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Issue Details

Issue #1227
Published 1961
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing Don Arneson
Notes Indicia title is "MORGAN THE PIRATE, No. 1227." No code number. Copyright 1961 by Embassy Pictures Corporation.

Cover Details - "Morgan the Pirate"

Characters Henry Morgan (as played by Steve Reeves, photo); Dona Inez (as played by Valerie Lagrange, photo)
Genre period
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Colors ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Listed as "Movie Classic" on cover.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Morgan the Pirate"

Characters Henry Morgan (as played by Steve Reeves, photo); Dona Inez (as played by Valerie Lagrange, photo)
Synopsis Preview of the story with five movie stills.
Genre period
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Includes movie credits and cast list.

32 page story "Morgan the Pirate"

Characters Henry Morgan; Dona Inez; Dona Maria; Governor Don José Guzman
Synopsis Henry Morgan, son of an English nobleman, is sold into slavery by the Spanish. He is purchased by the daughter of the Viceroy of Panama, but is charged with becoming romantically involved with her and is sentenced to be a galley slave. After a mutiny, the slaves become pirates, with Morgan their leader. Morgan and other pirates join forces to attack the city of Panama.
Genre period
Pencils Gerald McCann
Inks Gerald McCann
Notes Adaptation of the 1961 movie "Morgan the Pirate."

1 page filler "Prizes of the Spanish Main"

Synopsis Illustrations of various types of Spanish and English galleons.
Genre period
Notes Inside back cover; black and white.

1 page illustration "The Spanish Main"

Synopsis Illustrated map of the Caribbean Sea during the 17th century.
Genre period
Notes Back cover. One large illustration.