(March 1972)

Western, 1972 Series
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Price
0.50 USD
Pages
164
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Western Publishing Company Inc.
Brand
Gold Key
Editing
Del Connell (uncredited)

Issue Notes

Cover code: 92501-203

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Ripley's Believe It or Not! / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Wilson (painted)
Inks
George Wilson (painted)
Colors
George Wilson (painted)
Letters
typeset
Genre
horror-suspense
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The Phantom Navigator (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al McWilliams
Inks
Al McWilliams
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Reprints

The Dark Rider (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Certa
Inks
Joe Certa
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Reprints

Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Reprints
  • from Ripley's Believe It or Not (King Features Syndicate) 1900.00.00

The Werewolves of Poligny (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Sparling
Inks
Jack Sparling
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Reprints

The Forbes Tragedy (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Certa
Inks
Joe Certa
Colors
?
Letters
?
Reprints

The Double Image (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Andre LeBlanc
Inks
Andre LeBlanc
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Reprints

Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Reprints
  • from Ripley's Believe It or Not (King Features Syndicate) 1900.00.00

Mask of the Mummy (Table of Contents: 8)

Midnight Mysteries / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Don Glut
Pencils
Jesse Santos
Inks
Jesse Santos
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Spicer
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

first Ra-Ka-tep, the mummy who later shows up in Dr Spektor, et al.

Skulduggery (Table of Contents: 9)

Skulduggery / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Reprints
  • from Skulduggery (King Features Syndicate) 1900.00.00?

The Beast of the Humboldt (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Reprints

The Message from Beyond (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Giovanni Ticci
Inks
Alberto Giolitti
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Reprints

Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

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?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Reprints
  • from Ripley's Believe It or Not (King Features Syndicate) 1900.00.00

The Ghost Ship (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman ?; Larry Ivie ? (see notes)
Pencils
Wally Wood
Inks
Wally Wood
Colors
?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Ivie credit per article in Alter Ego # 152, May 2018. Newman is credited in biblio published in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 30, No. 10, October 2019.

The Vampire (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Andre LeBlanc
Inks
Andre LeBlanc
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Reprints

Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Reprints
  • from Ripley's Believe It or Not (King Features Syndicate) 1900.00.00

The Haunted Villa (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Andre LeBlanc
Inks
Andre LeBlanc
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Reprints

Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

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?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Reprints
  • from Ripley's Believe It or Not (King Features Syndicate) 1900.00.00

The Thing with Claws (Table of Contents: 18)

text story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Bolle (illustrations)
Inks
Frank Bolle (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Not reprinted from #2. This looks like a GK Story Digest story.

It's in the Bag (Table of Contents: 19)

Grimm's Ghost Stories / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Don Glut
Pencils
Dan Spiegle
Inks
Dan Spiegle
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Spicer
Genre
horror-suspense

Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
? (painted)
Letters
?
Reprints
  • from Ripley's Believe It or Not (King Features Syndicate) 1900.00.00

The Devil's Steed (Table of Contents: 21)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Luis Dominguez
Inks
Luis Dominguez
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Reprints

The Woman in the Tomb (Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Bolle
Inks
Frank Bolle
Colors
?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino
Reprints

Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Reprints
  • from Ripley's Believe It or Not (King Features Syndicate) 1900.00.00

The Lady in White (Table of Contents: 24)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al McWilliams
Inks
Al McWilliams
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Reprints

Skulduggery (Table of Contents: 25)

Skulduggery / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Reprints
  • from Skulduggery (King Features Syndicate) 1900.00.00?

The Berbalang Ghouls (Table of Contents: 26)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Certa
Inks
Joe Certa
Colors
?
Letters
?
Reprints

Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Table of Contents: 27)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
? (painted)
Letters
?
Reprints
  • from Ripley's Believe It or Not (King Features Syndicate) 1900.00.00

The Trojan Horror (Table of Contents: 28)

Midnight Mysteries / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Don Glut
Pencils
Dan Spiegle
Inks
Dan Spiegle
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Spicer
Genre
science fiction

Skulduggery (Table of Contents: 29)

Skulduggery / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Reprints
  • from Skulduggery (King Features Syndicate) 1900.00.00?

The Killer Demons (Table of Contents: 30)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al McWilliams
Inks
Al McWilliams
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Reprints

Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Table of Contents: 31)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

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?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Reprints
  • from Ripley's Believe It or Not (King Features Syndicate) 1900.00.00

Testimony of the Ghost (Table of Contents: 32)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Certa
Inks
Joe Certa
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Reprints
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Ripley's Believe It or Not!
  2. 1. The Phantom Navigator
  3. 2. The Dark Rider
  4. 3. Ripley's Believe It or Not!
  5. 4. The Werewolves of Poligny
  6. 5. The Forbes Tragedy
  7. 6. The Double Image
  8. 7. Ripley's Believe It or Not!
  9. 8. Mask of the Mummy
    Midnight Mysteries
  10. 9. Skulduggery
    Skulduggery
  11. 10. The Beast of the Humboldt
  12. 11. The Message from Beyond
  13. 12. Ripley's Believe It or Not!
  14. 13. The Ghost Ship
  15. 14. The Vampire
  16. 15. Ripley's Believe It or Not!
  17. 16. The Haunted Villa
  18. 17. Ripley's Believe It or Not!
  19. 18. The Thing with Claws
  20. 19. It's in the Bag
    Grimm's Ghost Stories
  21. 20. Ripley's Believe It or Not!
  22. 21. The Devil's Steed
  23. 22. The Woman in the Tomb
  24. 23. Ripley's Believe It or Not!
  25. 24. The Lady in White
  26. 25. Skulduggery
    Skulduggery
  27. 26. The Berbalang Ghouls
  28. 27. Ripley's Believe It or Not!
  29. 28. The Trojan Horror
    Midnight Mysteries
  30. 29. Skulduggery
    Skulduggery
  31. 30. The Killer Demons
  32. 31. Ripley's Believe It or Not!
  33. 32. Testimony of the Ghost
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  • Edgar Loftin
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