(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 "KING OF KINGS, No. 1236." No code number. Copyright 1961 by Samuel Bronston Productions, Inc. Adapted from the 1961 movie "King of Kings."
King of Kings
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- ? (photos); ? (painting)
- Inks:
- ? (photos); ? (painting)
- Colors:
- ? (photos); ? (painting)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- period; religious
- Characters:
- Jesus Christ (as played by Jeffrey Hunter, photo)
Indexer Notes
Cover is movie poster and two photos from the movie.
King of Kings
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photos)
- Inks:
- ? (photos)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- period; religious
- Characters:
- Jesus Christ(as played by Jeffrey Hunter, photo); Joseph (as played by Gerard Tichy, photo); Mary (as played by Siobhan McKenna, photo); John the Baptist (as played by Robert Ryan, photo)
- Synopsis:
- Preview of the story.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Movie poster illustration and partial cast list and five photos from the movie.
King of Kings
comic story / 32 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Philip Yordan (screenplay); ? (comic adaptation)
- Pencils:
- Gerald McCann
- Inks:
- Gerald McCann
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- period; religious
- Characters:
- Jesus Christ; Mary; Joseph; King Herod; Lucius; John the Baptist; Salome; Barrabas; Pontius Pilate; Andrew; John; Peter; Judas; Mary Magdalene
- Synopsis:
- The story of the life of Jesus Christ, intertwined with that of Barrabas, a Judean rebel against Rome.
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the 1961 M-G-M movie "King of Kings."
The Resurrection of Lazarus
comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Gerald McCann
- Inks:
- Gerald McCann
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- period; religious
- Characters:
- Jesus Christ; Lazarus
- Synopsis:
- The Biblical story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead.
Indexer Notes
inside back cover; black and white.
John the Baptist
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photos)
- Inks:
- ? (photos)
- Colors:
- ? (background color)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- period; religious
- Characters:
- John the Baptist (as played by Robert Ryan, photo); Salome (as played by Brigid Bazlen, photo); King Herod
- Synopsis:
- The Biblical story of Salome demanding the head of John the Baptist
Indexer Notes
back cover. Two black and white photos and typeset text. Background color only.
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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