Publishers / Western / Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (1963) / #23
23September 1968
$0.15

Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery #23

Western · September 1968 · on sale 1968-06

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Series
Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (Western, 1963 series)
Issue
#23
Publication date
September 1968
Key date
1968-09-00
On-sale date
1968-06
Indicia publisher
Western Publishing Company Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Hell, Book, and Candlecover1pencils: ? (photograph); inks: ? (photograph); colors: ? (photograph); letters: typesetBoris Karloff (photograph)
2Past and Present Dangercomic story8pencils: Giovanni Ticci; inks: Alberto Giolitti; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop; letters: Ben OdaBoris Karloff (host); Beth Lawrence; Peter Norville; hotel clerk; Peter's mother; Lucifer (dalmatian); various Mardi Gras revelers; police officer
3Burn, Witch, Burncomic story6pencils: Don Heck; inks: Mike Peppe; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop; letters: Ben OdaBoris Karloff (host); Duke (bank robber); Joe (bank robber); Abigail Whiteside, Mephisto (Abigail's black cat); two state troopers
4Gold Key Comics Club Newsin-house column1colors: Western Publishing Production ShopKing Kong
5Reader's Page Airplanesillustration1colors: Western Publishing Production Shop
6Reader's Page Inventionsillustration1colors: Western Publishing Production Shop
7Jokes On Youtext article1colors: Western Publishing Production ShopGold Key Kid
8The Crystal Ballcomic story11pencils: Ray Bailey; inks: Ray Bailey; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop; letters: Ben OdaBoris Karloff (host); Houdon (thief); Old Cambert (charlatan); various Paris police
9The Dreamcomic story1pencils: Tom Gill; inks: Tom Gill; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop; letters: Ben OdaMyrna; Stanislaus; Polish officials; Polish villagers
10Dinosauria Ornitholestestext article1pencils: Rex Maxon; inks: Rex Maxon; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop
11King Kongpromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Giovanni Ticci; inks: Alberto Giolitti; colors: Western Publishing Production ShopKing Kong

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

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