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Issue Details

Issue #1036
Published August 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "THE BIG CIRCUS, No. 1036." Code number is B.C.O.S. #1036-598. Copyright 1959 by Saratoga Productions.

Cover Details

Characters Victor Mature (as Hank Whirling, photo); Rhonda Fleming (as Helen Harrison, photo); Red Buttons (as Randy Sherman, photo); Vincent Price (as Hans Hagerfeld, photo); David Nelson (as Tommy Gordon, photo); Peter Lorre (as Skeeter, photo); Kathryn Grant (as Jeannie Whirling, photo); Gilbert Roland (as Zach Colino, photo)
Pencils ? (photos)
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Letters typeset
Notes Indicia title is "THE BIG CIRCUS, No. 1036." Code number is B.C.O.S. #1036-598. Copyright 1959 by Saratoga Productions.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "The Big Circus"

Characters Victor Mature (as Hank Whirling, photo); Rhonda Fleming (as Helen Harrison, photo); Red Buttons (as Randy Sherman, photo)
Synopsis Preview of story.
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Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Five photos from the movie with typeset text. Partial cast and credits are listed.

32 page story "The Big Circus"

Characters Hank Whirling; Randy Sherman; Helen Harrison; Zach Colino; Mama Colino; Tommy Gordon; Hans Hagenfeld; Skeeter the clown; Jeannie Whirling
Synopsis When Hank Whirling wants to borrow $500,000 to operate his circus, the bank approves on the condition that their loan officer accompanies the circus on tour to oversee spending. The loan officer also hired a pretty female press agent over Whirling's objection. The show is plagued by disasters and everyone in the show becomes a suspect.
Script Eric Freiwald, Robert Schaefer
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh
Notes Adapted from the 1959 movie "The Big Circus."

1 page filler "Circus Chow"

Synopsis Facts about how food is served at a circus.
Genre fact
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath.

1 page filler "Big-Top Buffoonery"

Synopsis Facts about circus clowns
Genre fact
Pencils Jesse Marsh ?
Inks Jesse Marsh ?
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Notes Back cover. Panels with typeset text underneath.