Ghosts #17
(August 1973)

DC, 1971 Series
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Volume
3
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1973-05-01
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
DC [circle]
Editing
Murray Boltinoff (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #96.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Nick Cardy
Inks
Nick Cardy
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
B-1739
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Death Held the Lantern High (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Leo Dorfman
Pencils
Alfredo Alcala
Inks
Alfredo Alcala
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
B-1650
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Carl Ventriss; Donna Ventriss
Reprints

How to Find a Phantom (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Murray Boltinoff
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
B-1707
Genre
horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Script credit posted in "Direct Currents" column in The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #148 (July 1973).

The Specters Were the Stars (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7.5 pages (report information)

Script
Murray Boltinoff
Pencils
Gerry Talaoc (signed)
Inks
Gerry Talaoc (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
B-1454
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints
Keywords
Northern Ireland; The Troubles

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Behind the Scenes at the DC Comic World / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Phantoms of the Flash! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Murray Boltinoff
Pencils
George Tuska
Inks
George Tuska
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
B-557
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Indexer Notes

A reprint of this story was included in an uncorrected edition of Showcase Presents: Ghosts (DC, 2012 series) #1. However, when the corrected book was later released, it was deleted to accommodate insertion of a page that had been missing (from one of the other stories in this issue).

The Devil's Ouija (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Kashdan
Pencils
John Calnan
Inks
John Calnan
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
B-1559
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Death Held the Lantern High
  3. 2. How to Find a Phantom
  4. 3. The Specters Were the Stars
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Behind the Scenes at the DC Comic World
  6. 5. Phantoms of the Flash!
  7. 6. The Devil's Ouija
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • CTGarry
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Paul Lefebvre
  • James Ludwig
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
  • John Wells