([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 (editor)
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock
glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding
saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
one-shot

Issue Notes

Listed in The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide under the umbrella title MOVIE COMICS, but listed here under its indicia title.

Cover code: 30036-809. On-sale date from promo in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes (Western, 1962 series) #178 (August 1968).

Wally Green credit per Robin Snyder.
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; Ann Darrow
Reprints
Keywords
biplanes; monsters

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What is the truth behind the legend of King Kong?
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
King Kong; Ann Darrow; Carl Denham; Jack Driscoll
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); Leonard Dworkins (original additional material, uncredited); Merian C. Cooper (original story, uncredited); Ruth Rose (original screenplay, uncredited); James Ashmore Creelman (original screenplay, uncredited); Delos W. Lovelace (original novel, uncredited)
Pencils
Giovanni Ticci
Inks
Alberto Giolitti
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
King Kong; Ann Darrow; Carl Denham; Jack Driscoll; Captain Englehorn; Charles Weston; Lumpy; Jimmy; Joe
Reprints
Keywords
monsters; triceratops; tyrannosaurus rex

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)

King Kong / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Giovanni Ticci
Inks
Alberto Giolitti
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
King Kong; Ann Darrow
Reprints
Keywords
monsters

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; Ann Darrow
Reprints
Keywords
monsters

Indexer Notes

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

Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. King Kong
    King Kong
  2. 1. King Kong
    King Kong
  3. 2. King Kong
    King Kong
  4. 3. Beauty and the Beast
    King Kong
  5. 4. King Kong Pin-Up
    King Kong
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • John Censullo
  • 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