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Issue Details

Issue #1188
Published May 1961
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "ATLANTIS, THE LOST CONTINENT, No. 1188." Code number is ATLANTIS O.S. #1188-615. Copyright 1961 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. Adapted from the 1961 movie "Atlantis, the Lost Continent." An alternate version of this issue exists with ads and a text overprint on the black bar of the cover. See the index for Four Color #1188 [ad].

Cover Details - "Atlantis, the Lost Continent"

Characters Demetrios (as played by Anthony Hall, photo); Andes the Giant (as played by Robert "Big Buck" Maffei, photo)
Genre period; fantasy
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Colors ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Indicia title is "ATLANTIS, THE LOST CONTINENT, No. 1188." Code number is ATLANTIS O.S. #1188-615. Copyright 1961 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. Adapted from the 1961 movie "Atlantis, the Lost Continent." An alternate version of this issue exists with ads and a text overprint on the black bar of the cover. See the index for Four Color #1188 [ad].

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Atlantis, the Lost Continent"

Characters Demetrios (as played by Anthony Hall, photo); Andes the Giant (as played by Robert "Big Buck" Maffei, photo)
Synopsis Preview of the story.
Genre period; fantasy
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Five photos from the movie plus a partial cast list.

32 page story "Atlantis, the Lost Continent"

Characters Demetrios; Petros; Antilla; King Kronos; Zaren; Sonoy; Xandros; Azor; Andes the Giant
Synopsis Demetrios, a Greek fisherman, rescues a beautiful princess and returns her to Atlantis, her faraway homeland. When he reaches the island, he is thrown into slavery and must fight a giant in order to regain his freedom. A volcanic eruption sends Atlantis under the sea as Demetrios and the princess escape.
Genre period; fantasy
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Dan Spiegle
Inks Dan Spiegle
Notes Adapted from the 1961 movie "Atlantis the Lost Continent." The ad version of the story is only 28.75 pages long. See the index for Four Color #1188 [ad] for a detailed description of the cuts.

1 page filler "Myth and Mystery"

Synopsis Theories about Atlantis.
Genre fact
Pencils Dan Spiegle ?
Inks Dan Spiegle ?
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath. This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies.

1 page filler "The Anatomy of a Volcano"

Synopsis Facts about volcanos.
Genre fact
Pencils Dan Spiegle ?
Inks Dan Spiegle ?
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies