Mystery Comics Digest #14

(October 1973)

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The Slime Thing (Table of Contents: 3)

Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Don Glut

Pencils

Dan Spiegle

Inks

Dan Spiegle

Colors

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Letters

Bill Spicer

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This is not the first time that Theodore Golderson, multi-millionaire owner of a prosperous chemical plant, has been picketed!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Boris Karloff; Theodore Golderson; Professor Lohr

Synopsis

Golderson's chemical plant creates a slime thing.

The Fire Worshippers (Table of Contents: 4)

Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Mike Roy

Inks

Mike Peppe

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Letters

Ben Oda

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Fire worshippers honoring their god of fire -- observe how they walk unharmed through a river of burning coals!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Boris Karloff; Brad Stewart

Synopsis

Brad Stewart tries to steal an idol by using chemicals to let him walk across burning coals.

Reprints

• from Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (Western, 1963 series) #18 (June 1967)

The Door of Doom! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Bill Draut

Inks

Bill Draut ?

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Letters

Ben Oda

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In a weird New Orleans curio shop...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Carl Denver; Trudy Denver; Cagliostro; Countess Duroc; Count Duroc; Fritz Ulrich

Synopsis

The Denvers buy a cursed paperweight.

Reprints

• from Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (Western, 1963 series) #13 (March 1966)

Mystic Journey (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Frank Thorne

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Frank Thorne

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Letters

Ben Oda

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Perhaps we should start our bizarre journey into the oddities of present-day man with this prehistoric skull of the nutcracker man!

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (Western, 1963 series) #8 (December 1964)

Indexer Notes

An explorer tells the reader a variety of acts about humans and animals.

A Taste of Money (Table of Contents: 7)

Tales of the Macabre / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Don Glut

Pencils

Dan Spiegle

Inks

Dan Spiegle

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Letters

Bill Spicer

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The erupting sounds of blasting guns roar over the noises of traffic... as Joe Techter and Carl Zangerl run from the bank of a small southern town...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Joe Techter; Carl Zangerl

Synopsis

Two bank robbers get away in a plane, but crash in a valley with dinosaurs.

The Man Who Lived In Yesterday (Table of Contents: 8)

Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Frank Bolle

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Frank Bolle

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Letters

Ben Oda

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Come in... come in, Seth, darling! - If you really love me, you will follow!..

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Linda; Seth Parker; Boris Karloff; Emile

Synopsis

Linda is convinced she is a witch and has Seth join her on a journey into the past.

Reprints

• from Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (Western, 1963 series) #13 (March 1966)

Miracle From the Deep (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Tom Gill

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Tom Gill ?

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Tom Gill

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In the spring of 1871, a schooner off the New Zealand coast makes her run through French Pass, a treacherous strip studded with submerged rocks and hidden rocks...

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Robertson; Jack

Synopsis

Jack the porpoise leads ships through a dangerous pass.

Reprints

• from Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (Western, 1963 series) #16 (December 1966)

The Curse of the Scharnhorst (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Fred Fredericks

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Fred Fredericks

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Fred Fredericks

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In Germany, as the Nazis prepare for the coming war...

Genre

non-fiction; war

Characters

Adolf Hitler

Synopsis

The curse of the German ship Scharnhorst.

Reprints

• from Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (Western, 1963 series) #9 (March 1965)

The Evil of Xorkon (Table of Contents: 11)

Tales of Sword and Sorcery / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Don Glut

Pencils

Jesse Santos

Inks

Jesse Santos

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Letters

Bill Spicer

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What prompts a man to place his life in mortal danger?

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Duroc; Lorlee; Xorkon

Synopsis

Duroc falls in love with a mermaid who saved his life.

Indexer Notes

Features Duroc (a proto-Dagar character). Duroc actually shows up in Dagar's strip, although his appearance is changed.

Valley of the Monsters (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 21 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Luis Dominguez

Inks

Luis Dominguez

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Letters

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The elder and the young man sat on plush pillows amid a tropical garden bathed in sunlight as they talked

Characters

Pooka; Irach; Anthony Bridges; Clare Palmer; Dr. Lakeridge; Don Boyle; Paul Carson; Targo

Synopsis

A plane lands into a valley paradise in the Himalaya Mountains.

Indexer Notes

Illustrated text story, 16 text pages, 5 illustrated pages.

Burn, Witch, Burn (Table of Contents: 13)

Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Don Heck

Inks

Mike Peppe

Colors

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Letters

Ben Oda

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A violent thunderstorm, a car racing through the night, and a lonely road near Salem, Mass!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Boris Karloff; Duke; Joe; Abigail Whiteside; Mephisto (cat)

Synopsis

Two bank robbers car stops working and they are forced to go into Abigail's house.

Reprints

• from Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (Western, 1963 series) #4 (July 1963)

Oh, You Beautiful Doll (Table of Contents: 14)

Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Sal Trapani

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Sal Trapani

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Ben Oda

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This is a genuine voodoo doll, very dangerous if it falls into the wrong hands!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Boris Karloff; Casper Gumm; Nancy; Harold; Annie

Synopsis

Casper buys a voodoo doll and then discovers it actually works.

Reprints

• from Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (Western, 1963 series) #16 (December 1966)

Indexer Notes

See Twilight Zone (Gold Key, 1962 series) #49 (May 1973) text story.

The Screaming Skull (Table of Contents: 15)

Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Jeff Jones

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Jeff Jones

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Letters

Ben Oda

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Psychiatrist Dr. Dan Brothers has heard many strange stories, but none more eerie than that of his friend, Max Kidron...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Boris Karloff; Max Kidron; Dan Brothers

Synopsis

An archeologist can't sleep because of a skull he took from a tomb screams at him.

Reprints

• from Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (Western, 1963 series) #21 (March 1968)

How Green Was My Thumb (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script

Don Glut

Pencils

Dan Spiegle

Inks

Dan Spiegle

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Bill Spicer

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It was midnight when Jerry Conway, weary from his long hike through the raging downpour, saw the building.

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Jerry Conway; Mr. Strang; Midnight (cat)

Synopsis

In an out-of-the-way hotel, the owner kills some guests and steals their money.

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