Between April 1968 and August 1968 Gold Key published 82
issues of 45 different comic titles, not including digests. During this time period, Gold Key (Western
Publishing) was making the transition from 12¢ prices to 15¢ prices. Many, perhaps all, of these issues were
published with both a 12¢ and 15¢ cover price.
I will refer to these as “12-15 price variants.” An example with both prices for a single
title is shown below with Mighty Samson #14, published in May 1968.
Of the 82 issues published during these five months in 1968,
it has been confirmed that 76 were published with a 12¢ cover price, 63 were
published with a 15¢ cover price, and 57 of the 76 issues were published with
both at 12¢ and 15¢ cover price. The
listing of these issues is as follows:
Title
|
Issue No.
|
Date
|
12c
|
15c
|
Both
|
Baloo and Little
Britches
|
1
|
04/68
|
x
|
||
Beep Beep, The Road
Runner
|
7
|
04/68
|
x
|
||
Doctor Solar, Man
of the Atom
|
23
|
04/68
|
x
|
||
Flintstones
|
45
|
04/68
|
x
|
||
Hanna-Barbera Super
TV Heroes
|
1
|
04/68
|
x
|
||
Huckleberry Hound
|
33
|
04/68
|
x
|
||
Jetsons
|
26
|
04/68
|
x
|
||
Korak, Son of
Tarzan
|
22
|
04/68
|
x
|
||
Lone Ranger
|
10
|
04/68
|
x
|
||
Movie Comics -
Happiest Millionaire
|
10221-804
|
04/68
|
x
|
||
Owl
|
2
|
04/68
|
x
|
||
Space Family
Robinson
|
27
|
04/68
|
x
|
||
Tarzan
|
175
|
04/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Turok
|
61
|
04/68
|
x
|
||
Twilight Zone
|
25
|
04/68
|
x
|
||
Uncle Scrooge
|
74
|
04/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Walt Disney's
Comics and Stories
|
331
|
04/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Yogi Bear
|
32
|
04/68
|
x
|
||
Bonanza
|
28
|
05/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Bugs Bunny
|
117
|
05/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Donald Duck
|
119
|
05/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
King Louie
|
1
|
05/68
|
x
|
||
M.A.R.S. Patrol
|
5
|
05/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Magnus Robot
Fighter
|
22
|
05/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Man from U.N.C.L.E.
|
18
|
05/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Mickey Mouse
|
117
|
05/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Mighty Samson
|
14
|
05/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Ripley's Believe It
Or Not!
|
9
|
05/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Tom and Jerry
|
240
|
05/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Voyage to the
Bottom of the Sea
|
12
|
05/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Walt Disney's
Comics and Stories
|
332
|
05/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Woody Woodpecker
|
101
|
05/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Boris Karloff
|
22
|
06/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Daffy Duck
|
53
|
06/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Flintstones
|
46
|
06/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
I Spy
|
5
|
06/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Invaders
|
3
|
06/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Jet Dream
|
1
|
06/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Korak, Son of
Tarzan
|
23
|
06/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Marge's Little Lulu
|
188
|
06/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Moby Duck
|
2
|
06/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Movie Comics -
Blackbeard's Ghost
|
10222-806
|
06/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Porky Pig
|
18
|
06/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Space Family
Robinson
|
28
|
06/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Star Trek
|
2
|
06/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Tarzan
|
176
|
06/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Three Stooges
|
39
|
06/68
|
x
|
||
Top Cat
|
22
|
06/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Uncle Scrooge
|
75
|
06/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Walt Disney's
Comics and Stories
|
333
|
06/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Wild Wild West
|
3
|
06/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Beep Beep, The Road
Runner
|
8
|
07/68
|
x
|
||
Bugs Bunny
|
118
|
07/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Doctor Solar, Man
of the Atom
|
24
|
07/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Donald Duck
|
120
|
07/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Hanna-Barbera Super
TV Heroes
|
2
|
07/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Huckleberry Hound
|
34
|
07/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Jetsons
|
27
|
07/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Lone Ranger
|
11
|
07/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Man from U.N.C.L.E.
|
19
|
07/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Tarzan
|
177
|
07/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Turok
|
62
|
07/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Twilight Zone
|
26
|
07/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Walt Disney's
Comics and Stories
|
334
|
07/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Yogi Bear
|
33
|
07/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Bonanza
|
29
|
08/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Chip 'N' Dale
|
2
|
08/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Flintstones
|
47
|
08/68
|
x
|
||
Korak, Son of
Tarzan
|
24
|
08/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
M.A.R.S. Patrol
|
6
|
08/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Magnus Robot
Fighter
|
23
|
08/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Mickey Mouse
|
118
|
08/68
|
x
|
||
Mighty Samson
|
15
|
08/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Porky Pig
|
19
|
08/68
|
x
|
||
Ripley's Believe It
Or Not!
|
10
|
08/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Space Family
Robinson
|
29
|
08/68
|
x
|
||
Tarzan
|
178
|
08/68
|
x
|
||
Tom and Jerry
|
241
|
08/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Uncle Scrooge
|
76
|
08/68
|
x
|
||
Voyage to the
Bottom of the Sea
|
13
|
08/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Walt Disney's
Comics and Stories
|
335
|
08/68
|
x
|
||
Woody Woodpecker
|
102
|
08/68
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
Count
|
76
|
63
|
57
|
Is this all of them?
Looking through these 82 issues between April 1968 and
August 1968, it would appear that there might have some issues that did not
receive dual pricing during the transition, in particular the issues in April
and August. However, from May 1968
through July 1968 it has been confirmed that nearly all of the issues had dual
pricing. During these three months,
there are only three issues that are not confirmed dual price variants:
King Louie #1, May 68
Three Stooges #39, Jun 68
Beep Beep, The Road Runner #8, Jul
68
Hello. I was really happy to see this post because I came across one of these '68 Gold Key issues with a 15 cent cover price and really having difficulty trying to find information about it. Do you or anyone reading have any information around value of these books with the variant covers? Can anyone suggest any resources that publishes that? I could not locate in Overstreet or any online sales forum. Please help! I would greatly appreciate it!!
ReplyDeletehello
ReplyDeletei have the man from uncle gold key #10 in both a 12 cent and 15 cent variantion. the 12 cent version is also nearly 1/2 inch wider. danny. mtctoys.com
This may be very late-coming information, but there does exist a copy of The Three Stooges #39 (Jun, 1968). I am in the process of adding it to the Grand Comics Database - it should be there (along with a scan of its [rather water-damaged] cover) in the next day or so.
ReplyDelete...And the 15¢ variant has now been added to the Grand Comics Database - here is the entry, asking with a scan of the cover: https://www.comics.org/issue/2277198/
ReplyDeleteIs there a way to search the grand comic database for these 15 cent variants? It would be nice if the list above had hyperlinks to pictures so I don't have to look them up every time I come across an early 15 cent issue to make sure they are not one of these books.
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