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Issue: Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery #24
Publication Date: December 1968
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Issues: #24 of 95 Issues (140 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/05/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1968 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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The Demon Masks!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Boris Karloff (photograph, inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Now you're old enough for "Matchbox". Here’s your driver’s license.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Matchbox model cars, with "Official 'Matchbox' Driver's License" (with an expiration date of 7/31/69) that you can cut out and carry. Color ad on inside front cover.
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The Demon Masks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Boris Karloff (host); Red Shane; Kuai; Kagan
Synopsis: After trying to steal death masks from a witch doctor and accidentally killing him, Red Shane is haunted by death masks in the jungle.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGespenster Geschichten #55 published ?
as In der Hölle der Dämonen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: 24-689
Disclose Notes: Cover story.
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Melody of Death

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Death Laughs Last

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Calvin Sloan; Otto; Max (dog)
Synopsis: Calvin schemes to kill his rich uncle, but his uncle's ghost returns for vengeance.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #17 published May 1974
as Death Laughs Last [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGespenster Geschichten #54 published ?
as Spuren aus dem Totenreich [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Gold Key to Hold Surprise Party for Mickey Mouse

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Mickey Mouse
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Reader's Page: Airplanes

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Reader submitted artwork featuring airplanes.
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Pages: 1
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World's Fastest Train

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): General Mills; Cheerios; Cheerios Kid
Character(s): Cheerios Kid
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Facts about the “New Tokaido” train running between Tokyo and Osaka, Japan - and some words on behalf of Cheerios breakfast cereal.
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Jokes on You

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Reader submitted jokes.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Guardians

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Walt Byron; Norbert Winston; Professor Ramadi; Dr. Stroller; Devlin
Synopsis: A reporter discovers three famous scientists, all with amnesia and living on skid row.
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In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #20 published November 1974
as The Guardians [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGespenster Geschichten #54 published ?
as Das Hotel der verlorenen Seelen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Molno pencils per Lee Hartsfeld:

http://leescomicrack.blogspot.com/2016/03/bill-molno-and-sal-trapani-at-gold-key.html

Previous indexer credited Sal Trapani.

Both the opening narration by Uncle Boris and the closing narration contain the words "The Twilight Zone". This story was probably intended for that title and then switched to this one. But though images of Karloff were added to the splash panel and the final panel, no one edited out the words identifying where the story was clearly meant to run when it was commissioned.
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Wrong Cat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Half-page mini-comics.
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Sure Shot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fisher Man
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Half page of mini-comics.
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Pteranodon

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: nature, non-fiction
Synopsis: Information on Dinosaurs.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Gaylord Du Bois script credit for Pteranodon as per page 174, "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott." Gaylord Du Bois script identification confirmed by David Porta, April, 2016.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Win $1,000.00 college scholarship...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Junior Sales Club of America, offering prizes or money for the sales of "all occasion cards".
Color ad on inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Make money get prizes with fast selling 75c Christmas packs
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for American Specialty Company, offering prizes or money for the sales of Christmas card packs. Six kids with quotes endorsing this enterprise are seen in black and white photos. Color ad on back cover.

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