(January 1958)

Dell, 1942 Series
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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

The Story of Mankind (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
? (photos)
Inks:
? (photos)
Colors:
? (photos)
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Napoleon (photo of Dennis Hopper); Marc Antony (photo of Helmut Dantine); Cleopatra (photo of Virginia Mayo); Old Scratch [The Devil] (photo of Vincent Price); The Spirit of Man (photo of Ronald Colman); Queen Elizabeth I (photo of Agnes Moorehead); Joan of Arc (photo of Hedy Lamarr)

The Story of Mankind (Table of Contents)

comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils:
Bob Jenney
Inks:
Bob Jenney
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
Brief history of mankind.

Indexer Notes

Not an adaptation of the movie; based in part on the 1921 novel THE STORY OF MANKIND by Hendrik Willem Van Loon. Script submitted on March 9, 12, and 14, 1957. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).


The Builders (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils:
Bob Jenney
Inks:
Bob Jenney
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
fact

Indexer Notes

inside back cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Script submitted on June 4, 1957. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).


The Destroyers (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils:
Bob Jenney
Inks:
Bob Jenney
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
fact

Indexer Notes

back cover. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Script submitted on June 4, 1957. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Story of Mankind
  2. 2. The Builders
  3. 3. The Destroyers
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