(May 1961)
- Price:
- 0.15 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "ATLANTIS, THE LOST CONTINENT, No. 1188." Code number is ATLANTIS O.S. #1188-615. Copyright 1961 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. Adapted from the 1961 movie "Atlantis, the Lost Continent." An alternate version of this issue exists with ads and a text overprint on the black bar of the cover. See the index for Four Color #1188 [ad].
Atlantis, the Lost Continent
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photos)
- Inks:
- ? (photos)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- period; fantasy
- Characters:
- Demetrios (as played by Anthony Hall, photo); Andes the Giant (as played by Robert "Big Buck" Maffei, photo)
- Synopsis:
- Preview of the story.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Five photos from the movie plus a partial cast list.
Atlantis, the Lost Continent
comic story / 32 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
- Pencils:
- Dan Spiegle
- Inks:
- Dan Spiegle
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- period; fantasy
- Characters:
- Demetrios; Petros; Antilla; King Kronos; Zaren; Sonoy; Xandros; Azor; Andes the Giant
- Synopsis:
- Demetrios, a Greek fisherman, rescues a beautiful princess and returns her to Atlantis, her faraway homeland. When he reaches the island, he is thrown into slavery and must fight a giant in order to regain his freedom. A volcanic eruption sends Atlantis under the sea as Demetrios and the princess escape.
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the 1961 movie "Atlantis the Lost Continent." The ad version of the story is only 28.75 pages long. See the index for Four Color #1188 [ad] for a detailed description of the cuts.
Myth and Mystery
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Dan Spiegle ?
- Inks:
- Dan Spiegle ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Synopsis:
- Theories about Atlantis.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath. This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies.
The Anatomy of a Volcano
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Dan Spiegle ?
- Inks:
- Dan Spiegle ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Synopsis:
- Facts about volcanos.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. This sequence is 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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