| Issue | #1 |
| Published | July 1964 |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Wally Green |
| Notes | Gold Key code 10119-407. |
| Characters | Mighty Samson |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Pencils | Mo Gollub (painted) |
| Inks | Mo Gollub (painted) |
| Colors | Mo Gollub (painted) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | The cover contains a mistake: Samson is wearing the lio-bear's skin before killing it. |
| Reprinted | in Avontuur Classics (Classics/Williams, 1961 series) #1801 [cover]; in Mighty Samson (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 |
| Synopsis | Educational piece on man-of-war sailing ships. |
| Genre | Fact |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
| Characters | Mighty Samson; Samson's mother; tribespeople; Sharmaine; Mindor |
| Synopsis | In the future, New York City was atom-bombed. Centuries after that, it's a jungle-choked ruin. People live like cave men, in constant danger from mutated monsters. One day a carnivorous plant grabs a mother and child. But the child tears the vines easily. "My baby has the strength of a Samson!" The child is also a mutant, with super-strength. As a teen, Samson protects the tribe, punching out buffalo-rhino hybrids and "spanking" raiders with broken lamp posts. Yet Samson's mother was struck down. Her dying words are to "use your strength... to help those in peril... and to fight evil." Weeks later, foraging for food, Samson is attacked by a lio-bear. In a ruined gym, he swings on rings and kills it, but is grievously wounded and clawed. Samson is rescued by Sharmaine, a mysterious girl with "ancient medicines". As he heals, she slices up the lio-bear skin for Samson to wear as a symbol he is "the mightiest of men!" Sharmaine leads Samson to a bank vault and her father Mindor, a home-grown scientist trying to fathom ancient secrets. He uses a "can-finder" to search for food. Samson tears off doors and opens cans with his thumb. They're attacked by scouts of Kull the Killer. Yet Samson is also inhumanly fast, and catches their spears. He stands like a rock as they hit him with a battering ram. The bad guys run. The three form a team. "Who knows? Perhaps we can even start humanity back on the road to civilization!" |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Script | Otto Binder |
| Pencils | Frank Thorne [as FT] (signed) |
| Inks | Frank Thorne [as FT] (signed) |
| Notes | During the Cold War, with atomic bombs hanging overhead, many SF stories explored the mysterious world of the future that would survive nuclear war. This is one. Yet while most stories were grim, Mighty Samson has a sense of humor and message of hope. |
| Reprinted | in Mighty Samson (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 |
| Characters | Mighty Samson; tribespeople; Sharmaine; Mindor; Kull the Killer and his gang |
| Synopsis | Foraging for useful gear, Mighty Samson, Sharmaine, and Mindor are attacked by a spine-shooting cactus that Samson crushes. Mindor finds rifles in an ancient armory. Samson has to crush another monster, a lightning beast. Leaving, he's grabbed by a six-armed antlered gorilla. Mindor figures out how to use a "death-stick" and shoots it! Yet Kull the Killer and his gang lurk nearby, nursing a grudge against Samson. They grab Sharmaine and demand rifles. Mindor and Samson are chained between pillars before a primitive "firing squad". Like his ancient namesake, Samson topples the pillars. Kull's survivors run with Sharmaine to the docks. Samson pushes over a tree that shatters the dock. Kull flees, vowing revenge. The ancient rifles are buried forever. Just as well. |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Script | Otto Binder |
| Pencils | Frank Thorne |
| Inks | Frank Thorne |
| Notes | Produced by a team of New Yorkers, Mighty Samson travels through real-world buildings and streets, now an overgrown jungle. The Armory is an actual NY armory. |
| Reprinted | in Mighty Samson (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 |
| Synopsis | Educational piece on seals. |
| Genre | Fact |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
| Characters | Mighty Samson |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Pencils | Mo Gollub (painted) |
| Inks | Mo Gollub (painted) |
| Colors | Mo Gollub (painted) |
| Notes | Back cover pin-up, just the painting, no title or blurb. |
| Reprinted | in Mighty Samson (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 |