Mighty Samson #16

(November 1968)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Smoky Realm [Part 1] (Table of Contents: 2)

Mighty Samson / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Jack Sparling

Inks

Jack Sparling

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda

Job Number

16-688

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Mighty Samson; Sharmaine; Mindor; Mikki; Zalg

Synopsis

Chief Mikki of the Undermen calls on Samson for help repelling an invasion through the subway tunnels. That done, Mindor, concludes that the invaders came from the underground network of Radio City. Samson and his friends are discovered as they spy on Zalg, leader of the Gnarly Men, planning an attack on N'Yark. Trying to escape, they run into the pit of a fire-breathing dragon.

Reprints

• in Samson (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #16 (September 1970 ?)
which is reprinted
• in Samson (Breling Verlag, 1996 series) #16
• in Mighty Samson (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #3 (May 2011)

Keywords

Dragon; monster; mutant; mutation; New York City; post-apocalyptic; Radio City; Rockefeller Center; subway

Indexer Notes

Part one of a two-part story. Includes diagrams and views of Radio City.

Ur -- Mother of Cities (Table of Contents: 3)

Lost Civilizations / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; history

Characters

Leonard Woolley

Reprints

• in Samson (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #16 (September 1970 ?)
which is reprinted
• in Samson (Breling Verlag, 1996 series) #16
• in Mighty Samson (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #3 (May 2011)

Keywords

Archaeology; archeology; Deluge; flood; lost city; Mesopotamia

Indexer Notes

The history of Ur, and its archaeological rediscovery.

The Ninety Minute Menace (Table of Contents: 4)

Tom Morrow / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Jack Sparling

Inks

Jack Sparling

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Tom Morrow; Cindia

Synopsis

Disasters strike Astro City every 90 minutes, and Tom figures out that the problem is one of the war satellites that wrecked civilization -- defective, but with its radioactive beams still deadly. With great struggle, Tom uses his mental powers to push the satellite out of orbit and into space.

Reprints

• in Samson (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #16 (September 1970 ?)
which is reprinted
• in Samson (Breling Verlag, 1996 series) #16

Keywords

Psychokinesis; satellite; telekinesis

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Gold Key Comics Club News / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Readers Page (Table of Contents: 6)

Gold Key Comics Club / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

(fan art)

Inks

(fan art)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Keywords

Curtiss P-40; fan art; Flying Tiger

Indexer Notes

Fan art by Tenna Lohr, Ray Walton, Roy Newsome, Robbie Christensen, and Everett Toppins (animals), and by Hans Kuenzl, Glendon Gray, R. E. McLaughlin, Neill Jeffrey, and Chris Leighton (airplanes).

Jokes on You (Table of Contents: 7)

Gold Key Club Comics / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

(fan submissions)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Characters

Gold Key Kid (advertising character or promotional character)

Indexer Notes

Gags and riddles submitted by fans Steve Jones, Jean Dennison, Susan Burrows, Danny Green, Eloise Sebby, Scott Laudemann, Linda Serocki, Mike Anderson, Charyce Adams, Michael Le Fauci, Ruth Mengwasser, Md. Nooruddoja, Nancy Schaeffer, Charolette Elder, Janice Krueger, Hunter Holt, Michele Horton, Warwick Chang, Bradley Doley, and Carol Wilson.

[The Smoky Realm, Part 2] The Call to Arms (Table of Contents: 8)

Mighty Samson / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Jack Sparling

Inks

Jack Sparling

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Mighty Samson; Sharmaine; Mindor; Zalg

Synopsis

Using the atomic-powered monitors of Radio City, Mindor discovers that the Gnarly Men are being forced to invade the surface because their magic breeze (atomic-powered air conditioning) has ceased to work. Gathering ancient manuals he gains a truce, racing against time and suspicious Gnarly Men even as Samson fends off dragons. Mindor succeeds and Samson seals off the monsters. Chef Zalg and the Grand Chief of N'Yark conclude a treaty, and Samson heads home to catch up on his sleep.

Reprints

• in Samson (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #16 (September 1970 ?)
which is reprinted
• in Samson (Breling Verlag, 1996 series) #16
• in Mighty Samson (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #3 (May 2011)

Keywords

Dragon; monster; mutant; mutation; New York City; post-apocalyptic; Radio City; Rockefeller Center; television; TV

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advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Rooster; construction worker

Synopsis

A rooster mistakes a bag of cement for a bag of corn, eats some, drinks water, and becomes solidified.

Keywords

Pantomime; rooster; wordless

Plesiosaur (Table of Contents: 11)

Dinosauria / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; math & science

Keywords

Dinosaur; educational; fact; paleontology

Indexer Notes

Information about the plesiosaur.

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