Four Color
#1006 - Hercules
([July-September] 1959)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1959-05-26
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand
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Dell A Movie Classic
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Chase Craig ? (editor)
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "HERCULES, No. 1006." Code number is HERCULES.O.S. #1006-597. Copyright 1959 by Oscar Film, S.P.A, and Galatea, S.P.A.
"Movie Classic" on cover. Adapted from the 1958 movie "Le Fatiche di Ercole", translated into English and released in the United States in 1959 as "Hercules".
No month is given on the cover or in the indicia. Based on the copyright dates of this issue and others in the series released around the same time, one can determine that this issue was published with other Four Color issues bearing a "July-September 1959" cover date.
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.
"Movie Classic" on cover. Adapted from the 1958 movie "Le Fatiche di Ercole", translated into English and released in the United States in 1959 as "Hercules".
No month is given on the cover or in the indicia. Based on the copyright dates of this issue and others in the series released around the same time, one can determine that this issue was published with other Four Color issues bearing a "July-September 1959" cover date.
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.
in 
Hercules
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ? (photograph)
- Inks
- ? (photograph)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- historical
- Characters
- Hercules (photos of Steve Reeves)
- Synopsis
- Preview of the story.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Five stills from the movie plus partial cast and credits list.
Hercules
Hercules / comic story / 32 pages
- Script
- Paul S. Newman
- Pencils
- John Buscema
- Inks
- John Buscema
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Duffy
- Genre
- historical
- Characters
- Hercules; Princess Jole; Ulysses; Jason
- Synopsis
- Subject to a tyrant king's commands, Hercules must endure many tests of strength then sail in search of the Golden Fleece. Finally, he must overthrow the evil monarch's rule in order to restore the rightful king to his throne.
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the 1958 Italian movie "Le Fatiche di Ercole", released in the United States in 1959 as "Hercules". Synopsis is taken from sequence one of this issue. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records. (August 4, 2007).
Greek Warfare
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Buscema
- Inks
- John Buscema
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Facts about the equipment and strategy used by the Greeks in war.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Labors of Hercules
Hercules / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Buscema
- Inks
- John Buscema
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- historical
- Characters
- Hercules; Atlas (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Some of the 12 labors of Hercules from the Greek myths.
Indexer Notes
Back cover; color. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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Greek Warfare
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The Labors of Hercules
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