Four Color
#1060 - Journey to the Center of the Earth
([December 1959-February 1960])
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1959-11-10
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
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Dell Movie Classic
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, No. 1060". Code number is J.TO C. OF E. O.S. #1060-5911". Copyright 1959 by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
"Movie Classic" on cover. Adapted from the 1959 movie "Journey to the Center of the Earth", based on the novel of the same name by Jules Verne.
No month is given on the cover or in the indicia. Based on the copyright dates of this issue and others in the series released around the same time, one can determine that this issue was published with other Four Color issues bearing a "December 1959-February 1960" cover date.
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.
"Movie Classic" on cover. Adapted from the 1959 movie "Journey to the Center of the Earth", based on the novel of the same name by Jules Verne.
No month is given on the cover or in the indicia. Based on the copyright dates of this issue and others in the series released around the same time, one can determine that this issue was published with other Four Color issues bearing a "December 1959-February 1960" cover date.
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.
in 
Journey to the Center of the Earth
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Prof. Oliver Lindenbrook (photo of James Mason); Alec McEwen (photo of Pat Boone); Mrs. Carla Goetaborg (photo of Arlene Dahl); Hans Belker (photo of Peter Ronson)
- Synopsis
- Preview of the story.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Five photos from the movie and partial list of cast and credits.
Journey To the Center of the Earth
comic story / 32 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Prof. Oliver Lindenbrook; Alec McEwen; Mrs. Carla Goetaborg; Hans Belker; Count Saknussemm (villain); Gertrude the duck
- Synopsis
- After finding a mysterious message inscribed on a plumb bob found inside a piece of lava, Prof. Lindenbrook and his student Alec McEwen mount an expedition to descend into the Snaeffel-Jokull, an extinct volcano in Iceland. They are joined by Hans, a native guide, and Mrs. Goetaborg, the widow of Lindenbrook's rival. In addition to the natural menaces of the trip into the Earth's interior, they must also contend with another explorer, Count Saknussemm, who is determined to be the only one to return.
Indexer Notes
Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Adapted from the 1959 movie "Journey to the Center of the Earth", based on the novel of the same name by Jules Verne. Script credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Journey to the Center of the Earth
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1.
Journey to the Center of the Earth
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2.
Journey To the Center of the Earth
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3.
Filming the Depths of the Earth...
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4.
[Pat Boone]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- John Censullo
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Donald Dale Milne
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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