Dark Shadows (Gold Key)

    (Gold Key, 1969-1976, 2012)
™ and ©1972 Dan Curtis Productions, Inc.

Dark Shadows was a creepy gothic soap opera that was all the rage on TV from 1966 to 1971 and has since gone on to exalted cult status. Barnabas Collins, a troubled soul laboring under a curse for 200 years, inhabits ancient Collinswood Mansion where he struggles for redemption. For those who couldn’t wait until the next episode aired on TV, Gold Key dutifully adapted the show in a fairly long-lived series featuring their usual blocky artwork and plodding storytelling. Lush painted covers and a photograph of Barnabas’s brooding face provided the bait that lured readers into this title.
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  • 1
    #1
    Mar 1969
    Cover: $0.25
    W: Donald Arneson  ·  A: Joe Certa
    Based on TV series; Includes poster
    No copies available
  • 1/A
    #1 Variation A
    Withour Poster Edition with cover A
    W: Donald Arneson  ·  A: Joe Certa
    Based on TV series; Without poster
    No copies available
  • 1/B
    #1 Variation B
    2026 Facsimile Edition
    Cover: $9.99
    W: D J Arneson  ·  A: Joe Certa
    Collects material from Dark Shadows (Gold Key) #1, 4, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, 18, 24, 31, 32 and 33; The Best of the Original Series Book #1
    No copies available
  • 2
    #2
    Aug 1969
    Cover: $0.15
    W: Donald Arneson  ·  A: Joe Certa
    1 copy for $194.99
  • 3
    #3
    Nov 1969
    Cover: $0.25
    W: Donald Arneson  ·  A: Joe Certa
    Includes poster
    No copies available
  • 3/A
    #3 Variation A
    Withour Poster Edition with cover A
    Nov 1969
    Cover: $0.25
    W: Donald Arneson  ·  A: Joe Certa
    Without poster
    No copies available
  • 4
    #4
    Feb 1970
    Cover: $0.15
    W: Donald Arneson  ·  A: Joe Certa
    No copies available
  • 5
    #5
    May 1970
    Cover: $0.15
    W: Donald Arneson  ·  A: Joe Certa
    No copies available
  • 6
    #6
    Aug 1970
    Cover: $0.15
    W: Donald Arneson  ·  A: Joe Certa
    No copies available
  • 7
    #7
    Nov 1970
    Cover: $0.15
    W: Donald Arneson  ·  A: Joe Certa
    1 copy for $46.00
  • 8
    #8
    Painted cover by George Wilson
    Feb 1971
    Cover: $0.15
    W: Donald Arneson  ·  A: Joe Certa
    No copies available
  • 9
    #9
    May 1971
    Cover: $0.15
    W: Donald Arneson  ·  A: Joe Certa
    No copies available
  • 10
    #10
    Aug 1971
    Cover: $0.15
    W: Donald Arneson  ·  A: Joe Certa
    No copies available
  • 11
    #11
    Nov 1971
    Cover: $0.15
    W: Donald Arneson  ·  A: Joe Certa
    No copies available
  • 12
    #12
    Feb 1972
    Cover: $0.15
    W: Donald Arneson  ·  A: Joe Certa
    2 copies from $6.72
  • 13
    #13
    Apr 1972
    Cover: $0.15
    W: Donald Arneson  ·  A: Joe Certa
    No copies available
  • 13/A
    #13 Variation A
    20 cent price variant
    Apr 1972
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Donald Arneson  ·  A: Joe Certa
    No copies available
  • 14
    #14
    Painted cover by George Wilson
    Jun 1972
    Cover: $0.15
    W: Donald Arneson  ·  A: Joe Certa
    No copies available
  • 14/A
    #14 Variation A
    20-cent price variant
    Jun 1972
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Donald Arneson  ·  A: Joe Certa
    No copies available
  • 15
    #15
    Aug 1972
    Cover: $0.15
    W: Wallace I. Green  ·  A: Joe Certa
    1 copy for $33.60
  • 15/A
    #15 Variation A
    20-cent price variant
    Aug 1972
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Wallace I. Green  ·  A: Joe Certa
    No copies available
  • 16
    #16
    Oct 1972
    Cover: $0.15
    W: Donald Arneson  ·  A: Joe Certa
    No copies available
  • 16/A
    #16 Variation A
    20-cent price variant
    Oct 1972
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Donald Arneson  ·  A: Joe Certa
    No copies available
  • 17
    #17
    Dec 1972
    Cover: $0.15
    W: Donald Arneson  ·  A: Joe Certa
    No copies available
