(January-February 1972)

DC, 1971 Series
Volume
2
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1971-11-16
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
DC [character]
Editing
Dorothy Woolfolk (editor); Ethan C. Mordden (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

The Kiss of Death (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jeff Jones (signed)
Inks
Jeff Jones (signed)
Colors
Jack Adler ?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
D-604
Genre
romance
Keywords
gothic

Kiss of Death (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 37.5 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Oleck (credited)
Pencils
Don Heck (signed)
Inks
Don Heck (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
D-378
Genre
romance
Synopsis
Anne Mason and Dr. Victor Enright travel to Castle Dravko in Hungary to care for Baron Dravko but they find themselves ensnared in a mystery involving vampires, werewolves, and a long-ago infidelity that will have deadly consequences in the present.
Reprints
Keywords
gothic

Indexer Notes

Story in four chapters: Chapter I: It Walks by Night (12 pp.); Chapter Two: The Secret of Baron Dravko! (8 pp.); Chapter Three: The Body in the Coffin (8 pp.); and Chapter Four: Mystery of the Locket (9.5 pp.).

Special Announcement (Table of Contents: 2)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Jack Kirby's magazines In the Days of the Mob (DC, 1971 series) and Spirit World (DC, 1971 series). The first printing had sold out and a special new printing is offered here, available from "Collectors Magazines."

Prophecies That Have Come True (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Wes Craven
Letters
typeset

Job Number
D-607
Genre
fantasy-supernatural

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from Robin Snyder from DC's records.

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

Through the Keyhole of the Dark Mansion / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dorothy Woolfolk ?
Pencils
Tony DeZuniga ? (logo illustration)
Inks
Tony DeZuniga ? (logo illustration)
Colors
? (logo illustration)
Letters
typeset

Job Number
D-623

Indexer Notes

Brief excerpts of letters from Cindy Mendenthall; Janis Reese; Mrs. Boyd Johnson; Brett Newton; Mrs. C. F. Blevins; Matthew Graham; Norma Burris; Vickie Collins; Elizabeth Harllee; Paul Dempsey; Nell Barnett; Shel Dorf; Randy Clark; Bill Winans; Joe Maggio, Jr.; Valerie Corcoran; Bobby Labarsky; Michael Flynn; Rosie Torres; Carol Slank; Simeon Robinson and Tony Puc.

One to Startle You -- (Table of Contents: 5)

Lois Lane / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Werner Roth
Inks
Vince Colletta; Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino ?

Genre
superhero; adventure

Indexer Notes

house ad for Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #117, on sale October 24

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Kiss of Death
  2. 1. Kiss of Death
  3. 2. Special Announcement
  4. 3. Prophecies That Have Come True
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Through the Keyhole of the Dark Mansion
  6. 5. One to Startle You --
    Lois Lane
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • CTGarry
  • Bob Hughes
  • Edgar Loftin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore