Dark Shadows (Gold Key)

    (Gold Key, 1969-1976)
™ 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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#2 (Photo cover)

August, 1969
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $194.99
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#4 (Photo cover)

February, 1970
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $29.99
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#7 (Photo cover)

November, 1970
Cover Price: $0.15
2 copies available from $8.00
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#11

November, 1971
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $6.00
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#12

February, 1972
Cover Price: $0.15
3 copies available from $3.00
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#15

August, 1972
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $33.60
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#18

February, 1973
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $6.00
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#19 (Cover code #90240-304; Painted cover by George Wilson)

April, 1973
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $7.68
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#20

June, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
1 copy available for $28.00
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#22 (Cover code #90240-310; Painted cover by George Wilson)

October, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
1 copy available for $25.00
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#23

December, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
1 copy available for $10.00
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#25

April, 1975
Cover Price: $0.20
1 copy available for $4.00
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#25 Variation A (Whitman)

April, 1975
Cover Price: $0.20
1 copy available for $35.00
John WarnerJoe Certa
#27 Variation A (Whitman)

August, 1974
Cover Price: $0.25
2 copies available from $0.76
Arnold DrakeJoe Certa
#28 Variation A (Whitman)

October, 1974
Cover Price: $0.25
3 copies available from $9.50
John WarnerJoe Certa
#29

December, 1974
Cover Price: $0.25
1 copy available for $4.66
John WarnerJoe Certa
#30

February, 1975
Cover Price: $0.25
2 copies available from $7.60
Arnold DrakeJoe Certa
#30 Variation A (Whitman)

April, 1975
Cover Price: $0.25
2 copies available from $8.63
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#31

April, 1975
Cover Price: $0.25
2 copies available from $7.00
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#32

June, 1975
Cover Price: $0.25
2 copies available from $23.00
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#33

August, 1975
Cover Price: $0.25
3 copies available from $5.45
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#33 Variation A (Whitman)

August, 1975
Cover Price: $0.25
1 copy available for $15.00
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#34

November, 1975
Cover Price: $0.25
1 copy available for $8.50
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#35

February, 1976
Cover Price: $0.25
2 copies available from $7.60
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