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Genres: horror, occult

Feature(s): Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery

Character(s): Brad Stewart

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Notes: Based on the story The Fire Worshippers.

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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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The Slime Thing

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Genres: horror

Feature(s): Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery

Character(s): Boris Karloff; Theodore Golderson; Professor Lohr

First Line: This is not the first time that Theodore Golderson, multi-millionaire owner of a prosperous chemical plant, has been picketed!

Synopsis: Golderson's chemical plant creates a slime thing.

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Pages: 10

The Fire Worshippers

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Genres: horror

Feature(s): Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery

Character(s): Boris Karloff; Brad Stewart

First Line: Fire worshippers honoring their god of fire -- observe how they walk unharmed through a river of burning coals!

Synopsis: Brad Stewart tries to steal an idol by using chemicals to let him walk across burning coals.

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Pages: 9

The Door of Doom!

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Genres: horror

Character(s): Carl Denver; Trudy Denver; Cagliostro; Countess Duroc; Count Duroc; Fritz Ulrich

First Line: In a weird New Orleans curio shop...

Synopsis: The Denvers buy a cursed paperweight.

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Pages: 5

Mystic Journey

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Genres: non-fiction

First Line: Perhaps we should start our bizarre journey into the oddities of present-day man with this prehistoric skull of the nutcracker man!

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Pages: 9

Notes: An explorer tells the reader a variety of acts about humans and animals.

A Taste of Money

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Genres: horror, occult

Feature(s): Tales of the Macabre

Character(s): Joe Techter; Carl Zangerl

First Line: The erupting sounds of blasting guns roar over the noises of traffic... as Joe Techter and Carl Zangerl run from the bank of a small southern town...

Synopsis: Two bank robbers get away in a plane, but crash in a valley with dinosaurs.

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Pages: 10

The Man Who Lived In Yesterday

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Genres: horror

Feature(s): Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery

Character(s): Linda; Seth Parker; Boris Karloff; Emile

First Line: Come in... come in, Seth, darling! - If you really love me, you will follow!..

Synopsis: Linda is convinced she is a witch and has Seth join her on a journey into the past.

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Pages: 14

Miracle From the Deep

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Genres: non-fiction

Character(s): Robertson; Jack

First Line: In the spring of 1871, a schooner off the New Zealand coast makes her run through French Pass, a treacherous strip studded with submerged rocks and hidden rocks...

Synopsis: Jack the porpoise leads ships through a dangerous pass.

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The Curse of the Scharnhorst

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Genres: non-fiction, war

Character(s): Adolf Hitler

First Line: In Germany, as the Nazis prepare for the coming war...

Synopsis: The curse of the German ship Scharnhorst.

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The Evil of Xorkon

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Genres: fantasy, occult

Feature(s): Tales of Sword and Sorcery

Character(s): Duroc; Lorlee; Xorkon

First Line: What prompts a man to place his life in mortal danger?

Synopsis: Duroc falls in love with a mermaid who saved his life.

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Pages: 12

Notes: Features Duroc (a proto-Dagar character). Duroc actually shows up in Dagar's strip, although his appearance is changed.

Valley of the Monsters

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Character(s): Pooka; Irach; Anthony Bridges; Clare Palmer; Dr. Lakeridge; Don Boyle; Paul Carson; Targo

First Line: The elder and the young man sat on plush pillows amid a tropical garden bathed in sunlight as they talked

Synopsis: A plane lands into a valley paradise in the Himalaya Mountains.

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Pages: 21

Notes: Illustrated text story, 16 text pages, 5 illustrated pages.

Burn, Witch, Burn

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Genres: horror

Feature(s): Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery

Character(s): Boris Karloff; Duke; Joe; Abigail Whiteside; Mephisto (cat)

First Line: A violent thunderstorm, a car racing through the night, and a lonely road near Salem, Mass!

Synopsis: Two bank robbers car stops working and they are forced to go into Abigail's house.

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Pages: 6

Oh, You Beautiful Doll

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Genres: horror

Feature(s): Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery

Character(s): Boris Karloff; Casper Gumm; Nancy; Harold; Annie

First Line: This is a genuine voodoo doll, very dangerous if it falls into the wrong hands!

Synopsis: Casper buys a voodoo doll and then discovers it actually works.

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Pages: 9

Notes: See Twilight Zone (Gold Key, 1962 series) #49 (May 1973) text story.

The Screaming Skull

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Genres: horror

Feature(s): Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery

Character(s): Boris Karloff; Max Kidron; Dan Brothers

First Line: Psychiatrist Dr. Dan Brothers has heard many strange stories, but none more eerie than that of his friend, Max Kidron...

Synopsis: An archeologist can't sleep because of a skull he took from a tomb screams at him.

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How Green Was My Thumb

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Genres: horror, occult

Feature(s): Midnight Mysteries

Character(s): Jerry Conway; Mr. Strang; Midnight (cat)

First Line: It was midnight when Jerry Conway, weary from his long hike through the raging downpour, saw the building.

Synopsis: In an out-of-the-way hotel, the owner kills some guests and steals their money.

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Pages: 10

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Character(s): Tubby; Woody Woodpecker; Bugs Bunny; Andy Panda; Little Lulu; Tom; Jerry; Porky Pig; The Roadrunner; Sylvester; Tweety

First Line: Riddle: It fits in your pocket. It's full of your favorite cartoons. It comes out six times a year. What is it?

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Notes: Golden Comics Digest.

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Character(s): Cracky

First Line: It's golden fun time... anytime of the year!

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Notes: Golden Fun Jokes.

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