(November 1959)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell 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 "Ben Hur, No. 1052." (No hyphen in indicia title.) Code number is B.HUR O.S. #1052-5911. Copyright 1959 by Loew's Incorporated. Adapted from the 1959 movie "Ben-Hur". First Four Color with "Dell Movie Classic" brand.
Ben-Hur
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Russ Manning
- Inks:
- Russ Manning
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- period
- Characters:
- Ben-Hur; Messala
- Synopsis:
- Preview of the story.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Four illustrations with typeset text. Movie poster with partial cast and credits list is also printed.
Ben-Hur
comic story / 32 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Lew Wallace (original story); Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer (comic adaptation)
- Pencils:
- Russ Manning
- Inks:
- Russ Manning
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Russ Manning
Content Information
- Genre:
- period
- Characters:
- Judah Ben-Hur; Messala; Quintus Arrius; Tiberius; Pontius Pilate (cameo); Joseph; Mary; Jesus Christ
- Synopsis:
- Messala returns to Jerusalem to become commander of the Roman Legion there. He meets a childhood friend, Prince Judah Ben-Hur, who is the richest man in the city. Massala asks him to put down a possible rebellion by the Jews. Ben-Hur refuses and is sentenced to be a galley slave. After three years on the galleys, he saves the life of Commander Quintus Arrius during a sea battle and is given his freedom, though not allowed to return to Judea. He becomes an expert chariot racer and is rewarded by being named Arrius' heir. He is able to return to Judea, where he challenges Messala to a chariot race to the death. While all this is happening, the story of Jesus Christ is being told in the background.
Indexer Notes
Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Adapted from the 1959 movie "Ben-Hur," based on the Lew Wallace novel of the same name. Though the Christ story plays an important part in the plot, Jesus is never directly referred to by name and his face is never depicted. Letters credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Ben-Hur
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photos)
- Inks:
- ? (photos)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Synopsis:
- Facts about the movie.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Three photos from the movie with typeset text.
Ben-Hur
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photos)
- Inks:
- ? (photos)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Synopsis:
- Facts about the movie and its production.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Collage of blue-tinted photos from the movie surrounding typeset text.
- Merlin Haas
- 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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