Mystery Comics Digest was published for 26 issues, from 1972 to 1975. All reprinted stories from three of Gold Key's mystery/suspense/fantasy/science fiction anthologies: Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Boris Karloff's Tales of Mystery, and Twilight Zone, in a three-issue rotation. Each issue highlighted the title it was reprinted from on the cover.
Issue focus:
Believe It or Not!- #1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25
Boris Karloff- #2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26
Twilight Zone- #3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24
In addition to reprints, each issue had several original works. Some of these would introduce characters who appeared in Don Glut's titles at Gold Key: Dagar, Doctor Spektor, and Tragg.
Tragg appeared in issues #3 and 9 before getting his own title.
Doctor Spektor appeared in issues #5, 10–12, and 21 before getting his own title.
Duroc/Durak, who would assist Dagar, appeared in issues #7, 14, 15. Dagar's foe, Xorkon, appeared first in #14. The first two Duroc stories were originally intended to feature Dagar.[1]
Also, several of the creatures that Dr. Spektor fought appeared here first, including Ra-ka-tep the mummy (#1), Count Wulfstein the werewolf (#2), Simbar the werelion (#3), Baron Tibor the vampire (#4), and the Lurker in the Swamp (#7).
Notesedit
^Rutledge, Charles. Donald F. Glut interview 2006-09-02 at the Wayback Machine. Sword & Sorcery (Pitch Black Books). Accessed Aug. 31, 2011.
mystery, comics, digest, three, digest, size, comics, published, gold, comics, early, 1970s, other, were, golden, comics, digest, walt, disney, comics, digest, publication, informationpublishergold, comicsschedulebimonthlyformatongoing, seriesgenrehorrorpublic. Mystery Comics Digest was one of three digest size comics published by Gold Key Comics in the early 1970s The other two were Golden Comics Digest and Walt Disney Comics Digest Mystery Comics DigestPublication informationPublisherGold Key ComicsScheduleBimonthlyFormatOngoing seriesGenreHorrorPublication dateMarch 1972 October 1975No of issues26Mystery Comics Digest was published for 26 issues from 1972 to 1975 All reprinted stories from three of Gold Key s mystery suspense fantasy science fiction anthologies Ripley s Believe It or Not Boris Karloff s Tales of Mystery and Twilight Zone in a three issue rotation Each issue highlighted the title it was reprinted from on the cover Issue focus Believe It or Not 1 4 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 Boris Karloff 2 5 8 11 14 17 20 23 26 Twilight Zone 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24In addition to reprints each issue had several original works Some of these would introduce characters who appeared in Don Glut s titles at Gold Key Dagar Doctor Spektor and Tragg Tragg appeared in issues 3 and 9 before getting his own title Doctor Spektor appeared in issues 5 10 12 and 21 before getting his own title Duroc Durak who would assist Dagar appeared in issues 7 14 15 Dagar s foe Xorkon appeared first in 14 The first two Duroc stories were originally intended to feature Dagar 1 Also several of the creatures that Dr Spektor fought appeared here first including Ra ka tep the mummy 1 Count Wulfstein the werewolf 2 Simbar the werelion 3 Baron Tibor the vampire 4 and the Lurker in the Swamp 7 Notes edit Rutledge Charles Donald F Glut interview Archived 2006 09 02 at the Wayback Machine Sword amp Sorcery Pitch Black Books Accessed Aug 31 2011 References editMystery Comics Digest at the Grand Comics Database Mystery Comics Digest at the Comic Book DB archived from the original External links editFormer Western Publishing scripter Mark Evanier s comments on the Gold Key digests and their eventual demise nbsp This comics related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mystery Comics Digest amp oldid 1188171950, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
