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Issue Details

Issue #5 [October 1963]
Published October 1963
Frequency quarterly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes 10053-310

Cover Details - "The Sorcerer's Potion"

Genre horror
Pencils ? (painted)
Inks ? (painted)
Colors ? (painted)
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #2

1 page Keys of Knowledge filler "Archaeology Number 7 The Tomb of Ti"

Genre Fact
Pencils Joe Certa ?
Inks Joe Certa ?
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover.
Reprinted in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #2

9 page Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery story "The Sorcerer's Potion"

Genre Horror
Pencils Ray Bailey
Inks Ray Bailey
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (Gold Key, 1963 series) #88 (January 1979); in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #2 (April 1972); in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #2

11 page story "Possessed"

Genre Horror
Script Dick Wood
Pencils Alex Toth
Inks Alex Toth
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #5 (July 1972); in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #2

2 page text story "The Master's Touch"

Genre Horror
Pencils ? (illustrations)
Inks ? (illustrations)
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (Gold Key, 1963 series) #88 (January 1979); in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #2

9 page Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery story "A Cage for Hassan"

Genre Horror
Script Leo Dorfman
Pencils Frank Springer
Inks Frank Springer
Letters Ben Oda
Notes The reason for the discrepancy in page count is because the story was reformatted in the Digest to one or two panels per page, whereas the original comic book contains around five panels per page.
Reprinted in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (Gold Key, 1963 series) #88 (January 1979); in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #2 (April 1972) [page total = 24]; in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #2

1 page A True Tale of Mystery story "The Enigma of Shanti Devi"

Genre Horror
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill
Letters Tom Gill ?
Notes The reason for the discrepancy in page count is because the story was reformatted in the Digest to one or two panels per page, whereas the original comic book contains around five panels per page.
Reprinted in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #11 (May 1973) [page count = 3]; in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #2

1 page Keys of Knowledge filler "Fish Number 38 Sawfish"

Genre Fact
Pencils Ray Bailey
Inks Ray Bailey
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover.
Reprinted in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #2

1 page illustration "Boris Karloff Pin-Up No. 5"

Genre Horror
Pencils ? (painted)
Inks ? (painted)
Colors ? (painted)
Notes Reprint of front cover without photo, logo or lettering.
Reprinted in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #2