Four Color
#1328 - Underwater City
([March-May] 1962)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1961-12-26
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
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Dell [stamp]
- Editing
- D. J. Arneson (editor)
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "UNDERWATER CITY, No. 1328." No code number. Copyright 1961 by Columbia Pictures Corporation.
"Movie Classic" on cover. Adapted from the 1961 movie "The Underwater City."
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 "March-May 1962" cover date.
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.
"Movie Classic" on cover. Adapted from the 1961 movie "The Underwater City."
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 "March-May 1962" cover date.
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.
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The Underwater City
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dr. Junius Halstead (photo of Carl Benton Reid); Bob Gage (photo of William Lundigan); Dr. Monica Powers (photo of Julie Adams)
- Synopsis
- Preview of the story.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Five photos from the movie with partial cast list.
The Underwater City
comic story / 32 pages
- Script
- Ruth Alexander; Owen Harris (screenplay); Alex Gordon; ? (comic adaptation)
- Pencils
- Reed Crandall
- Inks
- George Evans
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Bob Gage; Dr. Monica Powers; Tim Graham; Dr. Junius Halstead
- Synopsis
- After a prototype for an underwater city is built, several people take part in an experiment to see if people can live for extended periods of time under water.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the 1961 movie "The Underwater City." Pencils and inks credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Poseidon
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Poseidon
- Synopsis
- Facts about the Greek God Poseidon.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. One large illustration with typeset text.
Atlantis
text article / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Evans ?; Reed Crandall ?
- Inks
- George Evans ?; Reed Crandall ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- A summary of Plato's story of Atlantis.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Back cover. One large illustration with typeset text. Possible "RC" initials in lower left corner of illustration.
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Table of Contents
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The Underwater City
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The Underwater City
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The Underwater City
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Poseidon
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4.
Atlantis
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- John Censullo
- Pat Conolly
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Thomas Johnson
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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