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Issue Details

Issue #1070
Published December 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "SOLOMON AND SHEBA, No. 1070". Code number is SOLOMON+S.O.S. #1070-5912. Copyright 1959 by Theme Pictures, S.A. Adapted from the 1959 movie "Solomon and Sheba".

Cover Details - "Solomon and Sheba"

Characters Yul Brynner (as Solomon, photo); Gina Lollobrigida (as Magda, Queen of Sheba)
Genre period
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Colors ? (photos)
Notes Indicia title is "SOLOMON AND SHEBA, No. 1070". Code number is SOLOMON+S.O.S. #1070-5912. Copyright 1959 by Theme Pictures, S.A. Adapted from the 1959 movie "Solomon and Sheba".

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Solomon and Sheba"

Characters Yul Brynner (as Solomon, photos); Gina Lollobrigida (as Magda, Queen of Sheba, photo)
Synopsis Preview of the story.
Genre period
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Five stills from the movie plus partial list of cast and credits.

32 page story "Solomon and Sheba"

Characters King Solomon; Magda, Queen of Sheba; Adonijah; King David; Nathan; Josiah; Abishag
Synopsis After King David's death, Solomon is named King of Israel. As Israel's strength grows under Solomon's rule, its neighbors become uneasy. The Pharaoh of Egypt and Magda, Queen of Sheba, come up with a plan to use Magda's charms to capture Solomon's affection and weaken Israel so that Pharaoh's army can attack it.
Genre period
Script Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks Mike Peppe
Notes Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Adapted from the 1959 United Artists movie "Solomon and Sheba". Script submitted July 3, 1959. 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 "The Kings of Israel"

Characters Samson; Saul; David; Solomon
Synopsis Brief overview of the kings of Israel.
Genre fact
Script Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks Mike Peppe
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Script submitted on June 29, 1959. 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 "Solomon and Sheba"

Synopsis Preview of the story.
Genre period
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover; two black and white stills from the movie with typeset text on an orange background.