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Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery, #3

Published: April 1963

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Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery #3

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Issue Contents:
Ring of Fear
1 page horror-suspense
Characters
  • Boris Karloff (photograph, inset)
Credits
Story Notes

Credited in reprint collection

The Sea, Number 11: Plants of the Coral Reef
Story 1 1 page non-fiction; nature
Credits
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Ring of Fear
Story 2 16 pages horror-suspense
Storyline

A series of men, beginning with John Ruskin and then extending to each person who has in their possession a famous Aztec Ring, die. John Ruskin's daughter is convinced that their deaths were caused by the ring, and she almost dies before she throws the ring away. It turns out that the ring they all possessed was a fake.

Characters
  • Boris Karloff (host)
  • John Ruskin (death)
  • Milo Mead (death)
  • Mary Ruskin
  • Jack Ruskin
  • Tim Marker (death)
  • Felix Morro (death)
  • Dan Duff (death)
Credits
Story Notes

Cover story. 'WCL' is an indeterminate reference to 'Gold Key/Dell West Coast Letterer.'

Jonah

Featuring A True Tale of Mystery

Story 3 1 page detective-mystery
Storyline

The story of James Bartley, a whaler who is swallowed alive by a whale and lives. He ends up almost blind, his hair gone and his skin turned white. He quits whaling and becomes a cobbler.

Characters
  • James Bartley
Credits
Target: Earth
Story 4 1 page non-fiction; math & science
Storyline

An article about asteroids and their effects (or potential effects) upon the earth.

The Secret of Oak Island

Featuring A True Tale of Mystery

Story 5 1 page detective-mystery
Storyline

The story of the unsuccessful search for buried treasure on Oak Island.

Credits
Night Caller
Story 6 12 pages horror-suspense
Storyline

After the witch doctor stirs up evil spirits Zilma is attacked by a monster that no one gets a good look at. Pablo is in love with Zilma and wants to protect her. The witch doctor doesn’t like Pablo, and tells her tribe that she has seen him bring illness to them in her dreams. Pablo and Zilma run away, but the witch doctor uses voodoo to make Zilma sick. Pablo throws a rock and asks for it to find the witch doctor and kill her. The witch doctor dies when she falls off of a cliff. No one knows if the stone knocked her off or if the monster did. Pablo becomes the new witch doctor of the tribe.

Characters
  • Zilma
  • Pablo
  • Jim Brechers
  • Vince Harper
Credits
The Man Who Lived Forever

Featuring A True Tale of Mystery

Story 7 1 page detective-mystery
Storyline

The story of the Count of Saint-Germain, who is rumored to have lived over 2000 years.

Characters
  • Count of Saint-Germain
Credits
The Sea, Number 12: Waves
Story 8 1 page non-fiction; nature
Credits
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Boris Karloff Pin-Up No. 3
Story 9 1 page horror-suspense
Credits
Story Notes

Back cover. Reprint of the front cover without photograph, logo or caption. Credited in reprint collection.