Mighty Samson
#16
(November 1968)
Western,
1964 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1968-08-29
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Western Publishing Company Inc.
- Brand
-
Gold Key
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Cover code: 10119-811. On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Keywords New York City; post-apocalyptic
[no title indexed]
Mighty Samson / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- George Wilson (painting)
- Inks
- George Wilson (painting)
- Colors
- George Wilson (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Smoke monsters spread terror in the suffocating ruins of Radio City!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Mighty Samson
- Reprints
-
in Avontuur Classics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #18154 (1970) [cover] -
in Samson (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #16 (September 1970 ?) which is reprinted -
in Mighty Samson (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #3 (May 2011)
-
- Keywords
- boilers; dragon
Indexer Notes
Richard Richmond states this is not a Gollub painted cover; Robert Barrett concurs via the GCD Error Tracker (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10160), 2015-05-02.
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Most powerful airplane
- Characters
- Cheerios Kid (advertising character)
- Keywords
- Cereal; space plane; space suit; space travel; XB-70A
Indexer Notes
Ad for Cheerios cereal from General Mills.
The Smoky Realm [Part 1]
Mighty Samson / comic story / 9 pages
- 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 Avontuur Classics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #18154 (1970)
- in Samson (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #16 (September 1970 ?) which is reprinted
- 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
Lost Civilizations / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; history
- Characters
- Leonard Woolley
- Reprints
- in Avontuur Classics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #18154 (1970)
- in Samson (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #16 (September 1970 ?) which is reprinted
- 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
Tom Morrow / comic story / 4 pages
- 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 Avontuur Classics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #18154 (1970)
- in Samson (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #16 (September 1970 ?) which is reprinted
-
- Keywords
- Psychokinesis; satellite; telekinesis
Gold Key Comics Club News
Gold Key Comics Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't miss an issue, or you may miss your contribution.
Indexer Notes
Includes fan art by Ernie Parsons.
Readers Page Animals
Gold Key Comics Club / illustration / 2 pages
- Genre
- animal
- 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
Gold Key Comics Club / text article / 1 page
- 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 Two: The Call to Arms
Mighty Samson / comic story / 12 pages
- 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 Avontuur Classics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #18154 (1970)
- in Samson (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #16 (September 1970 ?) which is reprinted
- 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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Howard N. Rogofsky / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Comic books for sale
- Keywords
- Comic books
Indexer Notes
Ad for comic books and related materials from Howard N. Rogofsky.
Plesiosaur
Dinosauria; Gold Key Comics Club / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Keywords
- Dinosaur; educational; fact; paleontology
Indexer Notes
Information about the plesiosaur.
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Golden Press / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 28 of Walt Disney's most famous characters decorating your child's room!
- Characters
- Jiminy Cricket; Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck; Pluto; Dumbo; Winnie the Pooh
Indexer Notes
Ad, with order coupon, for punchout characters from Golden Press.
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Table of Contents
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0.
["Smoke monsters spread terror in the suffocating ruins of Radio City!"]
Mighty Samson -
1.
["Most powerful airplane"]
-
2.
The Smoky Realm [Part 1]
Mighty Samson -
3.
Ur -- Mother of Cities
Lost Civilizations -
4.
The Ninety Minute Menace
Tom Morrow -
5.
Gold Key Comics Club News
Gold Key Comics Club -
6.
Readers Page Animals
Gold Key Comics Club -
7.
Jokes on You
Gold Key Comics Club -
8.
[The Smoky Realm] Part Two: The Call to Arms
Mighty Samson -
9.
["Comic books for sale"]
Howard N. Rogofsky -
10.
[Stiff Chicken]
Gold Key Comics Club; Mini-Comics -
11.
Plesiosaur
Dinosauria; Gold Key Comics Club -
12.
["28 of Walt Disney's most famous characters decorating your child's room!"]
Golden Press -
13.
["Be a big winner..."]
Sales Leadership Club Cards / Stationery
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Steve Dasinger
- Gregory Fischer
- Kirk House
- Richard Richmond
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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