Ghosts #86
(March 1980)

DC, 1971 Series
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Volume
10
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1979-12-04
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893051203
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Jack C. Harris (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #175.
This issue has variants:

The Ghostly Garden (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Luis Dominguez (signed as LD)
Inks
Luis Dominguez (signed as LD)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
?
Job Number
C-242
Genre
horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

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Ghosts and the Supernatural (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Murray Boltinoff
Pencils
E. R. Cruz
Inks
E. R. Cruz
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
J-6174
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Hiram Sinclair; Sue Albertson; Vernon Wilkes
Synopsis
Anecdotes of ghost sightings.
Keywords
cheerleader; ghost

Indexer Notes

Introductory page.

The Spirit in the Flying Coffin (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
George Kashdan
Pencils
Tenny Henson
Inks
Tenny Henson
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Esphid Mahilum
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Paul Larkin; Randy Falk
Synopsis
Randy Falk kills his stunt-flying partner in the 1930's in France. When Randy returns to the area as a fighter pilot in World War II, Paul's ghost gets his revenge.
Reprints
Keywords
France; ghost; World War II

Batman and Professor Plutonium (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Batman; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Ferry Boat Phantom (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
George Kashdan
Pencils
Mar Amongo
Inks
Mar Amongo
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Captain Abner Falk
Synopsis
The ghost of a ferry boat captain rescues the passengers of a sunken boat.
Reprints
Keywords
Coast Guard; ghost

The Phantom's Farewell (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-427
Genre
horror-suspense

The Ghostly Garden (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Kashdan
Pencils
Don Heck
Inks
Dan Adkins
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Shelly Leferman
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Henri; Paul Verrand; Michelle
Synopsis
Paul Verrand kills his gardener, Henri, when Henri stumbles on Paul with another man's wife.
Reprints
Keywords
adultery; ghost; Paris France; roses

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

The Answer Man / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

DC Puzzle / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Letters
typeset
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Ghostly Garden
  2. 1. Ghosts and the Supernatural
  3. 2. The Spirit in the Flying Coffin
  4. 3. Batman and Professor Plutonium
    Batman; Hostess Twinkies
  5. 4. The Ferry Boat Phantom
  6. 5. The Phantom's Farewell
  7. 6. The Ghostly Garden
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    The Answer Man
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    DC Puzzle
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