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Issue Details

Issue	#717
Published	August 1956
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	?
Notes	Indicia title is "MOBY DICK, No. 717." Code number is M.D.O.S. #717-568. Copyright 1956 by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. Adapted from the 1956 Warner Bros. movie "Moby Dick."

Cover Details - "Moby Dick"

Characters	Captain Ahab (as played by Gregory Peck, photo)
Genre	adventure
Pencils	? (photo); ? (painting)
Inks	? (photo); ? (painting)
Colors	? (photo); ? (painting)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Cover is photo of Gregory Peck with painted background.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Moby Dick"

Characters	Captain Ahab (as played by Gregory Peck, photos); Ishmael (as played by Richard Basehart, photos); Peleg (as played by Mervyn Johns, photo)
Synopsis	Preview of the story.
Pencils	? (photos)
Inks	? (photos)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside front cover; black and white. Seven photos from the movie and a partial cast list.

34 page story "Moby Dick"

Characters	Captain Ahab; Ishmael; Queequeg; Mr. Stubb
Synopsis	Ishmael and his native friend Queequeg sign on as crew members on the whaler Pequod, whose Captain Ahab embarks on a mission to hunt down the great white whale, Moby Dick.
Genre	adventure
Script	Herman Melville (original story); Ray Bradbury; John Huston (screenplay); Paul S. Newman (comic adaptation)
Pencils	Frank Thorne [as F.T.] (signed)
Inks	Frank Thorne [as F.T.] (signed)
Notes	Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on the back cover in color. The last panel of the inside back cover (in the middle of the story) is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Adapted from the 1956 Warner Bros. movie "Moby Dick," which was based on the 1851 novel "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville. Comic adaptation credit from Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928-1999 website. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)