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Publishers / DC / Ghosts (1971) / #5

5May-June 1972
$0.25

Ghosts #5

DC · May-June 1972 · on sale March 2, 1972

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Identification plate

Series: Ghosts (DC, 1971 series)
Issue: #5
Publication date: May-June 1972
Key date: May 1972
On-sale date: March 2, 1972
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.25
Pages: 52
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy; letters: Gaspar Saladino
1	Death, the Pale Horseman!	comic story	8	script: Leo Dorfman; pencils: Art Saaf; inks: Art Saaf; letters: Ben Oda
2	The Hands from the Grave!	comic story	6	script: Leo Dorfman; pencils: John Calnan; inks: John Calnan; letters: Ben Oda
3	The Telltale Mirror!	comic story	6	pencils: Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Jerry Grandenetti, Ray Burnley; editing: Whitney Ellsworth	John Bowers
4	Caravan of Doom	comic story	4	script: Leo Dorfman; pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling
5	-	in-house column	1	letters: typeset
6	The Phantom from the Fog	comic story	7.67	pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira
7	The Hearse Came at Midnight	comic story	6	script: Leo Dorfman; pencils: Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Jerry Grandenetti; letters: Ben Oda
8	Death Rolls on Red Wheels	text story	1	letters: typeset

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Ghosts #40	1975	On eBay ›
Limited Collectors' Edition #C-32	1974	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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