(August 1959)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- ?
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "THE BIG CIRCUS, No. 1036." Code number is B.C.O.S. #1036-598. Copyright 1959 by Saratoga Productions.
[no title indexed]
The Big Circus / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- ? (photos)
- Inks:
- ? (photos)
- Colors:
- ? (photos)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Characters:
- Victor Mature (as Hank Whirling, photo); Rhonda Fleming (as Helen Harrison, photo); Red Buttons (as Randy Sherman, photo); Vincent Price (as Hans Hagerfeld, photo); David Nelson (as Tommy Gordon, photo); Peter Lorre (as Skeeter, photo); Kathryn Grant (as Jeannie Whirling, photo); Gilbert Roland (as Zach Colino, photo)
[The Big Circus]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photos)
- Inks:
- ? (photos)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Characters:
- Victor Mature (as Hank Whirling, photo); Rhonda Fleming (as Helen Harrison, photo); Red Buttons (as Randy Sherman, photo)
- Synopsis:
- Preview of story.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Five photos from the movie with typeset text. Partial cast and credits are listed.
The Big Circus
comic story / 32 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Eric Freiwald, Robert Schaefer
- Pencils:
- Jesse Marsh
- Inks:
- Jesse Marsh
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Hank Whirling; Randy Sherman; Helen Harrison; Zach Colino; Mama Colino; Tommy Gordon; Hans Hagenfeld; Skeeter the clown; Jeannie Whirling
- Synopsis:
- When Hank Whirling wants to borrow $500,000 to operate his circus, the bank approves on the condition that their loan officer accompanies the circus on tour to oversee spending. The loan officer also hired a pretty female press agent over Whirling's objection. The show is plagued by disasters and everyone in the show becomes a suspect.
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the 1959 movie "The Big Circus."
Circus Chow
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jesse Marsh
- Inks:
- Jesse Marsh
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Synopsis:
- Facts about how food is served at a circus.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath.
Big-Top Buffoonery
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jesse Marsh ?
- Inks:
- Jesse Marsh ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Synopsis:
- Facts about circus clowns
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Panels with typeset text underneath.
Editing
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Jim Van Dore
- 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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