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Issue: Ripley's Believe It or Not! #15
Publication Date: August 1969
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Issues: #15 of 94 Issues (145 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/17/1969
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Subtitled "True Ghost Stories" on the cover only. On-sale date from 1969 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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGespenster Geschichten #1 [unnamed variant] published January 1974
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: credit from Alberto Becattini
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The Curse of the Shroud

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Abbot Fenir (ghost); Brian O'Hanaray (dies); Napoleon Bonaparte (mentioned)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGespenster Geschichten #1 [unnamed variant] published January 1974
as Der Fluch des toten Abtes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #22 published March 1975
as The Curse of the Shroud [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Half a Ghost

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Edward Simons; Herbert Woods; Menzies Clan; Chief Menzies (dead); Mrs. Menzies (ghost)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #13 [Gold Key] published September 1973
as Half a Ghost [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Herne the Hunter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Herne the Hunter (hangs himself, ghost); Ronald Beck (hangs self); King Richard the Second; Anne Boleyn (dies); King Henry VIII; King Charles I (dies); Oliver Cromwell; Executioner; Innkeeper; Accountant
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #10 published March 1973
as Herne The Hunter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #19 published September 1974
as Herne the Hunter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRipley's Believe It or Not! #78 published June 1978
as Herne The Hunter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGespenster Geschichten #6 published ?
as Die Warnung des ErhÃĪngten [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Gold Key Comics Club News

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: George of the Jungle swings again!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Poof Cereal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A box of cereal has nothing but prizes inside... no cereal.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Pantomime story.
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Armies of the Doomed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Lanai; Nanui; Lanai and Nanui's parents; Pele [Goddess of Fire]; Army of the Night (ghosts); Hawaiians (many die in volcanic eruption)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #7 published September 1972
as Armies of the Doomed [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #19 published September 1974
as Armies of the Doomed [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRipley's Believe It or Not! #78 published June 1978
as Armies of the Doomed [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGespenster Geschichten #76 published ?
as Aufmarsch der Verdammten [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Headless Conquistador

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Oxley; Headless Conquistador [Ancient One Who Sleeps in the Cave] (ghost); ghost horse; banker; Martha; Martha's husband; Professor of Anthropology (mentioned)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #10 published March 1973
as The Headless Conquistador [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGespenster Geschichten #1 [unnamed variant] published January 1974
as Der Geist ohne Kopf [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #19 published September 1974
as The Headless Conquistador [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRipley's Believe It or Not! #78 published June 1978
as The Headless Conquistador [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6

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