(January - March 1964)

Dell, 1964 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1963-11-07
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell [rectangle]
Editing
D. J. Arneson (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

Cover and comic contents are all reprint. No interior ads in this issue. Ads are limited to inside and back covers.

No Weapons on Earth Can Defeat the Strange Creatures from Outer Space! (Table of Contents)

The Outer Limits / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Vic Prezio (painting)
Inks
Vic Prezio (painting)
Colors
Vic Prezio (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction
Characters
three huge upright-walking bug-like aliens; Professor Walters (scientist); Dan Dalton (reporter); Joseph Grindly (New York City Bureau of Missing Persons file clerk), various police, various military
Synopsis
Three advancing bug-like aliens show themselves to be impervious to weapons fire.
Reprints
Keywords
aliens; fear; military; panic; police; weapons; wreaking havoc

The Thrills and Action Are Real with Gilbert Auto-Rama (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

A. C. Gilbert Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Battleground of Monsters (Table of Contents: 2)

The Outer Limits / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Jack Sparling
Inks
Jack Sparling
Colors
?
Letters
John Duffy

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boat horns blare, hands and handkerchiefs wave, as an excited, expectant crowd watches the graceful Queen Mary being nosed into her dock by four tending tugs that churn up the Hudson's calm water into white wakes!
Feature Logo
The Outer Limits [Dell Comics Logo 1]
Genre
science fiction
Characters
three huge upright-walking bug-like aliens; Professor Walters (scientist); Dan Dalton (reporter); Joseph Grindly (New York City Bureau of Missing Persons file clerk), various police, various military, various panicked citizens of New York City.
Synopsis
A century of missing persons cases, at regular and specific intervals, leads to a cosmic swap with three benevolent aliens - soon followed by five warlike ones.
Reprints
Keywords
aliens; battle; fear; military; missing persons; New York City; panic; police; Queen Mary (ship); transporting; United Nations; weapons; wreaking havoc

Indexer Notes

Newman is credited with scripts in The Comic Reader #32, December 1964. Info per Nick Caputo, January 2014.

A fine "Outer Limits-type story", but for the absence of the TV series hallmark - the ominous "Control Voice" narration. Standard comic-book narrative captions run throughout this story - but nothing resembling the uniquely memorable opening and closing statements of The Control Voice.

213 Stamps (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Zenith Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

It's a Daisy! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. No Weapons on Earth Can Defeat the Strange Creatures from Outer Space!
    The Outer Limits
  2. 1. The Thrills and Action Are Real with Gilbert Auto-Rama
    A. C. Gilbert Co.
  3. 2. Battleground of Monsters
    The Outer Limits
  4. 3. 213 Stamps
    Zenith Co.
  5. 4. It's a Daisy!
    Daisy Manufacturing Company
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Steve Jenner
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Douglas Sederberg
  • Joe Torcivia
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)