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Issue: Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery #5
Publication Date: October 1963
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Issues: #5 of 95 Issues (140 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/25/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Overstreet apparently states that there are two versions of this issue, one dated September and one dated October. As of October 2017, there doesn't seem to be any evidence online to back this up. On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U. S., later Standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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The Sorcerer's Potion

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Boris Karloff (photograph, inset)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery #88 [Gold Key] published January 1979
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives #2 published February 2010
as Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery #5 Cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Image from interior story "The Sorcerer's Potion".
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Archaeology, Number 7: The Tomb of Ti

Story  on  Inside Front Cover (IFC)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives #2 published February 2010
as Archaeology Number 7 The Tomb of Ti [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Sorcerer's Potion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #2 published April 1972
as The Sorcerer's Potion [Story on Interior Page(s)]October 1963
In Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery #88 [Gold Key] published January 1979
as The Sorcerer's Potion [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives #2 published February 2010
as The Sorcerer's Potion [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGespenster Geschichten #59 published ?
as Der Hexer aus dem gläsernen Verließ [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Possessed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #5 published July 1972
as Possessed [Story on Interior Page(s)]October 1963
In Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives #2 published February 2010
as Possessed [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGespenster Geschichten #61 published ?
as Die Jagd der Schreckensgeister [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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The Master's Touch

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives #2 published February 2010
as The Master's Touch [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Text story with three illustrations.
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A Cage for Hassan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #2 published April 1972
as A Cage For Hassan [Story on Interior Page(s)]reformatted
In Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery #88 [Gold Key] published January 1979
as A Cage for Hassan [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives #2 published February 2010
as A Cage for Hassan [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGespenster Geschichten #61 published ?
as Der Käfig des Grauens [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: The reason for the discrepancy in page count is because the story was reformatted in the Digest to one or two panels per page, whereas the original comic book contains around five panels per page.
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The Enigma of Shanti Devi

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): A True Tale of Mystery
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #11 published May 1973
as The Enigma of Shanti Devi [Story on Interior Page(s)]page count = 3; October 1963
In Content Item: FlagDr. Spektor Presents Spine-Tingling Tales #1 published May 1975
as The Enigma of Shanti Devi [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives #2 published February 2010
as The Enigma of Shanti Devi [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGespenster Geschichten #61 published ?
as Rückkehr aus der Vergangenheit [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The reason for the discrepancy in page count is because the story was reformatted in the Digest to one or two panels per page, whereas the original comic book contains around five panels per page.
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Fish, Number 38: Sawfish

Story  on  Inside Back Cover (IBC)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives #2 published February 2010
as Fish Number 38 Sawfish [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Boris Karloff Pin-Up No. 5

Illustration  on  Cover, Back
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBoris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives #2 published February 2010
as Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery #5 Back Cover [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]back cover
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Reprint of the front cover without photograph, logo or caption.

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