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Issue: Mighty Samson #16
Publication Date: November 1968
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Issues: #16 of 32 Issues (40 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company, Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/29/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 10119-811. On-sale date from 1968 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 Images1
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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
First Line: Smoke monsters spread terror in the suffocating ruins of Radio City!
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In Content Item: FlagSamson #16 published September 1970
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMighty Samson #3 published May 2011
as Mighty Samson #16 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAvontuur Classics #18154 published ?
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Cheerios Kid (advertising character)
First Line: Most powerful airplane
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Cheerios cereal from General Mills.
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The Smoky Realm [Part 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mighty Samson; Sharmaine; Mindor; Mikki; Zalg
Synopsis: Chief Mikki of the Undermen calls on Samson for help repelling an invasion through the subway tunnels. That done, Mindor, concludes that the invaders came from the underground network of Radio City. Samson and his friends are discovered as they spy on Zalg, leader of the Gnarly Men, planning an attack on N'Yark. Trying to escape, they run into the pit of a fire-breathing dragon.
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In Content Item: FlagSamson #16 published September 1970
as Ein Monster taucht auf [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMighty Samson #3 published May 2011
as The Smoky Realm [Part 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: 16-688
Disclose Notes: Part one of a two-part story. Includes diagrams and views of Radio City.
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Ur -- Mother of Cities

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Lost Civilizations
Character(s): Leonard Woolley
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMighty Samson #3 published May 2011
as Ur -- Mother of Cities [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The history of Ur, and its archaeological rediscovery.
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The Ninety Minute Menace

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Tom Morrow; Cindia
Synopsis: Disasters strike Astro City every 90 minutes, and Tom figures out that the problem is one of the war satellites that wrecked civilization -- defective, but with its radioactive beams still deadly. With great struggle, Tom uses his mental powers to push the satellite out of orbit and into space.
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In Content Item: FlagSamson #16 published September 1970
as In neunzig Minuten [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club News
First Line: Don't miss an issue, or you may miss your contribution.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes fan art by Ernie Parsons.
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Readers Page

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): (fan art)
Inker(s): (fan art)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Fan art by Tenna Lohr, Ray Walton, Roy Newsome, Robbie Christensen, and Everett Toppins (animals), and by Hans Kuenzl, Glendon Gray, R. E. McLaughlin, Neill Jeffrey, and Chris Leighton (airplanes).
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Jokes on You

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): (fan submissions)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gold Key Club Comics
Character(s): Gold Key Kid (advertising character or promotional character)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Gags and riddles submitted by fans Steve Jones, Jean Dennison, Susan Burrows, Danny Green, Eloise Sebby, Scott Laudemann, Linda Serocki, Mike Anderson, Charyce Adams, Michael Le Fauci, Ruth Mengwasser, Md. Nooruddoja, Nancy Schaeffer, Charolette Elder, Janice Krueger, Hunter Holt, Michele Horton, Warwick Chang, Bradley Doley, and Carol Wilson.
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[The Smoky Realm, Part 2] The Call to Arms

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mighty Samson; Sharmaine; Mindor; Zalg
Synopsis: Using the atomic-powered monitors of Radio City, Mindor discovers that the Gnarly Men are being forced to invade the surface because their magic breeze (atomic-powered air conditioning) has ceased to work. Gathering ancient manuals he gains a truce, racing against time and suspicious Gnarly Men even as Samson fends off dragons. Mindor succeeds and Samson seals off the monsters. Chef Zalg and the Grand Chief of N'Yark conclude a treaty, and Samson heads home to catch up on his sleep.
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In Content Item: FlagSamson #16 published September 1970
as Der Ruf zu den Waffen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMighty Samson #3 published May 2011
as [The Smoky Realm, Part 2] The Call to Arms [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Comic books for sale
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for comic books and related materials from Howard N. Rogofsky.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mini-Comics
Character(s): Rooster; construction worker
Synopsis: A rooster mistakes a bag of cement for a bag of corn, eats some, drinks water, and becomes solidified.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Plesiosaur

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Information about the plesiosaur.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jiminy Cricket; Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck; Pluto; Dumbo; Winnie the Pooh
First Line: 28 of Walt Disney's most famous characters decorating your child's room!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for punchout characters from Golden Press.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Teenaged salespeople
First Line: Be a big winner
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad, with response coupon, for Sales Leadership Club.

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