(July 1960)

Dell, 1942 Series
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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 "THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, No. 1114." Code number is H.FINN.O.S. #1114-607. Copyright 1960 by Loew's Incorporated. Based on the 1960 movie "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."


The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
period
Characters:
Huckleberry Finn (as played by Eddie Hodges, photo); Jim (as played by Archie Moore, photo)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
? (photos)
Inks:
? (photos)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
period
Characters:
Huckleberry Finn (as played by Eddie Hodges, photo); Jim (as played by Archie Moore, photo); Widow Douglas (as played by Josephine Hutchinson, photo); The King of France (as played by Tony Randall, photo); The Duke (as played by Mickey Shaughnessy, photo); Mr. Carmody (as played by Andy Devine, photo)
Synopsis:
Preview of the story.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Five photos from the movie plus partial cast list.


The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Table of Contents)

comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Mark Twain (original novel); James Lee (screenplay); ? (comic adaptation)
Pencils:
John Ushler
Inks:
John Ushler
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
period; adventure
Characters:
Huckleberry Finn; Pap Finn; Jim; the Widow Douglas; The King of France; The Duke; Mr. Carmody
Synopsis:
Huck Finn leaves his abusive father to run away on a raft on the Mississippi River, where he meets up with Jim, a runaway slave. The pair are coerced into helping a pair of conmen with a swindle, then escape by disguising themselves as part of a traveling carnival.

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the 1960 M-G-M movie "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," which was based on the 1884 novel of the same name by Mark Twain. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).


Mark Twain (Table of Contents)

biography (nonfictional) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
John Ushler
Inks:
John Ushler
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Characters:
Mark Twain
Synopsis:
Biography of Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens).

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).


[Map] (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
John Ushler
Inks:
John Ushler
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Huckleberry Finn; Jim; Pap Finn; the Widow Douglas; The King of France; The Duke

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Illustrated map showing the area where the story takes place. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  2. 2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  3. 3. Mark Twain
  4. 4. [Map]
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