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Series: Ripley's Believe It or Not!

- Attribution History

Years in Print: 1965 - 1980

Detail

Publisher: Flag

Western Country:

United States Language: English Issues: #1 - #94 (94 Issues, 145 Printings)

Continued From: none

Continued In: none Disclose

Tracking Notes: Disclose

Notes: Issues 1 and 2 were titled RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! True Ghost Stories (Jun 1965 & Oct 1966). #3 was titled: RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! True War Stories 1 (Nov 1965), and was issued between RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! True Ghost Stories #1 & #2.

Title in indicia #4-69: RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT!
Title in Indicia #70-94: RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT

Based on the newspaper cartoon panel "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" (original known as "Champs and Chumps" and then "Believe It or Not!" before assuming its current name), started in 1918.

******* '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

Issues: 1 to 25 of 94 found.

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Issue #	Publication Date	Pages	Content Items	Issue Images Count
#1	June 1965	36	12/6/1
#2	October 1966	36	12/7/1	2 Issue Images total
#1 [3]	November 1965	36	7/3/1	2 Issue Images total
#4	April 1967	36	16/8/1
#5	June 1967	36	10/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#6	August 1967	36	11/5/1	3 Issue Images total
#7	November 1967	36	15/8/1	3 Issue Images total
#8	February 1968	36	10/5/1
#9 2	May 1968	36	7/5/1
#10 2	August 1968	36	6/5/1
#11	November 1968	36	11/8/1
#12	February 1969	36	10/5/1
#13	April 1969	36	6/5/1	2 Issue Images total
#14	June 1969	36	16/7/1	2 Issue Images total
#15	August 1969	36	8/6/1
#16	October 1969	36	6/4/1	2 Issue Images total
#17	December 1969	36	6/5/1	2 Issue Images total
#18	February 1970	36	6/5/1	2 Issue Images total
#19	April 1970	36	11/8/1	2 Issue Images total
#20	June 1970	36	6/5/1	2 Issue Images total
#21	August 1970	36	7/5/1	2 Issue Images total
#22	October 1970	36	6/5/1	2 Issue Images total
#23	December 1970	36	6/5/1	2 Issue Images total
#24	February 1971	36	7/5/1	2 Issue Images total
#25	April 1971	36	6/5/1	3 Issue Images total