King of Diamonds
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(July-September 1962)
Dell,
1962 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1962-04-12
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
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Dell [rectangle]
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Cover code 01-391-209.
Based on the 1961-1962 television series of the same name.
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.Keywords tryout issue
Based on the 1961-1962 television series of the same name.
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
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in Un Faux Livre (Delcourt, 2017 series) #[nn] (2017) [page 18, except one panel from page 17]
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King of Diamonds / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hard-hitting John King becomes embroiled with assassins in a life and death struggle for two million dollars in diamonds!
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- John King (as played by Broderick Crawford)
- Keywords
- television adaptation
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King of Diamonds / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The man responsible for the protection of diamonds the world over, from the time they come out of the 'clay' until they finally adorn the wearer, is John King (Broderick Crawford), king of diamonds.
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- John King
- Synopsis
- Intro to the character of John King.
- Keywords
- television adaptation
Indexer Notes
In black and white on inside front cover.
King of Diamonds
King of Diamonds / comic story / 32 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Mike Sekowsky; Frank Giacoia
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia; Joe Giella ?; Mike Peppe ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Duffy
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- John King; Al Casey; Charlie; Inspector McCarter; Martha Parker; Bertie; Lonny Q; Guy Leopold; Hans; Edwin; Wilhelm
- Synopsis
- The men responsible for the protection of diamonds are John King and his sidekick Al Casey. King works out of New York City covering the world protecting the diamond industry against smugglers, thieves, sharps, dips and switches.
- Keywords
- television adaptation
Indexer Notes
Nick Caputo suspects Joe Giella assisted Giacoia on inks.
Smuggling
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- A brief history of smuggling.
Indexer Notes
In black and white on inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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["Hard-hitting John King becomes embroiled with assassins in a life and death struggle for two million dollars in diamonds!"]
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["The man responsible for the protection of diamonds the world over, from the time they come out of the 'clay' until they finally adorn the wearer, is John King (Broderick Crawford), king of diamonds."]
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King of Diamonds
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Smuggling
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4.
Diamonds
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Alberto Becattini
- Nick Caputo
- John Censullo
- Michael Hoskin
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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