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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published October 1962
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 84
Editing ?
Notes Gold Key 30007-201

Cover Details - "Boris Karloff Thriller"

Characters Boris Karloff (photograph)
Genre Occult
Pencils ? (photograph)
Inks ? (photograph)
Colors ? (photograph)
Letters Typeset
Notes Gold Key 30007-201
Reprinted in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (Gold Key, 1963 series) #23 (September 1968); in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword

Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Notes Foreword and listing of contents, inside front cover, black & white

10 page Boris Karloff story "Gleam of Evil"

Characters Boris Karloff (host)
Genre Occult
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks Mike Peppe
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1.

11 page Boris Karloff story "The Crystal Ball"

Characters Boris Karloff (host)
Genre Occult
Pencils Ray Bailey
Inks Ray Bailey
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (Gold Key, 1963 series) #23 (September 1968); in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #11 (May 1973); in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1.

1 page story "The Man Who Vanished"

Genre Occult
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Letters Tom Gill?
Reprinted in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #20 (November 1974); in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1.

11 page Boris Karloff story "The Green Monkey"

Characters Boris Karloff (host)
Genre Occult
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks Mike Peppe
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #11 (May 1973) [-1 page]; in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1.

11 page Boris Karloff story "A Haunted Honeymoon"

Characters Boris Karloff (host)
Genre Occult
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Letters Tom Gill?
Reprinted in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1.

2 page story "Vengeance of the Frigorifique"

Genre Occult
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Letters Tom Gill?
Reprinted in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (Gold Key, 1963 series) #22 (June 1968); in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #26 (October 1975); in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1.

8 page Boris Karloff story "Past and Present Danger"

Characters Boris Karloff (host)
Genre Occult
Pencils Alberto Giolitti
Inks Alberto Giolitti
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (Gold Key, 1963 series) #23 (September 1968); in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (Gold Key, 1963 series) #84 (September 1978); in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #11 (May 1973); in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1.

11 page Boris Karloff story "The Hand in the Wall"

Characters Boris Karloff (host)
Genre Occult
Pencils Jerry Robinson [as JR]
Inks Jerry Robinson [as JR]
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #8 (October 1972); in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1.

2 page text story "Nightmare Scoop"

Genre Occult
Pencils ? (illustrations)
Inks ? (illustrations)
Letters Typeset
Reprinted in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1.

1 page story "Into the Blue"

Genre Occult
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Letters Tom Gill?
Reprinted in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1.

11 page Boris Karloff story "The Plague of Gornau"

Characters Boris Karloff (host)
Genre Occult
Script Leo Dorfman
Pencils Alberto Giolitti
Inks Alberto Giolitti
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (Gold Key, 1963 series) #22 (June 1968); in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (Gold Key, 1963 series) #84 (September 1978); in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #23 (May 1975); in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1.

1 page story "The Dream"

Genre Occult
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Letters Tom Gill?
Reprinted in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (Gold Key, 1963 series) #23 (September 1968); in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (Gold Key, 1963 series) #84 (September 1978); in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #5 (July 1972); in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1.

1 page story "The Tracks"

Genre Fact; History; Animals
Pencils Bob Fujitani
Inks Bob Fujitani
Letters Typeset
Reprinted in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (Gold Key, 1963 series) #22 (June 1968); in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1.

1 page Boris Karloff illustration "Boris Karloff Thriller Pin-Up No. 1"

Characters Boris Karloff (photograph)
Genre Occult
Pencils ? (photograph)
Inks ? (photograph)
Colors ? (photograph)
Notes Reprint of the front cover without logo or lettering.
Reprinted in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1.