(May 1973)

Western, 1972 Series
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Price
0.50 USD
Pages
164
Indicia Frequency
six times per year
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Western Publishing Company, Inc.
Brand
Gold Key
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Cover code: 92501-305

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
George Wilson (painted)
Inks
George Wilson (painted)
Colors
George Wilson (painted)
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints
Keywords
conquistadors; fire; horses; skeletons

The Green Monkey (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Mike Peppe
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Reprints

The Lieutenant Comes Home (Table of Contents: 2)

Dr. Spektor / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; war

The Devil's Armchair (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Mike Peppe
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Reprints

The Enigma of Shanti Devi (Table of Contents: 4)

A True Tale of Mystery / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The reason for the discrepancy in page count is because the story was reformatted in the Digest to one or two panels per page, whereas the original comic book contains around five panels per page.

Ring of Fear (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils
Dan Spiegle
Inks
Dan Spiegle
Colors
?
Letters
?

Reprints

Bond of Terror (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 25 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Luis Dominguez (illustrations)
Inks
Luis Dominguez (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Ghost Town (Table of Contents: 7)

Grimm's Ghost Stories / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; western-frontier
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Reprint noted per Ted Watson, July 2009.

Past and Present Danger (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

The Crystal Ball (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ray Bailey
Inks
Ray Bailey
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Reprints

A Very Strange Burial (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

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

Genre
detective-mystery
Reprints

The Serum (Table of Contents: 11)

Tales of the Macabre / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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

Genre
horror-suspense

The Monster Kits (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Thorne
Inks
Frank Thorne
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Reprints

The Building That Came To Life (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Reed Crandall
Inks
Reed Crandall
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Reprints

The Ghost on His Knee (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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

Guardian of the Mounds (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Wood
Pencils
Frank Bolle
Inks
Frank Bolle
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. The Green Monkey
  3. 2. The Lieutenant Comes Home
    Dr. Spektor
  4. 3. The Devil's Armchair
  5. 4. The Enigma of Shanti Devi
    A True Tale of Mystery
  6. 5. Ring of Fear
  7. 6. Bond of Terror
  8. 7. Ghost Town
    Grimm's Ghost Stories
  9. 8. Past and Present Danger
  10. 9. The Crystal Ball
  11. 10. A Very Strange Burial
  12. 11. The Serum
    Tales of the Macabre
  13. 12. The Monster Kits
  14. 13. The Building That Came To Life
  15. 14. The Ghost on His Knee
  16. 15. Guardian of the Mounds
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Darrel McCann
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore