It's HERE and ready to "THRILL" you!
The long-awaited Gold Key Select: Boris Karloff Thriller #1 from Gold Key Entertainment "thrillingly" takes its proud place alongside the previously released Boris Karloff Gold Key Mysteries #1 and #2!
Even if you never read the original Boris Karloff comics - or their recent versions - THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO START! ...No experience necessary, just enjoy the goosepimples!
What makes this book different from the others is that, while the "Gold Key Mysteries" issues were all new and original material, Gold Key Select: Boris Karloff Thriller #1 is a collection of classic-era stories culled from the earliest days of Western Publishing's Gold Key Brand's Boris Karloff Thriller #1-2... down to the "Early Gold Key Look" of rectangular dialogue balloons with wide, perfectly aligned page-bisecting panel gutters - often in various colors!
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Another unique facet of this issue is that, despite the excellent cover choice, it is not merely a reprint of Boris Karloff Thriller #1 (1962)...
[Back-to-back - or side-by-side - THRILLS!]
...But, as mentioned, select "Tales of Mystery" from original issues #1-2, resulting in a book that is more than a mere "replica edition" as has become so common these days!
Finally, there is one more feature that you won't find in the original Boris Karloff comics -- and pretty much NOT ANYWHERE in modern comic books...
...The GOLD KEY CLUB READER'S PAGE! A place where YOU can become involved with this and any of the upcoming titles from Gold Key Entertainment! Letters of Comment, questions, likes and "likes-not-so-much", suggestions, and all things Gold Key!
A modern version of the original Gold Key Comics Club pages instituted by Western Publishing in 1967...
[Join the Club - 2025 or 1967!]
...This Gold Key Reader's Page, while steeped in its original incarnation at its core - right down to its retro logo design, takes less of a juvenile focus and is written for more of a general comics-consuming audience!
And ALL OF YOU can join in the fun by sending in those "Letters of Comment, questions, likes and 'likes-not-so-much', suggestions, and all things Gold Key" to this address:
So, how do I know that the Gold Key Reader's Page will be "fun"? ...Simple, because I am writing/preparing the page and, if you're familiar with this humble Blog (...if you're reading this, you probably are) you know how I handle contributions and comments to it. I look forward to bringing that manner to a wider scale with Gold Key Comics!
I thank Gold Key Entertainment CEO Lance Linderman and all of the Gold Key Team for their faith in me to allow this undertaking and, as you all know from everything else I do in comics, I will make this new Gold Key Reader's Page the very best it can be!
You're all invited to kick things off by reading the book and participating in the experience!
Let's turn out a big response, and make it a regular ongoing thing across the Gold Key line!
See you there...
2 comments:
Congratulations, Joe!!! I never read much of this type of comic book when I was younger, but I'm much more open to it now, and this one looks good. I enjoy the Karloff stuff now. That is very good news about the Gold Key Club revival--provided that it's handled by someone (you) who can do it with taste and style and can develop it into an enhancement of the reading experience instead of otherwise. I'm all for both new content and reprints of classic content. Maybe soon--well, I won't enumerate my wish list here for reprints (and/or new material), as you well know exactly what I would wish for!
Thank you for the kind words, Scarecrow!
You state my exact aim for this endeavor, and we, the Gold Key Team and I, want this to be a lively and enjoyable ongoing feature for Gold Key readers old and new!
Hope to see you in those pages!
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