Issue | #794 |
Published | April 1957 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | ? |
Notes | Indicia title is "THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, No. 794". Code number is C. OF M.C.O.S. #794-574. |
Characters | Count of Monte Cristo |
Genre | period |
Pencils | George Wilson (painting) |
Inks | George Wilson (painting) |
Colors | George Wilson (painting) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Pencils, inks, and colors credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
Characters | Count of Monte Cristo; Edmond Dantes; Devillefort; Count de Morcerf; Baron Danglars |
Synopsis | Short profiles of the main characters of the story. Count de Morcerf is depicted in one of the panels, but does not appear in the main story. |
Genre | period |
Pencils | John Buscema |
Inks | John Buscema |
Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. |
Characters | Edmond Dantes; Devillefort; Abbe Faria; Danglars |
Synopsis | Edmond Dantes is unjustly imprisoned as a political prisoner in the Chateau D'If. He befriends a fellow prisoner, the Abbe Faria, who teaches him many skills over the years. Eventually the Abbe dies, but not before giving him a map to a treasure on the Isle of Monte Cristo. The Abbe's death also gives Dantes the opportunity to escape and he makes his way to the island and finds the treasure. |
Genre | period |
Script | Alexandre Dumas (original story); ? (comic adaptation) |
Pencils | John Buscema |
Inks | John Buscema |
Notes | Part one of a two-part story. Adapted from "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas (1844). |
Characters | Count of Monte Cristo; Edmond Dantes; DeVillefort; Baron Danglars; Caderousse; Lucien deBray |
Synopsis | Having used the treasure to set himself up as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo, Dantes returns to Marseilles to find those who conspired to send him to prison. After finding them scattered to various places, Dantes goes to Paris and comes up with a plan to extract his revenge on Baron Danglars and his confederate Lucien deBray. |
Genre | period |
Pencils | John Buscema |
Inks | John Buscema |
Notes | Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on the back cover in color. Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Part two of a two-part story. While the first part is fairly faithful to the original novel, the second part is an original story involving the book's characters, but not following the original plot at all. |