(September 1950)
Seaboard Publishing / Famous Authors Illustrated,
1950 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1950
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Seaboard Publishers Inc.
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indexed from scanned copy at http://digitalcomicmuseum.com.
The Window
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Henry Kiefer (signed as
H. C. Kiefer) - Inks
- Henry Kiefer (signed as H. C. Kiefer)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
Boy Hero of the Window Bobby Driscoll
text article / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Robert Newton (photo); Bobby Driscoll (photo)
- Synopsis
- Biography of Bobby Driscoll, who starred in the film version of The Window.
Indexer Notes
On inside front cover.
Photo is a still from Disney's Treasure Island.
About the Author of the Window
text article / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Synopsis
- Biography of author Cornell Woolrich.
Indexer Notes
On inside front cover.
The Window
comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Cornell Woolrich (credited) (original story); Dana Dutch (credited as Dana E. Dutch) (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Henry Kiefer (credited as H. C. Kiefer)
- Inks
- Henry Kiefer (credited as H. C. Kiefer)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Howard Ferguson (credited as H. G. Ferguson)
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Tommy Woodry; Mr. Woodry; Mrs. Woodry; Mr. Svenson; Mamie Svenson; Joe Kellerson; Mrs. Kellerson; Charlie
- Synopsis
- Tommy Woodry is constantly making up tall tales. One night, he sees neighbors in his apartment building kill a man. He tries to tell his parents, but is assumed to be telling another fib.
Indexer Notes
Adapted from Cornell Woolrich's novel 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf' and its 1949 film adaptation, 'The Window.'
Chapter 2: Cornered by the Killer!
comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Cornell Woolrich (original story); Dana Dutch (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Henry Kiefer
- Inks
- Henry Kiefer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Howard Ferguson
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Tommy Woodry; Mr. Woodry; Mrs. Woodry; Joe Kellerson; Mrs. Kellerson; Charlie; Uncle Bill (voice)
- Synopsis
- Tommy tries to involve the police but even they are dubious of his story. Worse, the killers have become alerted to the danger Tommy poses to them.
Chapter 3: No Way to Escape!
comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Cornell Woolrich (original story); Dana Dutch (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Henry Kiefer
- Inks
- Henry Kiefer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Howard Ferguson
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Tommy Woodry; Joe Kellerson; Mrs. Kellerson; Mr. Woodry; Delaney
- Synopsis
- The murderers close in on Tommy as he runs for his life.
- Reprints
-
in Un Faux Livre (Delcourt, 2017 series) #2 (octobre 2018) [Page 30]
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Chapter 4: The Plunge to Doom!
comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Cornell Woolrich (original story); Dana Dutch (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Henry Kiefer
- Inks
- Henry Kiefer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Howard Ferguson
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Tommy Woodry; Joe Kellerson; Mrs. Kellerson; Mr. Woodry; Mrs. Woodry; Riley
- Synopsis
- Tommy flees from the killers into a crumbling building as the police finally close in.
Exciting Sport: The First Dive Bombers
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; sports
- Synopsis
- All about the sport of falconry.
- Keywords
- falconry
Daredevil Fugitive
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; history
- Characters
- Sam Butler [Simon Kenton]
- Synopsis
- Simon Kenton, thinking he had killed a man, fled to the wilderness under the name Sam Butler.
Post Office Words
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- The origins of various post office words.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Window
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1.
Boy Hero of the Window Bobby Driscoll
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2.
About the Author of the Window
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3.
The Window
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4.
Chapter 2: Cornered by the Killer!
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5.
Chapter 3: No Way to Escape!
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6.
Chapter 4: The Plunge to Doom!
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7.
Exciting Sport: The First Dive Bombers
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8.
Daredevil Fugitive
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9.
Post Office Words
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10.
6 World Famous Action Thrillers Streamlined in Famous Authors Illustrated
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11.
The Window
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- Keith Alan Morgan
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