(July 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
?
Color
Four Color
Dimensions
Digest-size
Paper Stock
Cardstock cover; Newsprint interior
Binding
Squarebound
Publishing Format
Was ongoing

Issue Notes

Cover code: 92051-207

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Boris Karloff Tales Of Mystery / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (painting)
Inks
? (painting)
Colors
? (painting)
Letters
typeset
Genre
horror-suspense
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House Of Cards (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al McWilliams
Inks
Bob Jenny; ?
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Reprints

The Boy and the Beast (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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

Phantom of the Films (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Wood
Pencils
Fred Fredericks
Inks
Fred Fredericks
Colors
Fred Fredericks
Letters
Fred Fredericks
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Mr. Memory (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

The Dream (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom Gill
Inks
Tom Gill
Colors
?
Letters
Tom Gill ?
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Diary Of A Demon (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Luis Dominguez
Inks
Luis Dominguez
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

The Eternal Prince (Table of Contents: 7)

A Macabre Mystery / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Don Glut
Pencils
Dan Spiegle
Inks
Dan Spiegle
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Spicer
Genre
fantasy-supernatural

The Island (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Spiegle
Inks
Dan Spiegle
Colors
?
Letters
WCL (Gold Key/Dell West Coast Letterer)
Characters
Cecil Matthews (death); Fred; Mr. Johnson; Charlie
Synopsis
Cecil Matthews is a bank employee who is sick of his job. He steals $30,000 and flys to Hawaii where he plans to charter a plane to Papinee, an island he found in an old "Islands of Paradise" book. The bank notices the theft before he can get to Papinee so he hijacks a mail plane to fly him there. Once there he kills the pilot and settles in at the deserted village. What Cecil doesn't know is that the reason the village is deserted is that the Island of Papinee was chosen by the Government to use in a missile test. The next day he is destroyed when the bomb is detonated on the island.
Reprints

The Man Who Stole Immortality (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Wood
Pencils
Mel Crawford
Inks
Mel Crawford
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Reprints

The Phantom Rescue (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom Gill
Inks
Tom Gill
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Reprints

The Ghost Treasure (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Gary Poole
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Colors
?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino
Reprints

Possessed (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Wood
Pencils
Alex Toth
Inks
Alex Toth
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Reprints

Of Inhuman Bondage (Table of Contents: 13)

Dr. Spektor / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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

Indexer Notes

1st appearance of Dr Spektor, he is simply a narrator here.

The Rainmaker (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

The Thousand Faces Of Fear (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Thorne
Inks
Frank Thorne
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Reprints
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Boris Karloff Tales Of Mystery
  2. 1. House Of Cards
  3. 2. The Boy and the Beast
    Midnight Mysteries
  4. 3. Phantom of the Films
  5. 4. Mr. Memory
  6. 5. The Dream
  7. 6. Diary Of A Demon
  8. 7. The Eternal Prince
    A Macabre Mystery
  9. 8. The Island
  10. 9. The Man Who Stole Immortality
  11. 10. The Phantom Rescue
  12. 11. The Ghost Treasure
  13. 12. Possessed
  14. 13. Of Inhuman Bondage
    Dr. Spektor
  15. 14. The Rainmaker
  16. 15. The Thousand Faces Of Fear
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