(July-September 1960)

Dell, 1960 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1960-05-31
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
George Delacorte (credited as George T. Delacorte Jr.) (publisher); Helen Meyer (credited) (president); Paul R. Lilly (credited) (executive vice-president); William F. Callahan Jr. (credited) (vice-president); Harold Clark (credited) (vice-president advertising director); Albert P. Delacorte (credited) (treasurer)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1960 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Sea Hunt / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Colors
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mike Nelson battles a greedy man for the underwater treasure of the Mayas!
Genre
adventure
Characters
Mike Nelson [as portrayed by Lloyd Bridges]
Reprints

Treasure of the Mayas; Underwater City (Table of Contents: 1)

Sea Hunt / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Russ Manning; ? (photograph)
Inks
Russ Manning; ? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure
Characters
Mike Nelson

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Treasure of the Mayas (Table of Contents: 2)

Sea Hunt / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils
Russ Manning
Inks
Russ Manning
Colors
?
Letters
Russ Manning

Genre
adventure
Characters
Mike Nelson; Buddy Todd; Professor Ruiz; Consuelo Ruiz; Raney
Synopsis
Mike flies to the Yucatan jungle to help two archaeologists explore a sacrificial pool in a recently discovered Mayan city.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Script and lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).

Shadow of Danger (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure
Characters
Tony Randall
Synopsis
A diver is menaced by a giant manta ray.
Reprints

The Fisherman's Feat (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils
Russ Manning
Inks
Russ Manning
Colors
?
Letters
Russ Manning

Genre
adventure
Characters
Babcock (a fisherman); Skipper (a charter boat captain); Pedro (deck hand); Ruth Babcock
Synopsis
A vacationing fisherman tries to catch a marlin.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Script and lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).

Underwater City (Table of Contents: 5)

Sea Hunt / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils
Russ Manning
Inks
Russ Manning
Colors
?
Letters
Russ Manning

Genre
adventure
Characters
Mike Nelson; Ed Larkin (emergency manager); Frank; Bill; Peterson; Alice; Davis
Synopsis
Mike Nelson is hired to dynamite an old bridge in an effort to prevent a town from being flooded.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Script and lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).

Hot and Cold Running Water (Table of Contents: 6)

Sea Hunt / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Russ Manning
Inks
Russ Manning
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
How water currents affect weather.

Indexer Notes

"Sea Hunt" header appears but no characters are present. Dell Pledge to Parents is the last panel on this page. Art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).

The New Frontier (Table of Contents: 7)

Sea Hunt / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Russ Manning
Inks
Russ Manning
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Story about advances in underwater exploration.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. "Sea Hunt" header appears but no characters are present.

Treasure of the Seas (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Explanation of some valuable everyday products that come from the sea.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The sequence replaced with ad for Daisy Air Rifles in some copies.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Mike Nelson battles a greedy man for the underwater treasure of the Mayas!"]
    Sea Hunt
  2. 1. Treasure of the Mayas; Underwater City
    Sea Hunt
  3. 2. Treasure of the Mayas
    Sea Hunt
  4. 3. Shadow of Danger
  5. 4. The Fisherman's Feat
  6. 5. Underwater City
    Sea Hunt
  7. 6. Hot and Cold Running Water
    Sea Hunt
  8. 7. The New Frontier
    Sea Hunt
  9. 8. Treasure of the Seas
  10. 9. ["New and first air rifle shooting "ricochet sound"..."]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Steve Coates
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Gene Reed (R.I.P.)