Publishers / Western / Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (1963) / #54

54June 1974
$0.20

Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery #54

Western · June 1974 · on sale 1974-04-18

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Identification plate

Series: Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (Western, 1963 series)
Issue: #54
Publication date: June 1974
Key date: 1974-06-00
On-sale date: 1974-04-18
Indicia publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
Price: $0.20
Pages: 36

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Monster of the Moors!	cover	1	pencils: George Wilson; inks: George Wilson; colors: George Wilson	Boris Karloff (photograph, inset)
1	The Human Element	comic story	8	script: John Warner; pencils: John Celardo; inks: John Celardo; letters: John Celardo	Boris Karloff (narrator); Dr. Kurt Maggin; Ellie Maggin (his wife)
2	Monster of the Moors	comic story	5	script: John Warner; pencils: Jack Abel; inks: Jack Abel
3	The Symbiont Factor	comic story	6	script: John Warner; pencils: Frank Bolle; inks: Frank Bolle; letters: Frank Bolle	Boris Karloff (narrator); Matthew Porter; Eric Porter (brothers)
4	The Ant Monster	comic story	6	script: John Warner; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer	Boris Karloff (narrator); Edgar Brett; Peter Stacy

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
British	price 0.06 GBP
Whitman	See the GCD record for identification notes.

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