Thunderbolt #56

(February 1967)

Beware... the Cobra [Special Case 0007] (Table of Contents: 1)

Thunderbolt / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Pete Morisi (signed as PAM)

Pencils

Pete Morisi (signed as PAM)

Inks

Pete Morisi (signed as PAM)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

B-629

Genre

superhero

Characters

Thunderbolt [Peter Cannon]; Tabu; The Cobra (dies in this story); Flashback cameos: The Hooded One; Evila; Gore, the Man-Ape; the Tong; The Mummy (all from Thunderbolt's previous cases)

Synopsis

After looking at his old cases files that Tabu has been keeping, Thunderbolt stops a slave ring ran by a man named the Cobra. The Cobra uses a mind control potion he invented in order to keep his victims compliant.

The Greatest Subscription Offer Ever Made! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Thunderbolts (Table of Contents: 3)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dick Giordano

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Larry Good; Jerry Clark; Bill Greenhouse; Bill Martin.

Where Walks ... The Titan! (Table of Contents: 4)

Sentinels / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Gary Friedrich (signed)

Pencils

Sam Grainger (signed)

Inks

Sam Grainger (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Grainger

Job Number

B-519

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sentinels [Helio [Rick Strong]; Mentalia [Cindy Carson]; Brute [Crunch Wilson]]; Ed (a tv show host); The Protestors [Rick Strong; Cindy Carson; Crunch Wilson]; The Colonel (the Protestors' agent); The Titan

Synopsis

After their gig as the hot singing group "The Protestors" on Ed's show, the Sentinels are challenged to battle by an inhumanly strong android named the Titan.

Indexer Notes

Although not named as such, Ed is really Ed Sullivan.