Big Boss #55
(1961)

Arédit-Artima, 1960 Series
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Price
0,40 FRF
Pages
72
Indicia Frequency
mensuel
On-sale Date
1961-04-01
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Artima
Editing
Émile Keirsbilk (éditeur); Janine Keirsbilk (directeur de publication)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

A Mark Merlin Mystery / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Quand je t'aurai mis ce masque tu feras partie de ma bande de créatures invincibles !
Genre
fantasy (fantasy-supernatural); science-fiction (science fiction)
Characters
Mark Merlin; Elsa
Reprints
Keywords
monstres

Costumes de la créature ! (Table of Contents: 1)

A Mark Merlin Mystery / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Miller ?
Pencils
Mort Meskin (signed)
Inks
George Roussos
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy (fantasy-supernatural); science-fiction (science fiction)
Characters
Mark Merlin; Elsa; Sagonar; Lowanna
Synopsis
Mark Merlin and Elsa travel to the Peruvian jungle to help defeat a witch doctor who controls a group of men in monster costumes. Merlin is forced to don one of the costumes and falls under the spell of the witch doctor himself.
Reprints
Keywords
monstres; Pérou

Indexer Notes

Cover story

La mer perdue (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lee Elias
Inks
Lee Elias
Letters
?

Genre
science-fiction (science fiction)
Synopsis
Two adventurers are hired by a rich man to help him find a hidden island.
Reprints

Le phare du ciel (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Miller ?
Pencils
Howard Purcell (signed)
Inks
Howard Purcell (signed)
Letters
?

Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Curiosités / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

Reprints

L'identité perdue (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Miller ?
Pencils
Joe Certa
Inks
Joe Certa
Letters
?

Genre
super-héros (superhero)
Characters
Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); Willie Harper (introduction, villain); Mike Hanson
Synopsis
Because Jones has to testify in an important case, Harding assigns him a bodyguard.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Hector [Here's Howie] / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Owen Fitzgerald
Inks
Owen Fitzgerald
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
'jour Anne ! Que dirais-tu de m'accompagner ce soir au ciné ?
Genre
adolescents (teen)
Characters
Howie; Amy; Melvin; Diane
Reprints

Des incroyables créatures des cavernes (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ruben Moreira
Inks
Ruben Moreira
Letters
?

Genre
polar; policier (detective-mystery)
Characters
Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting)
Reprints

Le moustique du désert (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Jack Abel
Inks
Jack Abel
Letters
?

Genre
guerre (war)
Synopsis
In the Sahara, Baseball Patrol is hounded by a German Tiger tank. The GIs are as effective as mosquitoes, but a real mosquito spoils the German gunner's aim. A P-38 Lightning plane hammers the tank just as the mosquito bites, and together the three "American" forces blast the tank.
Reprints

L'ermite de Titan (Table of Contents: 9)

Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Miller
Pencils
Jim Mooney
Inks
Jim Mooney
Letters
?

Genre
science-fiction (science fiction)
Characters
Tommy Tomorrow; Brent Wood
Synopsis
Tommy and Brent have to face the wrath of Saturnian jungle natives to bring a runaway Earthman criminal to justice.
Reprints

Le délicat intérim (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Ely
Inks
Bill Ely
Letters
?

Genre
science-fiction (science fiction)
Synopsis
Robert Steele buys a robot double of himself so that he can go on vacation and leave the robot to manage his business, but the robot's inventor plots to take over Steele's life completely.
Reprints
Keywords
robots
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Quand je t'aurai mis ce masque tu feras partie de ma bande de créatures invincibles !"]
    A Mark Merlin Mystery
  2. 1. Costumes de la créature !
    A Mark Merlin Mystery
  3. 2. La mer perdue
  4. 3. Le phare du ciel
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Curiosités
  6. 5. L'identité perdue
  7. 6. ["'jour Anne ! Que dirais-tu de m'accompagner ce soir au ciné ?"]
    Hector [Here's Howie]
  8. 7. Des incroyables créatures des cavernes
  9. 8. Le moustique du désert
  10. 9. L'ermite de Titan
    Tommy Tomorrow
  11. 10. Le délicat intérim
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