Saturday, October 04, 2008

31 Days of Halloween: Day 4: The Comic Rack : Ripley's 1954

Here are three issues from an early incarnation of the Ripley's Believe It or Not comics book series. These stories tyend to be more oddity / exotica centered than the later series more supernatural selections. There are some weirdish tales though, including a pair featured in our previews below, "The Ghost That Was Worth 120 Million Dollars" and "Born Five Years After His Mother's Burial".

Issue #2 (1954) pdf

Ripley'sBelieveItOrNot002 FC (by senses working overtime)
Ripley'sBelieveItOrNot002-021 (by senses working overtime) Ripley'sBelieveItOrNot002-023 (by senses working overtime) Ripley'sBelieveItOrNot002-025 (by senses working overtime)

Issue #3 (1954) pdf

Ripley'sBelieveItOrNot003-FC (by senses working overtime)
Ripley'sBelieveItOrNot003-028 (by senses working overtime) Ripley'sBelieveItOrNot003-029 (by senses working overtime) Ripley'sBelieveItOrNot003-030 (by senses working overtime) Ripley'sBelieveItOrNot003-031 (by senses working overtime) Ripley'sBelieveItOrNot003-032 (by senses working overtime)

Issue#4 (1954) pdf

Ripley'sBelieveItOrNot004-FC (by senses working overtime)
Ripley'sBelieveItOrNot004-011 (by senses working overtime) Ripley'sBelieveItOrNot004-028 (by senses working overtime) Ripley'sBelieveItOrNot004-029 (by senses working overtime) Ripley'sBelieveItOrNot004-030 (by senses working overtime) Ripley'sBelieveItOrNot004-031 (by senses working overtime) Ripley'sBelieveItOrNot004-032 (by senses working overtime)