(September 1967)

King Features, 1966 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1967-09-05
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
King Features Syndicate
Brand
King Comics
Editing
Bill Harris

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1967 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Flash Gordon / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex Raymond ?
Inks
Alex Raymond ?
Colors
?

Genre
adventure; science fiction
Reprints

Flash Gordon and the Elder's Deathtrap (Table of Contents: 1)

Flash Gordon / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Pearson
Pencils
Reed Crandall
Inks
Reed Crandall
Colors
?
Letters
Charlotte Jetter ?

Genre
adventure; science fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Bill Pearson credited himself with the script in interview in Charlton Spotlight #2. Info by Jim Ludwig, 2005-06-09 (Per Sandell ed.)

part II, Ceremony in Shock (Table of Contents: 2)

Flash Gordon / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Pearson
Pencils
Reed Crandall
Inks
Reed Crandall
Colors
?
Letters
Charlotte Jetter ?

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Bill Pearson credited himself with the script in his interview in Charlton Spotlight #2. Info by Jim Ludwig, 2005-06-09 (Per Sandell ed.)

The Fifth Key of Power (Table of Contents: 3)

Secret Agent X-9 / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Gary Poole
Pencils
Frank Springer ?
Inks
Frank Springer ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Poole script per biblio published in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol. 27, No. 1, January 2016.

This is the fifth and final part of the only original X-9 comic book story produced in the U.S. up to this time, a five-part story appearing in issues #4–8 (1967). The first part ("The Key to Power") was written by Archie Goodwin and drawn by Al Williamson. The other parts remain officially uncredited. The art has been erroneously attributed to Reed Crandall and Dan Spiegle. Mark Evanier has expressed the opinion that the artist is either Mike Roy or Frank Springer, who is tentatively credited by this indexer.

Fireballs In Space (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Raymond ?; ?
Inks
Alex Raymond ?; ?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

back cover ad for the next issue utilizes cover image from the current issue along with various illos.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Flash Gordon
  2. 1. Flash Gordon and the Elder's Deathtrap
    Flash Gordon
  3. 2. part II, Ceremony in Shock
    Flash Gordon
  4. 3. The Fifth Key of Power
    Secret Agent X-9
  5. 4. Fireballs In Space
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Mickey Coalwell
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • James Ludwig
  • Darrel McCann
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore