Sunday Pix
#v8#43
(October 21, 1956)
David C. Cook,
1949 Series
- Volume
- 8
- Price
- 0.20 USD for 13 issues (Five or more to one address)
- Pages
- 12
- Indicia Frequency
- weekly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- David C. Cook Publishing Co.
- Brand
- A David C. Cook Weekly
- Editing
- Hiley H. Ward (editor); Iava S. Hoth (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
Single yearly subscriptions 1.25 USD.
Keywords religious
Death of King Ahab
Bible in Pictures / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Tillotson [as Tillotson] (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Tillotson [as Tillotson] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- religious
- Characters
- King Ahab; Queen Jezebel; Prophet Elijah; Naboth; Elisha
- Synopsis
- Because Naboth would not sell his vineyard to him, King Ahab has Naboth falsely accused of being a traitor. Naboth is stoned to death and King Ahab claims the vineyard. Prophet Elijah appears and tells the king he will suffer as Naboth suffered. The king leads his army, along with that of Judah, into battle with the Syrians, but is killed by an arrow which finds a gap in his armor.
- Keywords
- armor; army; arrow; Bible; chariot; king; prophesy; stoning; vineyard
Indexer Notes
Story starts on the cover. A retelling of I Kings 21 to II Kings 2.
[no title indexed]
Kidnapped / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- He's afraid I'll see where he hides his money.
- Genre
- adventure; historical
- Characters
- David; his uncle
- Synopsis
- David's uncle sends him into a stormy night on the pretense of fetching a chest of papers, but his real intention is to have him fall from a high staircase on the outside of a building.
- Keywords
- key; staircase; storm
Indexer Notes
Adaptation of the novel "Kidnapped". Continued from last issue, continues in next issue.
Josephine the Tame Wild Boar
text story / 3 pages
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Albert Schweitzer
- Synopsis
- A tame wild boar causes problems at the missionary camp.
- Reprints
- from "The Animal World of Albert Schweitzer" (Beacon Press, Inc.)
- Keywords
- bacon; missionary; preaching; wild boar
Indexer Notes
Text with apparently original illustrations.
[no title indexed]
Tullus...a Christian Hero of Bible Times / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Taking shelter from the rain, Hector and Quintus enter the cave.
- Genre
- adventure; historical
- Characters
- Hector; Quintus; Tullus; Minor
- Synopsis
- Roman Legionnaires Hector and Quintus find a Christian man and his daughter hiding in a cave. Meanwhile Tullus and Minor approach the cave on horseback.
- Keywords
- cave; Christian; horse; rain; Rome
Indexer Notes
Part of a continuing story.
Mac Macaw, Halloween Goblin
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mac Macaw
- Synopsis
- Molly wins first prize in a window decorating contest by putting a fish bowl between Mac and the window.
Indexer Notes
Also riddles and a preview photo from "Reindeer Scout" from the next issue.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
1.
Death of King Ahab
Bible in Pictures -
2.
["He's afraid I'll see where he hides his money."]
Kidnapped -
3.
Josephine the Tame Wild Boar
-
4.
["Taking shelter from the rain, Hector and Quintus enter the cave."]
Tullus...a Christian Hero of Bible Times -
5.
Mac Macaw, Halloween Goblin
-
6.
The Parable of the Rich Fool
This issue was modified by, among others
- Merlin Haas
- Donald Dale Milne
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