(March 1965)

Western, 1965 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1965
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
K. K. Publications Inc.
Brand
Gold Key
Editing
?
Color
Full Color
Dimensions
Standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock
Newsprint interior; Glossy cover
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
One-Shot

Issue Notes

Cover code: 10132-503.

An adaptation of the 1964 film of the same name, which was based on the novel "The First Men in the Moon" by H. G. Wells.

Listed in The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide under the umbrella title MOVIE COMICS, but listed here under its indicia title.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

First Men in the Moon / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The first men to land on the Moon discover someone has been there before them!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Arnold Bedford (photo of Edward Judd); Joseph Cavor (photo of Lionel Jeffries)

First Men in the Moon (Table of Contents: 1)

First Men in the Moon / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction

Indexer Notes

On the inside front cover.

First Men in the Moon (Table of Contents: 2)

First Men in the Moon / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Fred Fredericks
Inks
Fred Fredericks
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the movie FIRST MEN IN THE MOON (Columbia, 1965) based on the H.G. Wells novel, with screenplay credited to Nigel Kneale and Jan Read.

Newman script per biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol. 30, No. 6, June 2019. Martin O'Hearn previously credited Dick Wood.

Drive to the Moon (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Fredericks
Inks
Fred Fredericks
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

On inside back cover.

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

First Men in the Moon / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction

Indexer Notes

Movie poster pinup on back cover.

Editing
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    First Men in the Moon
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  3. 2. First Men in the Moon
    First Men in the Moon
  4. 3. Drive to the Moon
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    First Men in the Moon
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Edgar Loftin
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore