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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published January 1949
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Information on this issue supplied by Tom Lammers and the Timely/Atlas discussion list.

Cover Details - "Richard the Lion-Hearted"

Genre Adventure
Notes Information on this issue supplied by Tom Lammers and the Timely/Atlas discussion list.

34 page story "Richard the Lion-Hearted"

Genre Adventure
Script Stan Lee
Notes Historical account of King Richard I of England (1157-1199); features Kurdish Muslim general Saladin (1138-1193) and King Philippe II Auguste of France (1165-1223).

2 page text story "The Glory Hound"

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Hi, Friends"

Notes Editorial

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Wild West at Its Rugged Best!"

Notes House Ad featuring covers of (clockwise from top) Wild Western 4, Blaze Carson 3, Tex Taylor 3, All Western Winners 3, Kid Colt Outlaw 3, Two-Gun Kid 6, and Tex Morgan 4.

7 page story "Diamond of Destiny!"

Genre Adventure
Pencils Gene Colan
Notes According to the first chapter (by Dr. Michael J. Vassallo) in the "The invincible Gene Colan" bibliographical book (Marvel), this story was pencilled by Gene Colan (see page 12). Storie slated for the never-printed issue # 2 of The Witness (Marvel, 1948 series).