(September 1968)

Western, 1968 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
68
On-sale Date
1968-06-06
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Western Publishing Company, Inc.
Brand
Gold Key
Editing
Wally Green
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock
glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding
saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
one-shot

Issue Notes

Cover code: 30036-809. On-sale date from promo in Tarzan of the Apes #178. Green credit per Robin Snyder.

Listed in The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide under the umbrella title MOVIE COMICS, but listed here under its indicia title.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

King Kong (Table of Contents)

King Kong / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Wilson (painting)
Inks
George Wilson (painting)
Colors
George Wilson (painting)
Letters
typeset
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
King Kong
Reprints
Keywords
biplanes; monsters
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King Kong (Table of Contents: 1)

King Kong / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Giovanni Ticci
Inks
Alberto Giolitti
Letters
typeset
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints
Keywords
monsters

Indexer Notes

Sequence added + art identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010).

King Kong (Table of Contents: 2)

King Kong / comic story / 64 pages (report information)

Script
Gary Poole (adaptation); Edgar Wallace (original story, uncredited); Merian C. Cooper (original story, uncredited); Ruth Rose (original screenplay, uncredited); James Ashmore Creelman (original screenplay, uncredited); Leon Gordon (original additional material, uncredited); Delos W. Lovelace (original novel, uncredited)
Pencils
Giovanni Ticci
Inks
Alberto Giolitti
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
King Kong; Jack Driscoll; Weston; Carl Denham; Ann Darrow; Captain Englehorn; Lumpy; Jimmy; A Tyrannosaurus Rex; Joe
Reprints
Keywords
monsters

Indexer Notes

New pencils identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010). Writer identification from Gary Poole in an email to Arthur Lortie dated 01-19-2011.

Beauty and the Beast (Table of Contents: 3)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Giovanni Ticci
Inks
Alberto Giolitti
Letters
typeset
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Sequence added + art identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010).

King Kong Pin-Up (Table of Contents: 4)

King Kong / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Wilson (painting)
Inks
George Wilson (painting)
Colors
George Wilson (painting)
Letters
typeset
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
King Kong
Reprints
Keywords
monsters

Indexer Notes

On the back cover. Same art as front cover but without title, trade dress, etc.

Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. King Kong
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  2. 1. King Kong
    King Kong
  3. 2. King Kong
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  4. 3. Beauty and the Beast
  5. 4. King Kong Pin-Up
    King Kong
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  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • CTGarry
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Kirk House
  • Steve Jenner
  • Arthur Lortie
  • Darrel McCann
  • John Pannozzi
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
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