Mystery Comics Digest #19

(September 1974)

[Gold Key Comics Where the Action Is!] (Table of Contents: 1)

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Dr. Spektor; Dagar; Samson

Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

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The Ghostly Drummer (Table of Contents: 3)

Ripley's Believe It or Not! / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

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Bill Draut

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Ben Oda

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Judge Moppesson was a stern judge, so the harsh sentencing of the vagabond drummer was not unusual. But the events that followed were strange indeed...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Judge Moppesson; Mrs. Moppesson; King Charles II

Synopsis

Judge Moppesson sentences a drummer to prison and is cursed with ghostly drumming.

Reprints

• from Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Western, 1965 series) #9 (May 1968)

In the Days of Giants (Table of Contents: 4)

Ripley's Believe It or Not! / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Don Glut

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Roger Brand ?

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Roger Brand ?

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Bill Spicer

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1926... the workroom of the anthropology department of a natural history museum in Montana, where a scientist named Dr. Nesmith has just experienced the impossible...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Dr. Nesmith; Carter

Synopsis

Dr. Nesmith tells Carter legends of ancient people meeting giants.

The Horror of Lincoln's Inn (Table of Contents: 5)

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Mike Roy

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Mike Roy

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Ben Oda

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One night in 1913, a fearful scream resounds through Lincoln's Inn, London's famed law building...

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A winged demon haunts a room of Lincoln's Inn.

Reprints

• from Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Western, 1965 series) #14 (June 1969)

Armies of the Doomed (Table of Contents: 6)

Ripley's Believe It or Not! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Jack Sparling

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Jack Sparling

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Ben Oda

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Lanai!... Do you hear those drums? Where does the sound come from? What does it mean?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Lanai; Nanui; Pele

Synopsis

Pele gives two little girls who were kind to her leaves to protect their hut.

Reprints

• from Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Western, 1965 series) #15 (August 1969)

The Winged Phantom (Table of Contents: 7)

Ripley's Believe It or Not! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Luis Dominguez

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Luis Dominguez

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Ben Oda

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1942. An air base in England goes on a sudden alert...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Lt. Carrol

Synopsis

During World War II a ghostly Sopwith Camel from World War I is seen flying.

Reprints

• from Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Western, 1965 series) #16 (October 1969)

Tin Star (Table of Contents: 8)

Midnight Mysteries / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Don Glut

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Warren Tufts

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Warren Tufts

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Warren Tufts

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James McKellar had heard the commotion raised by the livestock.

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

James McKellar; Brian McKellar; Lojos; "King" Charles

Synopsis

A werewolf kills James McKellar in the old west.

The Ballerina's Last Dance (Table of Contents: 9)

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Joe Certa

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Joe Certa

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When the famed ballerina, Madame Pavlova died in 1931, the world of the ballet went into mourning.

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Anna Pavlova; Frances Doble

Synopsis

After her death the ghost of Madame Pavlova is seen.

Reprints

• from Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Western, 1965 series) #11 (November 1968)

Herne the Hunter (Table of Contents: 10)

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Ben Oda

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One eerie day, in 1931, as Ronald Beck strolls through Windsor Park, once the hunting grounds of the king of England...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Ronald Beck; Herne; Richard II; Anne Boleyn; Charles I

Synopsis

Ronald Beck sees Herne the hunter and learns that disaster and death follow these sightings.

Reprints

• from Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Western, 1965 series) #15 (August 1969)

The Doom Flower (Table of Contents: 11)

Ripley's Believe It or Not! / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

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Sal Trapani

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Sal Trapani

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Jon D'Agostino

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The hot sun pours down on a South American port, as a tourist shops in the native market, grim fate waits for one to buy...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Dolores Santos; Lopez; Mira; Dr. Thorness; Pedro; Carl Husser; Pedro Altas; Professor Martena

Synopsis

A blue orchid brings death to those who take it from the forest.

Reprints

• from Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Western, 1965 series) #17 (December 1969)

Rob Not the Dead (Table of Contents: 12)

Grimm's Ghost Stories / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Don Glut

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John Calnan

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John Calnan

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Bill Spicer

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They say it gets more and more difficult to make a dishonest dollar these days! Especially when that dollar is paid off in "ghoul's" gold, as this story, of two men with a peculiar occupation, wlll prove...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Hephzibah Grimm; Barbour; Donahoe; Eben Wayne; Sarah Wayne

Synopsis

Two gravediggers find an out of the way graveyard to rob.

The Headless Conquistador (Table of Contents: 13)

Ripley's Believe It or Not! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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John Celardo

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John Celardo

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John Celardo

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Keep your eyes open, boys! This could be some kind of robbers' roost! We may even find buried treasure!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

John Oxley; Martha

Synopsis

The ghost of a dead conquistador comes looking for his skull.

