(October 1968)
Western,
1968 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1968-07-11
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Western Publishing Company Inc.
- Brand
-
Gold Key
- Dell/Western Eight-Digit Code
- 10225-810
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.; Western Printing and Lithographing Company
- Editing
- Del Connell ? (editor)
Issue Notes
Gold Key cover code: 10225-810. On-sale date from 1968 Books and Pamphlets, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
Captain Venture / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- George Wilson (painting)
- Inks
- George Wilson (painting)
- Colors
- George Wilson (painting)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- U.S. space probe pilots struggle to survive while stranded in the depths of a strange planet!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
in TV Mundial (Editorial Novaro, 1962 series) #271 (30 de marzo de 1974)
-
[Explorers of the Universe]
Captain Venture / illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Captain Rex Venture and his engineer, Scotty Mackay, selected as Amercia's first two men to probe the stars...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Captain Rex Venture; Scotty MacKay
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Land Beneath the Sea
Captain Venture / comic story / 26 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Probing toward star Beta 52, and its unknown planets, Captain Rex Venture's space ship employs a new magnetic force field... the year is some time after 2,000 A.D.
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
from Space Family Robinson (Western, 1962 series) #6 (February 1964), #7 (April 1964), #8 (June 1964), #9 (August 1964), #13 (July 1965), #14 (October 1965) - in TV Mundial (Editorial Novaro, 1962 series) #271 (30 de marzo de 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Captain Venture #1 is a reprint issue pulled from episodes of the second feature (colloquially called a "filler") which originally appeared in the Space Family Robinson series.
Pages (whole) 3-16 and 21-32.
Story pages 1-4 from SFR #6.
Story pages 5-9 from SFR #7.
Story pages 10-14 from SFR #8.
Story pages 15-19 from SFR #9.
Story page 21 from SFR #13 (last page of story).
Story pages 22-26 from SFR #14.
Some alterations were made, as needed, to combine the separate episodes to read as one continuous (episodic) story.
Gaylord Du Bois writer credit per page 130, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott (Michigan State University Libraries 1985) 203 leaves ; 28 cm. -- Photocopy of computer printout. -- Call no.: PN6727.D77 A2S35 1985.
The Zebra
Keys of Knowledge / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Zebras can run up to 40 mph.
- Genre
- non-fiction; animal
- Synopsis
- Facts about Zebras.
Band
Picture Dictionary / text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, authorized for a specific use...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Various examples of the different ways the word "band" is used.
[no title indexed]
Jest for Fun / text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- First Hunter: Am I glad to see you! I've been lost in these woods...
- Genre
- humor
Protoceratops
Dinosauria / text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The eggs of a dinosaur were first discovered in the Mongolian desert in 1922...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
[no title indexed]
Chuckle Time / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I kept it in the freezer!
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Four cartoons.
[The Search!]
Captain Venture / illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Marooned inside a water-covered planet in outer space...
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
Captain Venture Pin-Up
Captain Venture / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- George Wilson (painting)
- Inks
- George Wilson (painting)
- Colors
- George Wilson (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
Indexer Notes
The front cover artwork minus trade dressings.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["U.S. space probe pilots struggle to survive while stranded in the depths of a strange planet!"]
Captain Venture -
1.
[Explorers of the Universe]
Captain Venture -
2.
Land Beneath the Sea
Captain Venture -
3.
The Zebra
Keys of Knowledge -
4.
Band
Picture Dictionary -
5.
["First Hunter: Am I glad to see you! I've been lost in these woods..."]
Jest for Fun -
6.
Protoceratops
Dinosauria -
7.
[He's Out]
Mini-Comics -
8.
[Insect-Eating Plant]
Mini-Comics -
9.
["I kept it in the freezer!"]
Chuckle Time -
10.
[The Search!]
Captain Venture -
11.
Captain Venture Pin-Up
Captain Venture
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Bob Hughes
- Darrel McCann
- Dave Porta
- Brian Stewart
- Jim Van Dore
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