Ideal #4
(January 1949)

Marvel, 1948 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Bi-Monthly
On-sale Date
1948-10-07
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Timely Comics Inc.
Editing
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Issue Notes

Information on this issue supplied by Tom Lammers and the Timely/Atlas discussion list.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 2, Part 2, No. 2, Periodicals, 1948, p. 196, Copyright number: B163473.

Richard the Lion-Hearted (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; non-fiction
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Richard the Lion-Hearted (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 34 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
4358
Genre
adventure; non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Historical account of King Richard I of England (1157-1199); features Kurdish Muslim general Saladin (1138-1193) and King Philippe II Auguste of France (1165-1223).

Captain Tootsie and "The Babe Ruth Story" (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Glory Hound (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
SL-4232
Genre
sports
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Wild West at Its Rugged Best! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Diamond of Destiny! (Table of Contents: 6)

The Witness / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
3834
Genre
drama; superhero

Indexer Notes

According to the first chapter (by Dr. Michael J. Vassallo) in the "The invincible Gene Colan" bibliographical book (Marvel), this story was penciled by Gene Colan (see page 12).
The story was slated for the never-printed issue #2 of The Witness (Marvel, 1948 series).

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Richard the Lion-Hearted
  2. 1. Richard the Lion-Hearted
  3. 2. Captain Tootsie and "The Babe Ruth Story"
    Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
  4. 3. The Glory Hound
  5. 4. ["Hi, Friends:"]
  6. 5. The Wild West at Its Rugged Best!
  7. 6. Diamond of Destiny!
    The Witness
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