  • 17/A
    #17 Variation A
    20-cent price variant
    Dec 1972
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Donald Arneson  ·  A: Joe Certa
    No copies available
  • 18
    #18
    Feb 1973
    Cover: $0.15
    W: John Warner  ·  A: Joe Certa
    No copies available
  • 18/A
    #18 Variation A
    20-cent price variant
    Feb 1973
    Cover: $0.20
    W: John Warner  ·  A: Joe Certa
    No copies available
  • 19
    #19
    Painted cover by George Wilson
    Apr 1973
    Cover: $0.15
    W: Donald Arneson  ·  A: Joe Certa
    1 copy for $7.68
  • 19/A
    #19 Variation A
    20-cent price variant
    Apr 1973
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Donald Arneson  ·  A: Joe Certa
    No copies available
  • 20
    #20
    Jun 1973
    Cover: $0.20
    W: John Warner  ·  A: Joe Certa
    1 copy for $28.00
  • 21
    #21
    Aug 1973
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Gerry Boudreau  ·  A: Joe Certa
    1 copy for $15.00
  • 22
    #22
    Painted cover by George Wilson
    Oct 1973
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Joe Certa
    1 copy for $25.00
  • 23
    #23
    Dec 1973
    Cover: $0.20
    W: John Warner  ·  A: Joe Certa
    No copies available
  • 23/MJ
    #23 Mark Jewelers Insert Edition
    Dec 1973
    Cover: $0.20
    W: John Warner  ·  A: Joe Certa
    No copies available
  • 24
    #24
    Feb 1974
    Cover: $0.20
    W: John Warner  ·  A: Joe Certa
    1 copy for $14.75
  • 25
    #25
    Apr 1975
    Cover: $0.20
    W: John Warner  ·  A: Joe Certa
    1 copy for $3.33
  • 25/A
    #25 Variation A
    Whitman
    Apr 1975
    Cover: $0.20
    W: John Warner  ·  A: Joe Certa
    1 copy for $42.00
  • 26
    #26
    Jun 1974
    Cover: $0.20
    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Joe Certa
    No copies available
  • 27
    #27
    Aug 1974
    Cover: $0.25
    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Joe Certa
    No copies available
  • 27/A
    #27 Variation A
    Whitman
    Aug 1974
    Cover: $0.25
    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Joe Certa
    2 copies from $0.54
  • 28
    #28
    Oct 1974
    Cover: $0.25
    W: John Warner  ·  A: Joe Certa
    No copies available
  • 28/A
    #28 Variation A
    Whitman
    Oct 1974
    Cover: $0.25
    W: John Warner  ·  A: Joe Certa
    1 copy for $73.00
  • 29
    #29
    Dec 1974
    Cover: $0.25
    W: John Warner  ·  A: Joe Certa
    1 copy for $11.00
  • 30
    #30
    Feb 1975
    Cover: $0.25
    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Joe Certa
    2 copies from $16.00
  • 30/A
    #30 Variation A
    Whitman
    Apr 1975
    Cover: $0.25
    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Joe Certa
    2 copies from $8.63
  • 31
    #31
    Apr 1975
    Cover: $0.25
    W: John Warner  ·  A: Joe Certa
    1 copy for $69.00
  • 32
    #32
    Jun 1975
    Cover: $0.25
    W: John Warner  ·  A: Joe Certa
    2 copies from $17.00
  • 33
    #33
    Aug 1975
    Cover: $0.25
    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Joe Certa
    2 copies from $25.00
  • 33/A
    #33 Variation A
    Whitman
    Aug 1975
    Cover: $0.25
    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Joe Certa
    No copies available
  • 34
    #34
    Nov 1975
    Cover: $0.25
    W: John Warner  ·  A: Joe Certa
    1 copy for $8.50
  • 34/A
    #34 Variation A
    Whitman
    Nov 1975
    Cover: $0.25
    W: John Warner  ·  A: Joe Certa
    No copies available
  • 35
    #35
    Feb 1976
    Cover: $0.25
    W: John Warner  ·  A: Joe Certa
    2 copies from $15.00
  • 35/A
    #35 Variation A
    Whitman
    Mar 1976
    Cover: $0.25
    A: Joe Certa
    No copies available
  • Bk 1
    Book #1
    May 2012
    Cover: $49.99
    W: Jeff Thompson, Donald Arneson, John Warner  ·  A: Joe Certa
    Collects material from Dark Shadows (Gold Key) #1, 4, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, 18, 24, 31, 32 and 33; The Best of the Original Series Book #1
    No copies available