Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery, #84
Published: September 1978
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The Great Flood of Florence!
Characters
- Boris Karloff (photograph, inset)
Credits
- Pencils: George Wilson
- Inks: George Wilson
- Colors: George Wilson
Story Notes
Cover reflects the interior story "Secret of Dante's Spirit."
Past and Present Danger
"Mardi Gras time in New Orleans!"
Storyline
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.
Characters
- Boris Karloff (host)
- Beth Lawrence
- Peter Norville
- hotel clerk
- Peter's mother
- Lucifer (dalmatian)
- various Mardi Gras revelers
- police officer
Credits
- Pencils: Giovanni Ticci
- Inks: Alberto Giolitti
- Letters: Ben Oda
Story Notes
Story rebranded as *"Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery"* for this reprinting. The original printing had no actual feature logo. New pencils identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010). Page 4, panel 3 shows some familiar faces: What is clearly a Donald Duck balloon in the upper right corner and, at the far left, a costumed reveler dressed as Napoleon - but who (as this story dates from 1962) presages the look of actor Jonathan Harris as Doctor Zachary Smith from the TV series Lost in Space (1965-1968). Read more, and see the panel in question, at [https://tiahblog.blogspot.com/2020/10/adventures-in-comic-boxing-boris.html][1] [1]: https://tiahblog.blogspot.com/2020/10/adventures-in-comic-boxing-boris.html
Secret of Dante's Spirit
Credits
- Script: Dick Wood
- Pencils: Luis Dominguez
- Inks: Luis Dominguez
Burn, Witch, Burn
"A violent thunderstorm, a car racing through the night, and a lonely road near Salem, Mass!"
Storyline
When their getaway car breaks down, two bank robbers decide to hole up in an isolated old house... belonging to a witch.
Characters
- Boris Karloff (host)
- Duke (bank robber)
- Joe (bank robber)
- Abigail Whiteside, Mephisto (Abigail's black cat)
- two state troopers
Credits
- Pencils: Don Heck
- Inks: Mike Peppe
- Letters: Ben Oda
The Plague of Gornau
Credits
- Script: Leo Dorfman
- Pencils: Giovanni Ticci
- Inks: Alberto Giolitti
- Letters: Ben Oda
The Dream
"The year 1919 in a Polish village, a girl dreams of her betrothed --- lost in the Great War..."
Storyline
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.
Characters
- Myrna
- Stanislaus
- Polish officials
- Polish villagers
Story Notes
Not officially a Boris Karloff story. Boris Karloff does not appear as host. Remade as a four-page Twilight Zone story titled *"Once Upon a Dream"* in The Twilight Zone (Western, 1962 Series) #17 (September 1966). https://www.comics.org/issue/20343/#149162 Myrna retains her name in the Twilight Zone remake, but her betrothed is renamed “Antonâ€.