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Issue Details

Issue #1006
Published July 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "HERCULES, No. 1006." Code number is HERCULES.O.S. #1006-597. Copyright 1959 by Oscar Film, S.P.A, and Galatea, S.P.A. Adapted from the 1959 movie "Hercules."

Cover Details - "Hercules"

Characters Hercules
Genre period
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)
Letters typeset

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Hercules"

Characters Hercules (as played by Steve Reeves, photos)
Synopsis Preview of the story.
Genre period
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Five stills from the movie plus partial cast and credits list.

32 page Hercules story "Hercules"

Characters Hercules; Princess Jole; Ulysses; Jason
Synopsis Subject to a tyrant king's commands, Hercules must endure many tests of strength then sail in search of the Golden Fleece. Finally, he must overthrow the evil monarch's rule in order to restore the rightful king to his throne.
Genre period
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils John Buscema
Inks John Buscema
Notes Adapted from the 1958 Italian movie "Le Fatiche di Ercole", released in the United States in 1959 as "Hercules". Synopsis is taken from sequence one of this issue. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records. (August 4, 2007)

1 page filler "Greek Warfare"

Synopsis Facts about the equipment and strategy used by the Greeks in war.
Genre fact
Pencils John Buscema
Inks John Buscema
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Hercules filler "The Labors of Hercules"

Characters Hercules; Atlas (cameo)
Synopsis Some of the 12 labors of Hercules from the Greek myths.
Genre period
Pencils John Buscema
Inks John Buscema
Notes Back cover; color. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)