Robin Hood Tales
#10
(July-August 1957)
DC,
1957 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1957-05-28
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Robert Kanigher (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Soothsayer of Doom!
Robin Hood / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; historical
- Characters
- Robin Hood
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, show Mike Esposito as being paid for the pencils and inks for the cover, however Mike Esposito worked with Ross Andru and scholars agree Ross penciled and Mike inked this cover. Schwartz kept editorial records for Robert Kanigher who edited this issue (added by Greg Fischer, October 2007).
The Sleeper of Sherwood Forest!
Robin Hood / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; historical
- Characters
- Robin Hood
- Synopsis
- Robin awakes to find he's grown a long beard and Sherwood Forest is deserted. Will Scarlett explains he's slept a year. Prince John has brought peace and happiness to the land. Dazed, Robin goes to Prince John for his pardon, and is manacled! He's been tricked with a false beard and tattered clothes, and is imprisoned in the dungeon with his men. Robin feigns another long sleep, and even a wild panther can't rouse him. Robin leaps and frees his men, who vault into the moat to safety. The panther was once rescued from a trap by Robin. "Hail the newest member of our band!"
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
In the Days of Robin Hood! / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Villages were fined if they failed to provide cucking stools for law breakers!
- Genre
- non-fiction; history
- Reprints
The Magic Arrows!
Robin Hood / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; historical
- Characters
- Robin Hood; Merlin the magician
- Synopsis
- A wise man leads Robin to an unknown castle in Sherwood. He gives Robin four golden arrows and a bow to shoot North, South, East, and West to save a "noble descended from English kings." King Richard? Riding, Robin saves a farmer from a bull, a peasant hiding from troops, a miller from a waterfall. The last arrow marks a carriage heading for the coast. Brawling with soldiers rescues - Maid Marian, a cousin of King Richard! At the castle, the old man bids farewell - and both vanish! He was Merlin, and "shall return when he is needed again!"
- Reprints
in Binky Shows "How to Make New Friends!"
Binky / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; teen
- Characters
- Binky; Allergy; Bob; Pete
- Synopsis
- Binky suggests Allergy make friends with a new kid, Bob, but Pete does instead and then gets Allergy and the rest of the gang interested.
The Soothsayer of Doom!
Robin Hood / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; historical
- Characters
- Robin Hood
- Synopsis
- Little John is Prince John's captive. A soothsayer is in town, and Prince John asks how to capture Robin Hood. Over four days, Robin shall fly, hold the sun in his hands, call down thunder - and die from an accidental shot by Little John! Prince John's men see Robin fly (sprung from a tree), hold the sun (flashing a sword), call down thunder (an avalanche). Prince John frees Little John to kill Robin - but snags the Soothsayer's beard. Robin in disguise! The heroes fight clear and escape. Robin prophesies "an end to the tyranny of Prince John!"
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Soothsayer of Doom!
Robin Hood -
1.
Draw Me
Art Instruction, Inc. -
2.
The Sleeper of Sherwood Forest!
Robin Hood -
3.
["Take it from a champion racing driver..."]
AMF Roadmaster -
4.
["Villages were fined if they failed to provide cucking stools for law breakers!"]
In the Days of Robin Hood! -
5.
["Everything you need to enjoy stamp collecting..."]
Zenith Company -
6.
["Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park..."]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
7.
The Magic Arrows!
Robin Hood -
8.
Binky Shows "How to Make New Friends!"
Binky -
9.
The Studious Knight
-
10.
The Soothsayer of Doom!
Robin Hood -
11.
["For the best in comics entertainment..."]
-
12.
["Do you want spending money?"]
Stephens Credit Sales -
13.
["My pal! Stop being a skinny weakling like I was..."]
Jowett Institute -
14.
Mickey Mantle Goes to Bat for the "Unlucky Fishermen"
Junior Sales Club of America
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Chris Boyko
- Clayton Emery
- Gregory Fischer
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Stangas
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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