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Issue: Mighty Samson #5
Publication Date: March 1966
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Issues: #5 of 32 Issues (40 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/16/1965
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 10119-603. On-sale date from 1966 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): George Wilson (painting)
Inker(s): George Wilson (painting)
Colorist(s): George Wilson (painting)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mighty Samson; Sharmaine; Oggar [Vaxar]
First Line: High above N'Yark, Samson battles a fantastic man-creature whose strength matches his own!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAvontuur Classics #1830 published January 1967
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSamson #5 published December 1967
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMighty Samson #1 published September 2010
as Mighty Samson #5 Cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Some says this cover is not the work of Morris Gollub but likey the work of George Wilson.
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The Mighty Tower

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
First Line: World's tallest building, the Empire State soars 1,472 ft. over the Manhattan skyline.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAvontuur Classics #1830 published January 1967
as Empire State Building [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMighty Samson #1 published September 2010
as The Mighty Tower [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Facts about the Empire State Building.
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The Death Geysers [Part 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mighty Samson; Sharmaine; Mindor; Oggar [Vaxar]
First Line: Amidst the wreckage of a past civilization that was razed by nuclear war…
Synopsis: Geysers spraying radioactive gas erupt throughout Manhattan. Mindor develops a quenching spray with the help of Vaxar, a fellow scientist washed down the Hudson by a flood. Their work is hampered by the huge mutant man-animal Oggar, who turns out to be Vaxar in the grip of an uncontrollable transformation.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAvontuur Classics #1830 published January 1967
as De giftige damp! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSamson #5 published December 1967
as Tödliche Quellen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMighty Samson #1 published September 2010
as The Death Geysers [Part 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
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[The Death Geysers, Part 2] The Double Enemy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mighty Samson; Sharmaine; Mindor; Oggar [Vaxar]
First Line: Samson dead! …Huh!!??
Synopsis: Vaxar proposes an electrical solution, coaching Samson to erect a lightning rod with leads running underground -- where they will actually stimulate the death geysers, giving Vaxar constant access to their transformative effect. His success in limited, and Mindor's laser approach seems likely to succeed. Oggar tries to interfere, but Sharmaine discerns that he and Vaxar are one and the same. He carries Sharmaine to the pinnacle of the Empire State Building. Samson pursues and they battle until Oggar falls to his death.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAvontuur Classics #1830 published January 1967
as Het tweede gezicht [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSamson #5 published December 1967
as Von Feinden umgeben [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMighty Samson #1 published September 2010
as [The Death Geysers, Part 2] The Double Enemy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: The Empire State Building sequence is an homage to the movie King Kong.
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The World's Tallest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Character(s): King Kong
First Line: The Empire State was the background for the famous film, "King Kong" in which a giant ape was shot down by army planes.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAvontuur Classics #1830 published January 1967
as Empire State Building [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMighty Samson #1 published September 2010
as The World's Tallest [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Facts about the Empire State Building.
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Mighty Samson Pin-up

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): George Wilson (painted)
Inker(s): George Wilson (painted)
Colorist(s): George Wilson (painted)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Mighty Samson
Character(s): Samson; Sharmaine; Oggar [Vaxar]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMighty Samson #1 published September 2010
as Mighty Samson #5 Back Cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover is same as front cover, but sans title or trade dress.

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