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1205[August-October] 1961
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Four Color #1205

Dell · [August-October] 1961 · on sale 1961-05-16

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Identification plate

Series
Four Color (Dell, 1942 series)
Issue
#1205
Issue title
David and Goliath
Publication date
[August-October] 1961
Key date
1961-08-00
On-sale date
1961-05-16
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0David and Goliathcover1pencils: ? (photo); inks: ? (photo); colors: ? (photo); letters: typesetDavid (photo of Ivo Payer); Goliath (photo of Kronos)
1David and Goliathforeword, introduction, preface, afterword1pencils: ? (photos); inks: ? (photos); letters: typesetKing Saul (photo of Orson Welles); David (photo of Ivo Payer); Samuel (photo of Edward Hilton); Goliath (photo of Kronos)
2David and Goliathcomic story32script: Gino Mangini, Ambrogio Molteni, Emimmo Salvi, Umberto Scarpelli; pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack SparlingKing Saul; Samuel; David; Jesse; Elga; Goliath; Jonathan; Abner; Merab; Asdod
3David and Jonathancomic story1pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack SparlingDavid; Jonathan; King Saul
4David and Goliathpromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: ? (photos); inks: ? (photos); letters: typesetDavid (photo of Ivo Payer); King Saul (photo of Orson Welles)

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

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