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
    Aug 1969
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    #7
    Nov 1970
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    Nov 1971
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    Feb 1972
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    Aug 1972
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    #18
    Feb 1973
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    #19
    Painted cover by George Wilson
    Apr 1973
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    #20
    Jun 1973
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    #21
    Aug 1973
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    #22
    Painted cover by George Wilson
    Oct 1973
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    #25
    Apr 1975
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    Apr 1975
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    Aug 1974
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    Oct 1974
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    Dec 1974
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    #30
    Feb 1975
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    Apr 1975
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    #31
    Apr 1975
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    #32
    Jun 1975
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    #33
    Aug 1975
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    #33 Variation A
    Whitman
    Aug 1975
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    #34
    Nov 1975
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    #35
    Feb 1976
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