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Ghosts (comics): History, Publication history & Collected editions

Ghosts is a horror comics anthology series published by DC Comics for 112 issues from September–October 1971 to May 1982. Its tagline was "True Tales of the Weird and Supernatural" (December 1978), changed to "New Tales of the Weird and Supernatural", as of #75 (April 1979), and dropped after #104 (September 1981).

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Ghosts (comics) topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Publication history and Collected editions as prominent areas in the source structure around Ghosts (comics).

Related topics
26
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
29
Extracted relationships
11
Concept neighborhoods
16
Bridge connections
29

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Publication history · 18 topics
Collected editions · 5 topics
Overview · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Genre
Horror
Publication date
September–October 1971 to May 1982
Publisher
DC Comics
Editor
Murray Boltinoff (#1–72) Jack C. Harris (#73–101) Dick Giordano (#102–103) Cary Burkett (#104) Dave Manak (#105–112)
Format
Ongoing series
Inker
Tony DeZuniga Tex Blaisdell Vince Colletta

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Publication history

Collected editions

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Ghosts (comics) connects Entity context

The extracted context around Ghosts (comics) shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Ghosts (comics) → Murray Boltinoff (#1–72) Jack C. Harris (#73–101) Dick Giordano (#102–103) Cary Burkett (#104) Dave Manak (#105–112) Another extracted example is Ghosts (comics) → Ongoing series. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Ghosts (comics)

Top relations

Editor · 1
Ghosts (comics) → Murray Boltinoff (#1–72) Jack C. Harris (#73–101) Dick Giordano (#102–103) Cary Burkett (#104) Dave Manak (#105–112)
Format · 1
Ghosts (comics) → Ongoing series
Genre · 1
Ghosts (comics) → Horror
Inker · 1
Ghosts (comics) → Tony DeZuniga Tex Blaisdell Vince Colletta
Main character · 1
Ghosts (comics) → Dr. 13 - The Ghost-Breaker (1980–1981)
No. of issues · 1
Ghosts (comics) → 112
Penciller · 1
Ghosts (comics) → Jim Aparo Tony DeZuniga Bob Brown John Calnan Gerry Talaoc E. R. Cruz Ruben Yandoc Buddy Gernale Alfredo Alcala Nestor Redondo Frank Redondo Ernie Chan Jess Jodloman Fred Carril…
Publication date · 1
Ghosts (comics) → September–October 1971 to May 1982
Publisher · 1
Ghosts (comics) → DC Comics
Schedule · 1
Ghosts (comics) → Monthly

Important terminology

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Important terminology

ghosts september dc october jack harris comics series issue dorfman 1971 1981 dr leo 112 issues may 1982 104 tony

Ghosts (comics) relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 11 structured relationships around Ghosts (comics). Examples in this analysis include Ghosts (comics) → Editor → Murray Boltinoff (#1–72) Jack C. Harris (#73–101) Dick Giordano (#102–103) Cary Burkett (#104) Dave Manak (#105–112) and Ghosts (comics) → Format → Ongoing series. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Ghosts (comics)EditorMurray Boltinoff (#1–72) Jack C. Harris (#73–101) Dick Giordano (#102–103) Cary Burkett (#104) Dave Manak (#105–112)1.00infobox
Ghosts (comics)FormatOngoing series1.00infobox
Ghosts (comics)GenreHorror1.00infobox
Ghosts (comics)InkerTony DeZuniga Tex Blaisdell Vince Colletta1.00infobox
Ghosts (comics)Main characterDr. 13 - The Ghost-Breaker (1980–1981)1.00infobox
Ghosts (comics)No. of issues1121.00infobox
Ghosts (comics)PencillerJim Aparo Tony DeZuniga Bob Brown John Calnan Gerry Talaoc E. R. Cruz Ruben Yandoc Buddy Gernale Alfredo Alcala Nestor Redondo Frank Redondo Ernie Chan Jess Jodloman Fred Carril…1.00infobox
Ghosts (comics)Publication dateSeptember–October 1971 to May 19821.00infobox
Ghosts (comics)PublisherDC Comics1.00infobox
Ghosts (comics)ScheduleMonthly1.00infobox
Ghosts (comics)Written byLeo Dorfman Jack C. Harris Paul Kupperberg Sheldon Mayer1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Ghosts (comics) bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Dc, Comics and Ghosts. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Ghosts (comics)
    • Dc
    • Comics
    • Ghosts
    • October
    • Series
    • One-shot
    • Published
    • September
    • Cardy
    • Dr
    • Issues
    • Nick
  • ghosts (comics)
    • Dc
    • October
    • September
    • Series
    • Horror
    • Issues
    • May
    • Comics
    • Ghosts
    • One-shot
    • Published
    • Cardy
  • dc special series
    • Dc
    • Series
    • Comics
    • Horror
    • October
    • September
    • Issues
    • May
    • Published
    • Ghosts
    • Cardy
    • Nick
  • jack c. harris
    • Mayer
    • Sheldon
    • Murray
    • Paul
    • Leo
    • Harris
    • Jack
    • Brown
    • Cruz
    • Dezuniga
    • Gerry
    • One-shot
  • comics anthology
    • Dc
    • October
    • September
    • Series
    • Horror
    • Issues
    • May
    • Ghosts
    • Cardy
    • Mayer
    • Nick
    • One-shot
  • dc comics
    • Dc
    • Series
    • October
    • September
    • Horror
    • Issues
    • May
    • Ghosts
    • Published
    • Cardy
    • Mayer
    • Nick
  • leo dorfman
    • Leo
    • Stories
    • Harris
    • Jack
    • Gerry
    • Mayer
    • New
    • Paul
    • Sheldon
    • Talaoc
    • Brown
    • Ghost-breaker
  • nick cardy
    • Cardy
    • Nick
    • Issues
    • October
    • September
    • Horror
    • May
    • One-shot
    • Dr
    • Comics
    • Series
    • Dc

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Ghosts (comics), one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Ghosts (comics) with Publication history. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Ghosts (comics) — Publication history · splits 11 ⟂ 19
Ghosts (comics) — Collected editions · splits 24 ⟂ 6
Ghosts (comics) — Overview · splits 26 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Ghosts (comics)

Nodes30
Edges29
Triples11
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.066667
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Ghosts (comics) to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Publication history & Collected editions, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Ghosts (comics) · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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