Reprints

• from Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Western, 1965 series) #15 (August 1969)

The Phantom Lights of Crusheen (Table of Contents: 14)

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Joe Certa

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Joe Certa

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Among the weirdest of uncanny tales to come out of Ireland is the spine-tingling story of the ghostly lights which haunt the hamlet of Crusheen on the island of Inchicronan some twenty miles southeast of Galway Bay.

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

The mysterious lights of Crusheen, Ireland, foretell a death where they stop.

Reprints

• from Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Western, 1965 series) #16 (October 1969)

The Devil-Eyed Cat (Table of Contents: 15)

Ripley's Believe It or Not! / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Ed Robbins

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Ed Robbins

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Ben Oda

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The new captain, eh? Better leave while you can, sir!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Captain Dorn; Maxim

Synopsis

The Nancy Hanks is cursed by the appearances of the ghost of a black cat.

Reprints

• from Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Western, 1965 series) #19 (April 1970)

The Ghostly Guardian (Table of Contents: 16)

Ripley's Believe It or Not! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Frank Bolle

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Frank Bolle

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Jon D'Agostino

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For decades Richard James is known as the finest game warden in northern Rhodesia... a man who loved the creatures of the wild...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Richard James; Shukari

Synopsis

Game Warden Richard James is a friend to the elephants before and after death.

Reprints

• from Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Western, 1965 series) #16 (October 1969)

The Curse of Humble Lee (Table of Contents: 17)

Ripley's Believe It or Not! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Ed Robbins

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Ed Robbins

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Jon D'Agostino

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Men call me "Humble" because I revere the gods who have brought me riches! But tell me, wise one, how long will my good luck last?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Humble Lee

Synopsis

To avoid a death curse, Humble Lee must keep building houses for himself.

Reprints

• from Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Western, 1965 series) #17 (December 1969)

The Jungle Goddess (Table of Contents: 18)

A Macabre Tale / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Don Glut

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Mike Royer

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Mike Royer

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Royer

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Three attentive figures observe the sharply focused image on the motion picture screen: anthropologist Gordon Thomas, his comely daughter Joanie, and Thomas' laboratory assistant Warren Willis...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Gordon Thomas; Joanie Thomas; Warren Willis; Jenny Thomas

Synopsis

Years earlier Gordon Thomas lost one of his twin daughters in Africa, but now he's found evidence she may be alive.

Demon-Wizard (Table of Contents: 19)

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Jack Sparling

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Jack Sparling

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Jon D'Agostino

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You there! Pay for my ale and be quick about it!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

George Pickingill

Synopsis

George Pickingill is feared as a demon-wizard.

Reprints

• from Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Western, 1965 series) #19 (April 1970)

The Ship of Doom (Table of Contents: 20)

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Mike Roy

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Mike Roy

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Jon D'Agostino

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One fearsome night in 1881, as the British dreadnaught H.M.S. Bacchante patrols the Pacific...

Characters

Captain Fokke

Synopsis

Disaster befalls ships which see the Libera Nos.

Reprints

• from Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Western, 1965 series) #16 (October 1969)

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

Ripley's Believe It or Not! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Frank Bolle

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Frank Bolle

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Jon D'Agostino

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In 1786 - an Italian mother is awakened by a horrifying dream.

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Mrs. Paganini; Mr. Paganini; Nicolo Paganini; Satan

Synopsis

Nicolo Paganini has an unnatural skill at playing the violin.

Reprints

• from Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Western, 1965 series) #18 (February 1970)

The Ghost's Vendetta (Table of Contents: 22)

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Jon D'Agostino

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In the Italian town of Radicofani, an innkeeper quarrels with a local mason...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Sereni; Count de Ferson

Synopsis

Before dying Sereni swears vengeance on the man who killed him.

Reprints

• from Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Western, 1965 series) #18 (February 1970)

The Man Who Walked on Air! (Table of Contents: 23)

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Joe Certa

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Joe Certa

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Jon D'Agostino

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Another day! Oh well, I have to get going if I'm going to be at work on time...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Reynard Beck; Frank Beck

Synopsis

Reynard Beck wakes up to discover that he floats in the air.

Reprints

• from Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Western, 1965 series) #17 (December 1969)

The Creature From the Loch (Table of Contents: 24)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Leo Dorfman

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John Celardo

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John Celardo

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John Celardo

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In the 1880's on the bleak moors of Lewis, an island in the outer hebrides--

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Diane; Mary

Synopsis

Mary, a plain girl, meets a man who thinks she's beautiful.

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• from Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Western, 1965 series) #25 (April 1971)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

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Take an adventure trip into strange unknown worlds - with Mystery Comics Digest

[Gold Key Comics] (Table of Contents: 26)

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Little Lulu Moppett; Baby Snoots; Wacky Witch; Pink Panther; Scooby Doo; Heckle; Tweety; Fat Albert; Tom

Indexer Notes

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