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.