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Series: Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery

- Attribution History

Years in Print: 1963 - 1980

Detail

Publisher: Flag

Western Country:

United States Language: English Issues: #3 - #97 (95 Issues, 140 Printings)

Continued From: Boris Karloff Thriller [1962 - 1963] by Western

Continued In: none Disclose

Tracking Notes: Disclose

Notes: Early issues have a heavy stock cardboard cover.

Issues #3-21 have the front cover illustration reproduced on the back (sans cover copy) as a pin-up.

******* 'Canadian' price variants of 1968 *******
Doug Sulipa, a comics dealer in Manitoba, Canada since 1970, has confirmed that about 90% of all 63 titles of Gold Key Canadian titles are confirmed to exist with cover dates from April 1968 through August 1968 for both 15 cent covers and 12 cent covers. Joe Torcivia, a comics collector and professional, has confirmed that at least several titles were sold in Flushing, Queens, New York with 15 cent covers while sold elsewhere with 12 cent covers. A few months later (September or November issues, depending on dating), ALL Gold Key Comics carried the 15-cent cover price and no further 12 cent issues were sold again. These issues do not have a currency qualifier on the covers, so it is not certain whether they were priced in Canadian or United States currency, or both. These issues appear to meet comics researcher John McClure's definition of Type 1a variants: “Cover Price Variants intended for foreign distribution with limited regional distribution, published simultaneously with standard or regular editions." However, in addition to foreign distribution, they appear to have also been sold as a test market for an impending price increase in the United States.

Format

Publication Type: Comic Books

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

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Sample Issue Image

Issue #	Publication Date	Pages	Content Items	Issue Images Count
#3	April 1963	36	10/7/1	3 Issue Images total
#4	July 1963	36	9/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#5	October 1963	36	9/7/1
#6	January 1964	36	9/7/1
#7	September 1964	36	9/6/1
#8	December 1964	36	8/5/1
#9	March 1965	36	9/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#10	June 1965	36	10/7/1	2 Issue Images total
#11	September 1965	36	11/8/1	2 Issue Images total
#12	December 1965	36	9/6/1
#13	March 1966	36	8/5/1
#14	June 1966	36	9/7/1
#15	September 1966	36	9/7/1
#16	December 1966	36	9/7/1	2 Issue Images total
#17	March 1967	36	9/7/1
#18	June 1967	36	15/10/1
#19	September 1967	36	14/9/1
#20	December 1967	36	15/10/1
#21	March 1968	36	16/10/1	2 Issue Images total
#22 2	June 1968	36	12/7/1
#23	September 1968	36	6/4/1	2 Issue Images total
#24	December 1968	36	15/6/1
#25	March 1969	36	10/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#26	June 1969	36	5/4/1	2 Issue Images total
#27	September 1969	36	5/4/1

Issue #

Publication Date

Pages

Content Items

Issue Images Count

April 1963

10/7/1