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Cover of Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery #23
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Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery #23

Western · Series began 1963 · September 1968

Dates

Cover date
September 1968
On sale
June 1968
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Giovanni Ticci, Don Heck, Ray Bailey, Tom Gill, Rex Maxoninks: Alberto Giolitti, Mike Peppe, Ray Bailey, Tom Gill, Rex Maxoncolors: Western Publishing Production Shopletters: Ben Oda

Stories

  • Past and Present Danger · 8 pages

    In New Orleans for the Mardi Gras, Beth Lawrence finds the hotels are full. A chance meeting with Peter Norville leads to a strange experience.

  • Burn, Witch, Burn · 6 pages

    When their getaway car breaks down, two bank robbers decide to hole up in an isolated old house... belonging to a witch.

  • Jokes On You · 1 pages

    Jokes and riddles submitted by readers.

  • The Crystal Ball · 11 pages

    French Underground Resistance members, Houdon (a thief) and Old Cambert (a fortune-telling charlatan), have exposed a nest of Nazi collaborators, who have left behind a trove of currency and pearls after their arrest. Cambert's crystal ball "informs him" of the abandoned treasure, and they raid the quarters of the collaborators to take the riches as a "reward" for their actions. Houdon frames Old Cambert as a Nazi collaborator to keep the entire treasure for himself. The fortune teller is arrested and imprisoned, vowing his revenge on Houdon declaring "My crystal ball will seek you out!"

  • The Dream · 1 pages

    Myrna has recurring nightmares of Stanislaus, her betrothed, trapped in a ruined castle, despite the official records listing him as having been killed in World War I.

  • Dinosauria Ornitholestes · 1 pages

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