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Issue Details

Issue #1230
Published November 1961
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing Don Arneson
Notes Indicia title is "VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, No. 1230." No code number. Copyright 1961 by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. Adapted from the 1961 movie "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea."

Cover Details - "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"

Characters Comm. Lucius Emery (as played by Peter Lorre, photo); Dr. Susan Hiller (as played by Joan Fontaine, photo); Lt. Cathy Connors (as played by Barbara Eden, photo)
Genre adventure; science fiction
Pencils ? (painting); ? (photo)
Inks ? (painting); ? (photo)
Colors ? (painting); ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Labeled "Movie Classic" on the cover. Painting, with photo insert from the movie.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"

Characters Comm. Lucius Emery (as played by Peter Lorre, photo); Dr. Susan Hiller (as played by Joan Fontaine, photo); Lt. Cathy Connors (as played by Barbara Eden, photo); Adm. Farragut Nelson (as played by Walter Pidgeon, photo)
Synopsis Preview of the story.
Genre adventure; science fiction
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Five photos from the movie with a partial cast list.

32 page story "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"

Characters Adm. Farragut Nelson; Comm. Lucius Emery; Comm. Lee Crane; Dr. Susan Hiller; Lt. Cathy Connors; Comm. Chip Morton
Synopsis During the maiden expedition of the submarine S.S. Seaview to the arctic, a gaseous ring of radiation 300 miles above the earth's surface catches fire. The resulting heat is causing chaos over the world. Admiral Nelson comes up with a plan to fire a Polaris missile from Guam to explode in the fire belt and dissipate it, but the United Nations vetoes it. As conditions worsen, Nelson decides to embark on the mission anyway.
Genre adventure; science fiction
Pencils Sam Glanzman
Inks Sam Glanzman
Notes Adapted from the movie "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea." A scientific error is carried over from the movie: radiation doesn't catch on fire. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page filler "History of Submarines"

Synopsis A history of submarines with diagrams of various submarines.
Genre fact
Pencils Model Makers of America (photo, diagrams)
Inks Model Makers of America (photo, diagrams)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Text and Illustrations. "Material through the courtesy of the Model Makers of America."

1 page filler "Out of the Deep"

Synopsis Single drawing containing various deep-sea creatures.
Genre fact
Pencils Sam Glanzman
Inks Sam Glanzman
Notes back cover. Large illustration with brief text.