DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest
#17
[Direct]
(January 1982)
DC,
1980 Series
- Volume
- 3
- Price
- 0.95 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1981-09-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC Blue Ribbon Digest
- Editing
- Andy Helfer (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert (signed as
Joe Kubert) - Inks
- Joe Kubert (signed as Joe Kubert)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
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Ghosts
table of contents / 1 page
- Script
- Andy Helfer ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
A Carnival of Dwarfs
comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Michael Fleisher (script); Russell Carley (art continuity)
- Pencils
- Arthur Suydam
- Inks
- Arthur Suydam
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (original editor)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Squire Shade (host)
- Reprints
-
from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #119 (May 1974) [see notes]
-
Indexer Notes
Squire Shade replaces Abel as host from the original printing.
Above and Beyond the Call of Duty
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Squire Shade (host); Jonas Sentry; Maria (Chambermaid); Peter (Butler, Devil)
- Synopsis
- Jonas Sentry makes a deal with the devil to regain his youth.
- Reprints
- from The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #8 (April-May 1970) [see notes]
-
Indexer Notes
Squire Shade replaces Mildred as host from the original printing.
He Who Laughs Last...
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Squire Shade (host)
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #221 (January 1974)
-
The Widow's Walk
comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Witch burnings, pirate plunder and murder, lost whalers and silent bitter women - this is still the heritage of the village of Whaler's Harbor, clinging silently to the bleak rocky coast of New England...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Angus Beame; Mary Bourne; Mr. Bourne (Mary's father); Homer Clyde (Mr. Bourne's servant); Mildred Clyde (Homer's wife); lawyer; various crewmen of Angus Beame; exotic item merchant; modern-day beachgoers
- Synopsis
- In 1897, merchant seaman Angus Beame marries Mary Bourne for her eventual inheritance. When Mary's father's will is read, and is not to Angus' satisfaction, he sails away and leaves Mary. In response, Mary places a curse on her betraying husband that he may not return to harbor until the day she dies.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #179 (March-April 1969)
-
- Keywords
- 1897; curse; inheritance; New England coastal town; sea or island setting; ships
Indexer Notes
The house given to Mary and Angus by her father bears a noticeable resemblance to the Norman Bates house in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" (1960).
Message from Beyond
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Jack Oleck
- Pencils
- Ralph Reese (signed)
- Inks
- Ralph Reese (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Squire Shade (host)
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #223 (March 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Squire Shade replaces Cain as host from original printing.
The Monster
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Squire Shade (host)
- Reprints
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #96 (February-March 1972) [host changed]
-
Indexer Notes
Squire Shade replaces Abel as host from original printing. Reprint information from Scott Grammel.
Nightmare
comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Squire Shade (host); Judy; Judy's father; Miss Winter (governess); Pan (statue brought to life)
- Synopsis
- A lonely little girl, Judy, seeks a friend and finds it in Pan, an animated statue. They play together in a fantasy world, but meantime in the real world she is struck by a fever and a doctor tries to cure her. As she improves, her father convinces her that Pan is just a statue. The statue, with a girl who's now grown up, sheds a tear.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #186 (May-June 1970) [see notes]
-
Indexer Notes
Squire Shade replaces Cain as host from original printing.
This reprint credits "ADAMS & GIORDANO" for the art, but later reprints and the Neal Adams checklist credit Adams for the inks.
The Big Burp
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Dave Manak ?
- Pencils
- Dave Manak (signed as Manak)
- Inks
- Dave Manak (signed as Manak)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Dave Manak ?
Indexer Notes
One page gag strip featuring a monster.
A Bottle of Incense... A Whiff of the Past!
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Squire Shade (host)
- Reprints
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #94 (October-November 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Squire Shade replaces Abel as host from the original printing.
The Game
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #178 (January-February 1969)
-
Death on Cue!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Squire Shade (host)
- Reprints
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #127 (January 1975) [see notes]
-
Indexer Notes
Squire Shade replaces Abel as host from original printing.
The Symbionts
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Marv Wolfman
- Pencils
- Rich Buckler
- Inks
- Neal Adams
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Editing
- Dick Giordano (original editor)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #90 (February-March 1971)
-
Born Losers
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #98 (June-July 1972)
-
The Dead Can Kill
Ghosts True Case Files / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #183 (November-December 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
Art credited to Neal Adams on splash page in error.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["This is the best of Ghosts..."]
-
1.
Ghosts
-
2.
A Carnival of Dwarfs
-
3.
Above and Beyond the Call of Duty
-
4.
He Who Laughs Last...
-
5.
The Widow's Walk
-
6.
Message from Beyond
-
7.
The Monster
-
8.
Nightmare
-
9.
The Big Burp
-
10.
A Bottle of Incense... A Whiff of the Past!
-
11.
The Game
-
12.
Death on Cue!
-
13.
The Symbionts
-
14.
Born Losers
-
15.
The Dead Can Kill
Ghosts True Case Files -
16.
Here She Comes!
Wonder Woman -
17.
["Ghosts presents a comic collector's compendium..."]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Merlin Haas
- Matthew Head
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Allen Ross
- Per Sandell
- Joe Torcivia
- Jim Van Dore
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