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Issue: Ripley's Believe It or Not! #1
Publication Date: June 1965
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Issues: #1 of 94 Issues (145 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/11/1965
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 12 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Title in indicia: RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT TRUE GHOST STORIES. On-sale date from 1965 Books and Pamphlets, 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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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Memorial to a Ghost

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (newspaper strip reprint, 3 panels)
Inker(s): ? (newspaper strip reprint, 3 panels)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Ripley's Believe It or Not!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover
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The Mummy's Hand

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Evans
Inker(s): George Evans
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Feature(s): True Ghost Stories
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #4 published June 1972
as The Mummy's Hand [Story on Interior Page(s)]revised layout=17 pages; original layout=7 pages
In Content Item: FlagRipley's Believe It or Not! #81 published September 1978
as The Mummy's Hand [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Cover story
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The Ghost Rider of Irun

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (newspaper strip)
Inker(s): ? (newspaper strip)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: From ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Ghost Ship

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul S. Newman ?; Larry Ivie ? (see notes)
Penciller(s): Wally Wood
Inker(s): Wally Wood
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #1 published March 1972
as The Ghost Ship [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRipley's Believe It or Not! #80 published August 1978
as The Ghost Ship [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Ivie credit per article in Alter Ego # 152, May 2018. Newman is credited in biblio published in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 30, No. 10, October 2019.
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The Flaming Scar

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Williamson
Inker(s): Al Williamson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): True Ghost Stories
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #4 published June 1972
as The Flaming Scar [Story on Interior Page(s)]revised layout=14 pages; original layout=5 pages
In Content Item: FlagRipley's Believe It or Not! #80 published August 1978
as The Flaming Scar [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAl Williamson Forbidden Worlds #[nn] published January 2009
as The Flaming Scar [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Phantom Visitor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Bolle
Inker(s): Frank Bolle
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): True Ghost Stories
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #4 published June 1972
as The Phantom Visitor [Story on Interior Page(s)]revised layout=9 pages; original layout=3 pages
In Content Item: FlagRipley's Believe It or Not! #80 published August 1978
as The Phantom Visitor [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Ghost in a Cemetery

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (newspaper strip)
Inker(s): ? (newspaper strip)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: From ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Woman in the Tomb

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Bolle
Inker(s): Frank Bolle
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #1 published March 1972
as The Woman in the Tomb [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRipley's Believe It or Not! #80 published August 1978
as The Woman in the Tomb [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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The Message from Beyond

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Giovanni Ticci
Inker(s): Alberto Giolitti
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #1 published March 1972
as The Message from Beyond [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRipley's Believe It or Not! #80 published August 1978
as The Message from Beyond [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: New pencils identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).
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The Sentry Who Was Saved by a Ghost!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (newspaper strip)
Inker(s): ? (newspaper strip)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: From ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside back cover
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Skulduggery

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (newspaper strip)
Inker(s): ? (newspaper strip)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: From ?
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: back cover

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