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Issue: Mystery Comics Digest #18
Publication Date: July 1974
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Issues: #18 of 26 Issues (31 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 132
ISBN:
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Price: $0.59 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 26 (21 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 92501-407
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: four color
Dimensions: digest size
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Genres: occult, science fiction
Character(s): Chet Chambers
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Disclose Notes: 92501-407, bi-monthly
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Gold Key Comics Where the Action Is!

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Character(s): Dr. Spektor; Dagar; Samson
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Contents

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Mars: Dead or Alive

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Genres: occult, science fiction
Character(s): Rod Serling; Chet Chambers; Pete
First Line: Stop! Do not slay the visitors!
Synopsis: Chet Chambers discovers that the surface of Mars is really camouflage to hide the Martians.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #17 published September 1966
was Mars: Dead or Alive [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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The Spirit is Killing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Hephzibah Grimm; Don Palm; Dori Palm
First Line: Well... here it is, Don... ...the house where I spent my childhood!
Synopsis: Don and Dori Palm are staying in the house where she grew up, but a ghost seems to be trying to kill her.
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The Menace from Out There

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Genres: non-fiction, occult, science and technology
Character(s): Blinky Marlow; John
First Line: Fear of the forces of nature has plagued mankind like a curse!... Lightning was once thought to be an omen of evil by some...
Synopsis: Examples of people's fear of Halley's comet through the years.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #7 published May 1964
was The Menace from Out There [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Bridegroom

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Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Rod Serling; Milo Dean; Agatha; Cyril Gordon; Eliza; Verna Barclay; Michael Dexter
First Line: A handsome, charming man is Milo Dean, one of the most successful operators in his field...
Synopsis: Milo Dean charms women out of their life savings, while hiding out he meets a rich woman who keeps to herself in an old house.
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From Content Item: FlagFour Color #1288 published February 1962
was The Bridegroom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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Voices from the Twilight Zone

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Genres: fantasy, historical, non-fiction, occult
Character(s): Abraham Lincoln
First Line: It was in the darkest hour of the Civil War. Lincoln was planning to sign the Emancipation Proclamation. But many of his advisors were against it.
Synopsis: Lincoln uses a seance for advice.
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From Content Item: FlagFour Color #1288 published February 1962
was Voices from the Twilight Zone [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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If the Shoe Fits...

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Genres: crime, fantasy, occult
Feature(s): A Macabre Tale
Character(s): "Big Mart" Krazik; Frank Nigel; Carson; Mike; Bill
First Line: Men once called you "Big Mart" Krazik. But now you pound the pavement of Skid Row on Chicago's south side.
Synopsis: When former mob boss, now bum, "Big Mart" puts on the shoes of the late Nigel Frank he finds the shoes have a mind of their own.
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The Midas Wheel

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Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Cyrus Gruntland
First Line: Here we go, Mr. Gruntlund -- five is your number!
Synopsis: Cyrus Gruntland's secret wish is revealed.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #10 published February 1965
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They Dwell Among Us

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Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Rod Serling; Franz Bronk; Andrea Bronk; Stefan Bronk; Mrs. Stone
First Line: Few people have heard of the Inner-Space Institute whose fantastic experiments may alter the fate of mankind...
Synopsis: Scientific geniuses the Bronks are secretly witches.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #12 published August 1965
was They Dwell Among Us [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Scapfaggot Witch

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Genres: horror, non-fiction, occult
First Line: In June, 1944, as Allied tanks pour through the English village of Great Leighs...
Synopsis: During World War II the tomb of the witch of Scrapfaggot Green is disturbed and bizarre things start happening.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #27 published December 1968
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Doom by Prediction

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Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Rod Serling; Archie Ruber; Dr. Anton Gregor
First Line: To look at Archie Ruber you'd never dream he was talented -- a man of remarkable gifts!
Synopsis: Dr. Gregor discovers that Archie has psychic powers.
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From Content Item: FlagFour Color #1173 [unnamed variant] published March 1961
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The Demon of Central Park

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Genres: fantasy, occult
Feature(s): Midnight Mysteries
Character(s): Ronnie Haydock
First Line: Ronny Haydock had walked through fog-enveloped Central Park for an hour trying to find an easy mark.
Synopsis: A sorcerer lets a mugger steal his wallet.
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Past, Present...Eternity

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Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Dick Evans; Bob; Ray Creighton
First Line: In the fall of 1957, a small group of students living in Mexico City developed a strong interest in hypnotism, the occult, the world beyond!
Synopsis: Dick and his friends are using hypnosis to learn about reincarnation.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #29 published June 1969
was Past, Present... Eternity [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Journeys Into Oblivion

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Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Manuel
First Line: Toward the close of 1947, a twin-engined aircraft with 32 persons aboard flies an uneventful course above the craggy peaks of the Tahoma Glacier...
Synopsis: Stories of a 1947 plane crash where no bodies were found, the cadet training ship Tundra vanishing in 1902 and the disappearance of 3000 Chinese soldiers in 1939 before the fall of Nanking.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #26 [unnamed variant] published July 1968
was Journeys Into Oblivion [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Most Menacing Man Alive

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Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Rod Serling; Henry Acres; Arthur Johnson
First Line: No... this is no nightmarish scene you are observing -- it really happened!
Synopsis: An accident in science class turns teacher Henry Acres into an electricity generator.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #31 published December 1969
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The Treasure of His Company

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Genres: adventure, occult
Feature(s): Tales of the Macabre
Character(s): Captain Gasca; Diaz
First Line: After months of sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, "El Santo," the great ship of Captain Gasca, approaches its destination...
Synopsis: Captain Gasca plans to steal some native people's treasure with the help of a solar eclipse.
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The Wanted One

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Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Henrich
First Line: Twenty miles southwest of Prague, Czechoslovakia a wide-eyed man races for escape! Suddenly the road humps before him...
Synopsis: An escaped war criminal fights the land itself.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #11 published May 1965
was The Wanted One [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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When the Ball Is Over

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Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Rod Serling; Martha Langton; Ken Langton; Pierre; Baron L'undee
First Line: Everyone likes to be invited to a party!
Synopsis: Martha and Ken Langton receive a mysterious invitation to a costume ball.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #16 published July 1966
was When the Ball Is Over [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Unidentified Aircraft

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Genres: fantasy, occult, war
Character(s): Captain Stacey
First Line: During World War II at an air base in Scotland...
Synopsis: In World War II a World War I bomber is seen flying over the airfield.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #27 published December 1968
was Unidentified Aircraft [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Journeys Into the Twilight Zone

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Genres: non-fiction, occult
First Line: Experimenters claim some people have extra-sensory perception (ESP), using special decks of cards they "guess" the sequence of the cards.
Synopsis: Research about the possibility of psychic powers.
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From Content Item: FlagFour Color #1173 [unnamed variant] published March 1961
was Journeys into the Twilight Zone [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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A Spell in the Night

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Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Meg LaClair; Joe; Biff; Frankie
First Line: Meet Meg Laclair, oldest inhabitant of Dozton!
Synopsis: Old Meg seems to be a harmless old eccentric.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #32 published March 1970
was A Spell in the Night [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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Beware the Kewpie Dolls

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Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Rod Serling; Carl Riger; Eddie; Mr. Coogan; Hal; Detective Brett
First Line: Destroy the human saboteur... the murderer!
Synopsis: Carl Riger is booby-trapping the attractions at Coogan's carnival so it looks like a jinx is at work.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #34 published September 1970
was Beware the Kewpie Dolls [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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Mystery Comics Digest

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Mystery Comics Digest #19

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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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