During the run of "Thriller," Karloff lent his name and likeness to a comic book for Gold Key Comics based upon the series. After "Thriller" was cancelled, the comic was retitled "Boris Karloff's Tales of Mystery". An illustrated likeness of Karloff continued to introduce each issue of this publication for more than a decade after his death; the comic lasted until the early 1980s. In 2009, Dark Horse Comics began publishing reprints of "Boris Karloff's Tales of Mystery" in a hard-bound edition.