Publishers / Western / Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1965) / #51
51December 1974
$0.25

Ripley's Believe It or Not! #51

Western · December 1974 · on sale 1974-10

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Identification plate

Series
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Western, 1965 series)
Issue
#51
Publication date
December 1974
Key date
1974-12-00
On-sale date
1974-10
Indicia publisher
Western Publishing Company Inc.
Price
$0.25
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Make Me Laugh!cover1pencils: George Wilson; inks: George Wilson; colors: George Wilsonmaharajah; jester; guard; cheetah
2Himself Surprisedcomic story7pencils: Frank Bolle; inks: Frank Bolle; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop; letters: Frank BolleLord Wootan; Archbishop Paley; Lord Wootan's coachman; ghost of tortured soul; ghost of Archbishop Paley
4Strange Goldcomic story6pencils: Oscar Novelle; inks: Oscar Novelle; colors: Western Publishing Production ShopLord Louis Cartes; Lady Cartes; Reon Cartes (young son of Lord and Lady Cartes); hired soldiers; Druid ghost
10A Toast to the Bridecomic story6pencils: José Delbo; inks: José Delbo; colors: Western Publishing Production ShopIvan (occult chemist); Dimitri (Cossack); Alicia (would-be bride); priest; Russian soldiers
12Make Me Laughcomic story6pencils: Luis Dominguez; inks: Luis Dominguez; colors: Western Publishing Production ShopGlenn Ormund (photographer, 1965); hotel owner (1965); maharajah (flashback, 1756); ghost of maharajah (1965); jester (flashback, 1756); ghost of jester (1965); guards (flashback, 1756); cheetahs (flashback, 1756)

Plus 26 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

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