Four Color #717 - Moby Dick
(August 1956)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1956
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell A Movie Classic
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "MOBY DICK, No. 717."
Code number is M.D.O.S. #717-568.
Copyright 1956 by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. Adapted from the 1956 Warner Bros. movie "Moby Dick."
"Movie Classic" on cover.

Moby Dick (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo); ? (painting)
Inks
? (photo); ? (painting)
Colors
? (photo); ? (painting)
Letters
typeset
Genre
adventure
Characters
Captain Ahab (photo of Gregory Peck)
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Indexer Notes

Cover is photo of Gregory Peck with painted background.

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Moby Dick (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Letters
typeset
Characters
Captain Ahab (photos of Gregory Peck); Ishmael (photos of Richard Basehart); Peleg (photo of Mervyn Johns)
Synopsis
Preview of the story.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Seven photos from the movie and a partial cast list.

Moby Dick (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 34 pages (report information)

Script
Herman Melville (original story); Ray Bradbury (screenplay); Paul S. Newman (comic adaptation); John Huston (screenplay)
Pencils
Frank Thorne (signed as F. T.) (sourced)
Inks
Frank Thorne (signed as F. T.) (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Captain Ahab; Ishmael; Queequeg; Mr. Stubb
Synopsis
Ishmael and his native friend Queequeg sign on as crew members on the whaler Pequod, whose Captain Ahab embarks on a mission to hunt down the great white whale, Moby Dick.

Indexer Notes

Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on the back cover in color.

The last panel of the inside back cover (in the middle of the story) is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."

Adapted from the 1956 Warner Bros. movie "Moby Dick," which was based on the 1851 novel "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville.

Script credit suggested by Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928-1999 website.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Moby Dick
  2. 1. Moby Dick
  3. 2. Moby Dick
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