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Issue Details

Issue #784
Published February 1957
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS, No. 784." (Indicia title does not match cover or interior story titles, which use "80".) Code number is A.T.W.O.S. #784-572. Adapted from the 1956 movie of the same name. Copyright 1956 by The Michael Todd Corporation.

Cover Details - "Around the World in 80 Days"

Characters Phileas Fogg (as played by David Niven, photo); Passepartout (as played by Cantinflas, photo)
Genre period; adventure
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Colors ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Photo cover made up of five stills from the movie.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Around the World in 80 Days"

Characters Phileas Fogg (as played by David Niven, photo); Passepartout (as played by Cantinflas, photo)
Synopsis Teaser for the story, told in six movie stills.
Genre period; adventure
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Includes cast and credits list from the movie.

32 page story "Around The World In 80 Days"

Characters Phileas Fogg; Passepartout; Lady Aouda
Synopsis Phileas Fogg bets the members of London's exclusive Reform Club £20,000 that he can travel around the world in 80 Days. He and his valet have a number of adventures, including rescuing a young widow from a funeral pyre in India. She joins the pair for the remainder of their journey.
Genre period; adventure
Script Jules Verne (original story); Gaylord Du Bois (comic adaptation)
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks Mike Peppe
Notes Adapted from the 1956 movie "Around the World in 80 Days," which was based on the Jules Verne novel of the same name. Script submitted on August 25, 1956. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).

1 page filler "Wonders of the World"

Synopsis Facts about famous landmarks such as The Tower of London, The Eiffel Tower, Leaning Tower of Pisa; Great Pyramid; Taj Mahal, and the White House
Genre fact
Script Gaylord Du Bois
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath. Script submitted on October 15, 1956. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).

1 page filler "Travel - Yesterday and Today"

Synopsis Comparisons of old-time and modern forms of transportation.
Genre fact
Script Gaylord Du Bois
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Panels with typeset text underneath them. Script submitted on October 15, 1956. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).