| Issue | #3 |
| Published | April 1963 |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Gold Key 10053-304 |
| Characters | Boris Karloff (photograph) |
| Genre | Occult |
| Pencils | ? (painted); ? (photograph) |
| Inks | ? (painted); ? (photograph) |
| Colors | ? (painted); ? (photograph) |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Reprinted | in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1. |
| Genre | Fact; Natural History |
| Pencils | Tom Gill |
| Inks | Tom Gill |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
| Reprinted | in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1. |
| Characters | Boris Karloff (host); John Ruskin (death); Milo Mead (death); Mary Ruskin; Jack Ruskin; Tim Marker (death); Felix Morro (death); Dan Duff (death) |
| Synopsis | 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. |
| Genre | Occult |
| Script | Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer |
| Pencils | Dan Spiegle |
| Inks | Dan Spiegle |
| Letters | ? [WCL] |
| Notes | Cover story. |
| Reprinted | in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #11 (May 1973); in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #20 (November 1974); in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1. |
| Characters | James Bartley |
| Synopsis | 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. |
| Genre | Occult |
| Pencils | Tom Gill |
| Inks | Tom Gill |
| Reprinted | in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #8 (October 1972) [reprint layout=3 pages]; in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1. |
| Synopsis | An article about asteroids and their effects (or potential effects) upon the earth. |
| Genre | Fact |
| Pencils | ? (illustrations) |
| Inks | ? (illustrations) |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Reprinted | in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1. |
| Synopsis | The story of the unsuccessful search for buried treasure on Oak Island. |
| Genre | Occult |
| Pencils | Tom Gill |
| Inks | Tom Gill |
| Letters | Tom Gill? |
| Reprinted | in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1. |
| Characters | Zilma; Pablo; Jim Brechers; Vince Harper |
| Synopsis | Zilma is an evil witch doctor's daughter. After the witch doctor stirs up evil spirits Zilma is attacked by some creature that no one gets a good look at. Pablo is in love with Zilma and wants to protect her. The witch doctor does not 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 creature did. Pablo becomes the new witch doctor of the tribe. |
| Genre | Occult |
| Pencils | Mike Sekowsky |
| Inks | Mike Peppe |
| Reprinted | in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1. |
| Characters | Count of Saint-Germain |
| Synopsis | The story of the Count of Saint-Germain, who is rumored to have lived over 2000 years. |
| Genre | Occult |
| Pencils | Tom Gill |
| Inks | Tom Gill |
| Reprinted | in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #26 (October 1975); in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1. |
| Genre | Fact; Natural History |
| Script | ? |
| Pencils | Tom Gill |
| Inks | Tom Gill |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
| Reprinted | in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1. |
| Genre | Occult |
| Pencils | ? (painted) |
| Inks | ? (painted) |
| Colors | ? (painted) |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | Reprint of the front cover without photo, logo or lettering. |
| Reprinted | in Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #1. |