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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published 1960
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Based on the motion picture by King Brothers released by MGM.

Cover Details - "The Monster from the Sea!"

Characters Gorgo
Genre Science Fiction; monster
Pencils Dick Giordano ?
Inks Dick Giordano ?
Notes Art attribution by Nick Caputo (August 2010).

1 page story "Monsters of the Past"

Synopsis Facts about dinosaurs.
Genre Fact
Notes Inside front cover.

22 page Gorgo filler "Gorgo"

Synopsis A giant lizard-like creature is spewed from the bottomless depths by a volcanic eruption only to wreck hovac on the modern world.
Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Reprinted in Fantastic Giants (Charlton, 1966 series) #24; in Attack of the Mutant Monsters (A-Plus Comics, 1991 series) #1 [retitled Kegor]; in Monsters Attack! (Avalon Communications, 2002 series) #1 [retitled Kegor]

4 page story "Wonders of the Deep!"

Synopsis Various facts about undersea creatures.
Genre Fact
Pencils Charles Nicholas [as ChaSal]
Inks Sal Trapani [as ChaSal]

2 page activity "Captain Corey's Curiosity Corner"

Letters typeset
Notes Things to make, things to do, things to know.

4 page story "Fear!"

Synopsis Professor Hemlin explains superstition.
Genre Fact
Pencils Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
Inks Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio

1 page story "Strange People Who Are Real"

Synopsis Various facts about carnival people.
Genre Fact
Pencils Charles Nicholas
Inks Vince Alascia
Notes Inside back cover.

1 page Gorgo illustration

Genre Science Fiction; monster
Notes Full page backcover pinup of Gorgo smashing London Bridge.