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1118[June-August] 1960
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Four Color #1118

Dell · [June-August] 1960 · on sale 1960-04-14

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Identification plate

Series
Four Color (Dell, 1942 series)
Issue
#1118
Issue title
The Sword and the Dragon
Publication date
[June-August] 1960
Key date
1960-06-00
On-sale date
1960-04-14
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Sword and The Dragoncover1pencils: ? (photo); inks: ? (photo); colors: ? (photo); letters: typesetIlya Muromets (photo of Boris Andreyev)
1The Sword and the Dragonforeword, introduction, preface, afterword1pencils: ? (photos); inks: ? (photos); letters: typesetIlya Muromets (photos of Boris Andreyev); Chief Kalin (photo of Shukur Burkhanov)
2The Sword and The Dragon!comic story32script: Leo Dorfman; pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack SparlingIlya Muromets; Vilia; Prince Vanda; Invinsor; Alexi; Durbar; Little Falcon; Chief Kalin (villain)
3Legendary Slavic Heroescomic story1pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling; letters: Ben OdaBaldak; Nodey; Alyosha Popovkin; Prince Ivan; Elena the Fair; Bogatyr
5The Sword and the Dragonillustration1pencils: ? (photos); inks: ? (photos); letters: typesetIlya Muromets (photo of Boris Andreyev); Chief Kalin (photo of Shukur Burkhanov)

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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