Ghosts #95 is an issue of the series Ghosts (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 1980.
Synopsis for "Ghosts and the Supernatural"
Children experience visits from ghosts.
Appearing in "Ghosts and the Supernatural"
Featured Characters:
- Bobby Brown (Single appearance)
- Kathy Reader (Single appearance)
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- Jenny Lawson (Ghost)
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Synopsis for "The Man Who Lost His Spirit"
Editor Jack Harris sends George Kashdan to Gurney Castle to get ideas for his stories. While inspecting the castle library, he meets a man who he assumes is the night watchman. The man leads him through secret tunnels and out of the castle. When George returns to the office, he notices the man resembles a man pictured in the book he accidentally took from the library. He returns to the castle to return the book and asks about the night watchman. The guide tell him they have never had a night watchmen. George realizes he encountered a real ghost and informs Jack that he isn't interested in writing about his experience.
Appearing in "The Man Who Lost His Spirit"
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- Gurney Castle
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Synopsis for "Spectral Bullets Cannot Kill!"
Barney Cole owes his bookie Bruno Stark 60 grand by tomorrow or the bookie's hitman Harlow will take him out. Cole tells them he is putting a curse on Harlow's gun saying no harm will come. Sure enough, when Harlow tries to kill Cole the next day, all his shots miss. Cole taunts Harlow as he chases him through the city eventually arriving at Stark's office. Stark says Cole's taunts have gone to Harlow's head and they both fire away at Cole. The shots go right through and they hit each other instead. Cole fades away as the morning newspaper headline reveals that Cole died in an automobile accident two days before.
Appearing in "Spectral Bullets Cannot Kill!"
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- Barney Cole (Ghost)
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- Bruno Stark (Dies)
- Harlow (Dies)
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Synopsis for "The Victim"
A vampire hears the klik-klaking of his next victim coming around the corner but instead of a person, he's promptly run over by a steam roller.
Appearing in "The Victim"
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- A Vampire
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Synopsis for "The Labyrinth Trap"
Pete Cornell convinces his friend Ned James to return to the caves where they encountered fools gold, saying they should double check just to make sure. Ned is hesitant, noting how close they came to getting lost last time. Pete tells him they'll leave themselves a paint trail. Unknown to Ned, Pete plans to kill Ned and leave him in the caves and then steal Ned's girlfriend Ellen. Pete gets the paint and creates the trail then leads Ned into the cavern to his death. The grim task completed, Pete notices a flood has washed away his trail out. He wanders aimlessly, desperate to find the trail and get out. Eventually he notices a red trail on the ground and follows it. The trail was a blood trail, left by Ned's ghost and it leads Pete back to Ned's corpse. Realizing he'll never escape, Pete laughs maniacally. Later Ellen divulges to a friend that she broke it off with Ned and had planned to ask Pete out herself. Pete's big plan to rid himself of his rival turned out to be unneeded after all.
Appearing in "The Labyrinth Trap"
Featured Characters:
- Pete Cornell
Supporting Characters:
- Ellen Bryant
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- Ned James (Dies)
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- Raven Hills
- Grim Raven Hills Cavern
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Synopsis for "Mr. Invisible Mann"
An invisible bank robber makes good his escape until a fence painter inadvertently ruins his disappearing act.
Appearing in "Mr. Invisible Mann"
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- An invisible bankrobber
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- Police officer
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Synopsis for "All the Stage Is a Haunt"
After a depressing tv interview Dr. Thirteen is approached by Serwyn Kowalski who wants him to investigate the supposed ghost of his long murdered friend Gregory Tilson in Rutland, Virginia. Serwyn is convinced it's a fake and that it's ruining his Tilson's good name. Thirteen brings the case to his mentor Dr. Paul Geist. Geist believes it is plausible and pushes Thirteen to investigate.
When Thirteen arrives in Rutland, he interviews witnesses at a small play house. Actress Diana Kirby recounts how the ghost threw a flaming sandbag at her husband Nelson. A stagehand intervened but was killed for his trouble. Owner Ronald Forrest claims the ghost caused him to wreck his car. Suddenly, the ghost strikes again, tossing small fireballs into the play house. Undeterred, Thirteen rushes the ghost and finds Diana to be responsible. He swiftly explains her methods but has yet to deduce her motive. After a quick conversation with Ronald, Thirteen finds that Diana had been offered a part on Broadway but she and Nelson signed a contract together. Ronald wasn't letting them out but if Nelson died, Diana would be free to pursue the role. When she failed to kill her husband, she instead tried to kill Ronald. The last haunting was to remove Thirteen's suspicion from her since he had now seen the "ghost" himself.
Back in New York, Thirteen relays his findings to Dr. Geist. Thirteen think the case was a waste of time and he will not go back to ghost-breaking because all ghosts are phony. Geist asks if he's confident of that and whether he even looked up Tilson's obituary. Geist hands a shocked Thirteen a newspaper cutout that shows Tilson was actually born Sweryn Kowalski in Poland in 1906. Thirteen then realizes that his ghost-breaking retirement may not actually take.
Appearing in "All the Stage Is a Haunt"
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- Marie Thirteen
- Dr. Paul Geist (First appearance)
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- Diana Kirby (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Merv Michaels (Single appearance)
- Nelson Kirby (Single appearance)
- Ronald Forrest (Single appearance)
- Sweryn Kowalaski (Single appearance) (Ghost)
- Harry Houdini (Mentioned only)
- Phantom Stranger (Mentioned only)
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Notes
- The usual text feature titled The Files of Dr. Geist is absent this issue but returns in the next issue as an illustrated one page story.
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