(December 1968)

Western, 1967 Series
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Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1968-09-26
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Western Publishing Company, Inc.
Brand
Gold Key
Dell/Western Eight-Digit Code
10210-812
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1968 Books and Pamphlets, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

Automated Destroyers! (Table of Contents)

Star Trek / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Spock; James T. Kirk; Uhura; Janice Rand; Leonard McCoy
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Main photo is B&W green-tinted image of actor Leonard Nimoy as Spock; inset color photo includes William Shatner as Kirk, Grace Lee Whitney as Janice Rand, DeForest Kelley (partly blocked by Nimoy) as McCoy, Nichelle Nichols as Uhura. The two actors seen at the helm are Ron Vito and John Lindesmith.

Part I: Invasion of the City Builders (Table of Contents: 1)

Star Trek / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Wood
Pencils
Alberto Giolitti
Inks
Alberto Giolitti
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Captain James Kirk; Spock; Krill
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part 1. Includes a sequence of the Enterprise flying just over a city (in the TV series the ship never intentionally enters a planet's atmosphere).

The Moon Bear (Table of Contents: 2)

Keys of Knowledge / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Illustrated non-fiction article on the moon/Himalayan bear of India.

Indexer Notes

Gaylord Du Bois script credit for The Moon Bear as per page 202, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott. Gaylord Du Bois script identification by David Porta, April 2016.

Pitch (Table of Contents: 3)

Picture Dictionary / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Illustrated dictionary article on various meanings of the word "pitch".
Reprints

Pteranodon (Table of Contents: 4)

Dinosauria / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?

Genre
non-fiction; math & science
Synopsis
Illustrated non-fiction article on dinosaurs.

Indexer Notes

Gaylord Du Bois script credit for Pteranodon as per page 174, "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott." Gaylord Du Bois script identification confirmed by David Porta, April, 2016.

Part II: The Bridge to Catastrophe (Table of Contents: 5)

Star Trek / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Wood
Pencils
Alberto Giolitti
Inks
Alberto Giolitti
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Captain James Kirk; Spock; Krill; Zika
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part 2

[Cat Meowing] (Table of Contents: 6)

Mini-Comics / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

[Not Fishing for a Whale] (Table of Contents: 7)

Mini-Comics / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Chuckle Time / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You look awful...
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

4 single-panel gag cartoons.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Automated Destroyers!
    Star Trek
  2. 1. Part I: Invasion of the City Builders
    Star Trek
  3. 2. The Moon Bear
    Keys of Knowledge
  4. 3. Pitch
    Picture Dictionary
  5. 4. Pteranodon
    Dinosauria
  6. 5. Part II: The Bridge to Catastrophe
    Star Trek
  7. 6. [Cat Meowing]
    Mini-Comics
  8. 7. [Not Fishing for a Whale]
    Mini-Comics
  9. 8. ["You look awful..."]
    Chuckle Time
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Alberto Becattini
  • Dwayne Best
  • Steve Coates
  • Alex Frazer-Harrison
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Gary Henderson
  • Steve Jenner
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Darrel McCann
  • Dave Porta
  • Andrew Shor
  • Andrew S. Troth
  • Jim Van Dore