(June 1960)
- 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 SWORD AND THE DRAGON, No. 1118." Code number is S+DRAG. O.S. #118-606. Copyright 1960 by Vita-lite Film Corp. Adapted from the 1960 movie "The Sword and the Dragon."
The Sword and the Dragon
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photos)
- Inks:
- ? (photos)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- Ilya Muromets (as played by Boris Andreyev, photos); Chief Kalin (as played by Shukur Burkhanov, photo)
- Synopsis:
- Preview of the story.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Five photos from the movie plus a partial cast list.
The Sword and The Dragon!
comic story / 32 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Michail Kochnev (screenplay); ? (comic adaptation)
- Pencils:
- Jack Sparling
- Inks:
- Jack Sparling
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- Ilya Muromets; Vilia; Prince Vanda; Invinsor; Alexi; Durbar; Little Falcon; Chief Kalin (villain)
- Synopsis:
- Ilya Muromets is given a magic sword and leads his people in battle against Chief Kalin and the invading Tugars, who possess a three-headed dragon.
Indexer Notes
The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Adapted from the 1960 movie "The Sword and the Dragon." (Exclamation point is only on the title of this sequence.) The movie was originally released in the Soviet Union in 1956 under the title "Ilya Muromets."
Legendary Slavic Heroes
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Sparling
- Inks:
- Jack Sparling
- Letters:
- Ben Oda
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Characters:
- Baldak; Nodey; Alyosha Popovkin; Prince Ivan; Elena the Fair; Bogatyr
- Synopsis:
- One-panel overviews of heroes of Slavic legends.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Letters credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Sword and the Dragon
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photos)
- Inks:
- ? (photos)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Characters:
- Ilya Muromets (as played by Boris Andreyev, photo); Chief Kalin (as played by Shukur Burkhanov, photo)
- Synopsis:
- Preview of the story.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Two black and white photos from the movie, one with a blue monochrome overlay. This sequence may be replaced by an ad in some copies.
- 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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