Mighty Samson
#20
(November 1969)
Western,
1964 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1969-08-21
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Western Publishing Company Inc.
- Brand
-
Gold Key
- Dell/Western Eight-Digit Code
- 10019-911
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Keywords Post-apocalyptic
Attack of the Fishmen!
Mighty Samson / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- George Wilson (painting)
- Inks
- George Wilson (painting)
- Colors
- George Wilson (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Mighty Samson; Nephtoon
- Reprints
-
in Mighty Samson (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #3 (May 2011)
-
- Keywords
- fish monsters; merman; tridents
[no title indexed]
General Foods / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Have a ball! Free!
- Characters
- Sugar Bear; Linus the Lionhearted; Loveable Truly
- Keywords
- Athletics; cereal; sport
Indexer Notes
Ad promoting Post cereals by means of sports premiums.
Attack of the Fishmen [Part 1]
Mighty Samson / comic story / 9 pages
- Job Number
- 20-698
- Feature Logo
Mighty Samson [solid]- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Mighty Samson; Sharmaine; Mindor; Nephtoon
- Synopsis
- Mutant humans who live underwater attack the people of N'Yark. Among other hostile acts they dam the Verrazano Narrows so as to flood the city, allowing them to take it over as a new homeland.
- Reprints
- in Mighty Samson (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #3 (May 2011)
-
- Keywords
- mermaid; merman; mutant; mutation; New York City; post-apocalyptic; Verrazano Narrows Bridge
Indexer Notes
The Verrazano Narrows Bridge was fully opened just at about the time this story appeared.
Atlantis -- Fable or Fact?
Lost Civilizations / text article / 1 page
- Feature Logo
Lost Civilizations- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- The ancient tale of Atlantis, and the never-ending quest to find it.
- Reprints
- in Mighty Samson (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #3 (May 2011)
-
The Underwater Terror
Tom Morrow / comic story / 4 pages
- Feature Logo
Tom Morrow- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Tom Morrow; Cindia; Professor Todd; dolphin
- Synopsis
- When an Ultra City professor is trapped under water, Tom enlists a dolphin to help rescue him. Tom exhausts himself sealing a lava flow that the professor found, but the dolphin returns him safe to shore.
- Keywords
- dolphin; lava; mental telepathy
[no title indexed]
Golden Magazine / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi kids! I'm 'Cracky'...
- Characters
- Cracky (mascot for Golden Magazine)
- Keywords
- Parrot
Indexer Notes
Promo, with order coupon, for Golden Magazine
[no title indexed]
ABC Saturday Cartoons / advertisement / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Super Saturday on ABC
- Characters
- Casper the Friendly Ghost; Smokey Bear; the Chattanooga Cats; Hot Wheels Racing Club; Sky Hawks; the Hardy Boys; Gulliver; Combined Miniature Defense Force
- Keywords
- Television; TV
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ABC's Super Saturday Club
- Characters
- Smokey Bear; the Chattanooga Cats; Hot Wheels Racing Club; Sky Hawks; the Hardy Boys
- Keywords
- Fan Club
Indexer Notes
Ad, with order coupon, for fan club
[Attack of the Fishmen, Part 2] Dam of Doom
Mighty Samson / comic story / 12 pages
- Feature Logo
- Mighty Samson [solid]
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Mighty Samson; Sharmaine; Mindor; Nephtoon
- Synopsis
- The tribesmen fight back against the fishmen but Samson is hampered in fighting Nephtoon beacause he repeatedly needs to surface for air. Mindor outfits Samson with an ancient SCUBA outfit, after which Samson brings Nephtoon to the surface, where he forces him to call off the attack and dismantle the dam.
- Reprints
- in Mighty Samson (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #3 (May 2011)
-
- Keywords
- mermaid; merman; mutant; mutation; New York City; post-apocalyptic; SCUBA
[no title indexed]
Gold Key Comics Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tubby (the Spider) spins again...
- Feature Logo
Gold Key Comics Club- Characters
- Little Lulu; Tubby; Mrs. Moppett
[no title indexed]
Vista / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On a Vista Esquire you can... hightail it!
- Characters
- Cyclist
- Keywords
- Bicycle
Indexer Notes
Ad for Vista bicycles
[The Princess and the Frog]
Mini-Comics / comic story / 0.5 page
- Feature Logo
Gold Key Comics Club Mini-Comics - No Gold Key Comics Club Emblem- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Princess; frog
- Synopsis
- A princess kisses a frog, hoping he'll turn into a prince. Instead, she turns into a frog.
- Keywords
- frog; pantomime; princess; wordless
[no title indexed]
Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Famous name prizes or cash... from Olympic
Indexer Notes
Ad, with response coupon, for Olympic Sales Club, Inc.
[no title indexed]
Sales Leadership Club Cards / Stationery / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Be a sales leader who picks the prizes
Indexer Notes
Ad, with response coupon, for Sales Leadership Club.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Attack of the Fishmen!
Mighty Samson -
1.
["Have a ball! Free!"]
General Foods -
2.
Attack of the Fishmen [Part 1]
Mighty Samson -
3.
Atlantis -- Fable or Fact?
Lost Civilizations -
4.
The Underwater Terror
Tom Morrow -
5.
["Hi kids! I'm 'Cracky'..."]
Golden Magazine -
6.
["Super Saturday on ABC"]
ABC Saturday Cartoons -
7.
["ABC's Super Saturday Club"]
-
8.
[Attack of the Fishmen, Part 2] Dam of Doom
Mighty Samson -
9.
["Tubby (the Spider) spins again..."]
Gold Key Comics Club -
10.
["On a Vista Esquire you can... hightail it!"]
Vista -
11.
[The Princess and the Frog]
Mini-Comics -
12.
["Famous name prizes or cash... from Olympic"]
Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards -
13.
["Be a sales leader who picks the prizes"]
Sales Leadership Club Cards / Stationery
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Steve Dasinger
- Gregory Fischer
- Kirk House
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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