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Issue: Mystery Comics Digest #24
Publication Date: July 1975
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Issues: #24 of 26 Issues (31 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Gold Key
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 132
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.69 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (17 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 92501-507
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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
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Penciller(s): ? (painted)
Inker(s): ? (painted)
Colorist(s): ? (painted)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Captain Clegg; Norton Mitchell
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Dr. Spektor; Hephzibah Grimm; Barnabas Collins
First Line: On target for mystery
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Pages: 1
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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Captain Clegg's Treasure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (A Spanish artist?)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Rod Serling; Norton Mitchell; Captain Clegg; Mr. Brand
First Line: To the men who go down to the sea in ships the cry of adventure is like music to their ears!
Synopsis: Norton Mitchell ends up back in time where he's forced to serve on a pirate ship.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #29 published June 1969
was Captain Clegg's Treasure [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Cover story
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The Bridegroom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Strange Visit at Sea

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Tait; Mr. Wilmot; Mrs. Wilmot
First Line: On the third of October of 1863, only two days out from Liverpool on the long voyage to New York, an intense storm closes around the steamer City of Limerick sealing the thoughts of all aboard to nothing but their own safety...
Synopsis: Mr. Wilmot is visited on a ship by his wife who is a thousand miles away.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #28 published March 1969
was Strange Visit at Sea [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Hanging Tree

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Hephzibah Grimm; Markus McGree; Agatha; Lady Susan
First Line: Witch story am I going to tell this time? How about 'The Hanging Tree'...
Synopsis: Markus McGree is cursed by a witch he has ordered hanged.
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Pages: 8
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In the Cards

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, occult
Character(s): Malcolm Campbell; Harris; Donald Campbell
First Line: For some, to live on the close side of death often becomes the only way to live!
Synopsis: The history of world record speed champions Malcolm and Donald Campbell.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #30 published September 1969
was In the Cards [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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The Phantom Balloon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Rod Serling; Ernie Greco
First Line: The days of the intrepid airmen are not gone yet!
Synopsis: Ernie Greco goes up in a balloon and has an encounter with a balloonist from 160 years ago.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #30 published September 1969
was The Phantom Balloon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Most Menacing Man Alive

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
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
was The Most Menacing Man Alive [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Wake Me When It's Over

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: occult, science fiction
Character(s): Ernie Barron; Como; Dr. Robert Mullin
First Line: Ernie Barron always walked like he owned the world - confident that the law could never touch him.
Synopsis: Ernie Barron thinks he's found the perfect way to avoid being punished for his crimes.
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Pages: 8
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Journeys Into Oblivion

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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
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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Pages: 10
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Manolete's Last Fight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Rod Serling; Juan Romero; Mr. Romero; Clara; Miguel; Manolete; Don Carlos
First Line: Juan Romero, age 14, like almost all Spanish boys dreams someday of becoming a great matador!
Synopsis: Juan wants to be a bull fighter like his hero El Cordobes.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #33 published June 1970
was Manolete's Last Fight [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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A Spell in the Night

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
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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The Time Machine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: occult, science fiction
Character(s): Rod Serling (host); Franklin Purkey; Martha Purkey; mysterious TV pitchman; mailman; turn-of-the-century townspeople; ancient Egyptians; 16th century English sailors; present day museum guards; TV repairman
First Line: Franklin Purkey is a putterer! His greatest joy is working on a do-it-yourself project!
Synopsis: Franklin Purkey fixes the TV and comes across a commercial for a time machine.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #01-860-210 published August 1962
was The Time Machine [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 11
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The Revenge of Dr. Dread

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Lon Ruzel; Jud Wortin; Vernon Honeywell; Dr. Dread
First Line: The long weeks of anxious work have finally come to an end for Lon Ruzel..... a writer and artist for comic books.
Synopsis: When the Dr. Dread comic book is cancelled Dr. Dread materializes in the real world for revenge.
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Pages: 8
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The Singing Sword

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Rod Serling; Guy Trevor; Mr. Andre; Paul Zeiss; Anthony; Maid Elaine
First Line: A bizarre, almost unbelievable scene from the Middle Ages, isn't it?
Synopsis: Guy comes into possession of a singing sword that takes him back in time to fight injustice.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #35 published December 1970
was The Singing Sword [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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Mirage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Jorge Vasquez; Sharon O'Hara
First Line: Lost in the desert, without food, the last of his water gone, young Jorge Vasquez knows he is nearing the end of the trail!
Synopsis: Without food or water, Jorge comes upon a woman in a ghost town.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #34 published September 1970
was Mirage [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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The Man-Beast of Paris

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Rod Serling; Jean Paul Chandelle; Dr. Martin Boulanger; LeMarche
First Line: They are taxiing the troops right to the front!
Synopsis: In World War I, a man-beast kills women in Paris while soldiers fight the German invasion.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #37 published May 1971
was The Man-Beast of Paris [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Lost in the Twilight Zone

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, non-fiction, occult
First Line: Man's most ancient legends tell of 'lost cities,' of lands that vanished without trace.
Synopsis: Various cities that have vanished, or been destroyed, throughout history.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #01860-207 published May 1962
was Lost in the Twilight Zone [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Turok; Andar; Tono Kono; Dagar; Dan-el; Natongo; Samson
First Line: On target for action
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Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck; Scrooge McDuck; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck; Goofy; Pluto; Doc; Chip; Dale; Jiminy Cricket
First Line: It's magic!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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