(November 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 "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. Adapted from the 1959 movie "Journey to the Center of the Earth" based on the novel of the same name by Jules Verne.
Journey to the Center of the Earth
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- ? (photo)
- Inks:
- ? (photo)
- Colors:
- ? (photo)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- James Mason (as Prof. Oliver Lindenbrook, photo); Pat Boone (as Alec McEwen, photo); Arlene Dahl (as Mrs. Carla Goetaborg, photo); Peter Ronson (as Hans Belker, photo)
Journey to the Center of the Earth
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photo)
- Inks:
- ? (photo)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- James Mason (as Prof. Oliver Lindenbrook, photo); Pat Boone (as Alec McEwen, photo); Arlene Dahl (as Mrs. Carla Goetaborg, photo); Peter Ronson (as Hans Belker, photo)
- 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
Credits
- Script:
- Robert Schaefer
- Pencils:
- John Ushler
- Inks:
- John Ushler
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- 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)
Filming the Depths of the Earth
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photos)
- Inks:
- ? (photos)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Characters:
- Pat Boone (as Alec McEwen, photo)
- Synopsis:
- Facts about shooting the film in the Carlsbad Caverns of New Mexico.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Two photos with typeset text.
[Pat Boone]
illustration / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- ? (photo)
- Inks:
- ? (photo)
- Colors:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Pat Boone
- Synopsis:
- Pat Boone in casual pose with facsimile signature.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Black and white photo with background cropped out and replaced by color triangles in abstract design.
- Jim Van Dore
- 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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