(1961)
- Price:
- 0.15 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell Movie Classic
- Editing:
- Don Arneson
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "THIEF OF BAGHDAD, No. 1229." No code number. Copyright 1961 by Embassy Pictures Corporation.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
Thief of Baghdad
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photos)
- Inks:
- ? (photos)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure; period
- Characters:
- Karim (as played by Steve Reeves, photo); Princess Amina (as played by Giorgia Moll, photo); Prince Osman (as played by Arturo Dominici, photo); Kadeejah (as played by Edy Vessel, photo)
- Synopsis:
- Preview of the story.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Five photos from the movie and a partial cast list.
Thief of Bagdad
comic story / 32 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Ken Fitch
- Pencils:
- Reed Crandall
- Inks:
- George Evans
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure; period
- Characters:
- Karim (the Thief of Baghdad); Ghamal, the Grand Vizier; the Sultan; Princess Amina; Prince Osman; Kadeejah
- Synopsis:
- Prince Osman comes to marry Princess Amina, daughter of the Sultan. However he is waylaid by Karim, who enters the palace disguised as the Prince. Amina falls in love with the disguised Prince and when the charade is discovered, refuses to marry the real Osman. The Grand Vizier and the prince give Amina a love potion that backfires and makes her deathly ill. Only a potion made with a blue rose can cure her and Karim goes in search of one.
- Reprints:
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Adapted from the 1961 movie "Thief of Baghdad." (Originally released as "Il Ladro di Bagdad" in Italy in 1961.)
The Market Place
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photo)
- Inks:
- ? (photo)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Characters:
- Karim (as played by Steve Reeves, photo)
- Synopsis:
- Brief description of the art of bargaining in the market.
- Reprints:
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Large photo from the movie and typeset text.
The Arabian Horse
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photo)
- Inks:
- ? (photo)
- Colors:
- ? (photo)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Characters:
- Karim (as played by Steve Reeves, photo)
- Synopsis:
- Facts about the Arabian breed of horse.
- Reprints:
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Blue-tinted photo from the movie and typeset text.
Editing
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Merlin Haas
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- 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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