(March 1956)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell A Movie Classic
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "HELEN OF TROY, No. 684." Code number is "H of T O.S. #684-563. Copyright 1956 by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. Based on the 1956 movie "Helen of Troy."
Helen of Troy
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- ? (photo); ? (painting)
- Inks:
- ? (photo); ? (painting)?
- Colors:
- ? (photo); ? (painting)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- period
- Characters:
- Helen of Troy (as played by Rossana Podesta, photo)
Indexer Notes
Cropped photo of Rossana Podesta with a painted background.
Helen of Troy
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photos)
- Inks:
- ? (photos)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- period
- Characters:
- Helen of Troy (as played by Rossana Podesta, photo); Paris (as played by Jack Sernas, photo)
- Synopsis:
- Preview of the story.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Seven photos from the movie plus a partial cast and credits list.
Helen of Troy
comic story / 34 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- John Buscema
- Inks:
- John Buscema
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- period
- Characters:
- Helen; Paris; Agamemnon; Ulysses; Ajax; Achilles; Cassandra; King Menelaus; Hector
- Synopsis:
- Trojan Prince Paris comes to Sparta on a mission of good will, but finds that Sparta is planning on waging war against Troy. He escapes to Troy, bringing with him Queen Helen, the unwilling wife of Spartan King Menelaus. The Spartans and their allies sail for Troy, where they lay siege to the city. The Spartans appear to retreat, leaving a large wooden horse. The Trojans bring the horse into the city, but that night Spartans emerge from the horse and plunge the city into chaos. Paris and Helen escape in the confusion.
Indexer Notes
Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on back cover in color. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
Editing
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Merlin Haas
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Gene Reed
- Roger A. Budnick
- John P. Selegue
- Merlin Haas
- Ken Lemons
- Chris Launder
- Jim Walls
- Terry Vraspir
- Gary Perlman
- Jerry Hillegas
- Craig Delich
- James Ludwig
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Kenneth Blair
- Mike Nielsen
- David Porta
- Matthew Torrance
- Ken Kwilinski
- Gary L. Watson
- Gregg Whitmore
- Max Capp
- Tony R. Rose
- Lou Mazzella
- Rodney Hinkle
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Donald Dale Milne
- Karl Wilcox
- Darrel McCann
- Peter Croome
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