(May 1961)

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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 (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Atlantis, the Lost Continent (Table of Contents)

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

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 (Table of Contents)

comic story / 32 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

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 (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

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


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Atlantis, the Lost Continent
  2. 2. Atlantis, the Lost Continent
  3. 3. Myth and Mystery
  4. 4. The Anatomy of a Volcano
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Merlin Haas
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  • 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
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