghostly Miners
comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- B-1155
- Genre
- non-fiction; fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- Are ghostly miners mining coal in Lions Coal Corporation mines?
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #35 (February 1955)
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #17 ([June 1975])
-
Indexer Notes
Slightly altered from original printing at the top.
The Screaming Skulls
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- B-1149
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Vincent Perrault; Maman Marie; Yvonne Perrault
- Synopsis
- When Vincent Perrault disturbs an ancient burial ground for stones for his new house he awakens the curse of the screaming skulls.
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #82
- in Horror (Condor, 1989 series) #6
- in Ghosts (DC, 1971 series) #40 (July 1975)
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #21 ([February 1976])
- in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #45 ([November 1981])
- in Showcase Presents: Ghosts (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([January] 2012)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
Death Is My Mother
-
2.
The Magician Who Haunted Hollywood
-
3.
The Sinister Sisters of "Spook House"
-
4.
The Dark Goddess of Doom
-
5.
Station G-H-O-S-T!
-
6.
Legion of the Dead
-
7.
Ghostly Miners
-
8.
The Screaming Skulls
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Clayton Graham
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Hunter Johnson
- Edgar Loftin
- Mark Muller
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
- Bjorn Wallin
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