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Issue: Four Color #684
Publication Date: March 1956
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Issues: #684 of 1331 Issues (1412 Printings)
Title: Helen of Troy
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: Dell A Movie ClassicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "HELEN OF TROY, No. 684."
Code number is "H of T O.S. #684-563.
Copyright 1956 by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. Based on the 1956 movie "Helen of Troy", which was in turn based on Homers's epic poem "The Iliad".
"Movie Classic" on cover.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Helen of Troy

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo); ? (painting)
Inker(s): ? (photo); ? (painting)?
Colorist(s): ? (photo); ? (painting)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Character(s): Helen of Troy (photo of Rossana Podesta)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cropped photo of Rossana Podesta with a painted background.
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Helen of Troy

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Character(s): Helen of Troy (photo of Rossana Podesta); Paris (photo of Jack Sernas)
Synopsis: Preview of the story.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black and white. Seven photos from the movie plus a partial cast and credits list.
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Helen of Troy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Character(s): Helen; Paris; Agamemnon; Ulysses; Ajax; Achilles; Cassandra; King Menelaus; Hector
Synopsis: Trojan Prince Paris comes to Sparta on a mission of good will, but finds that Sparta is planning on waging war against Troy. He escapes to Troy, bringing with him Queen Helen, the unwilling wife of Spartan King Menelaus. The Spartans and their allies sail for Troy, where they lay siege to the city. The Spartans appear to retreat, leaving a large wooden horse. The Trojans bring the horse into the city, but that night Spartans emerge from the horse and plunge the city into chaos. Paris and Helen escape in the confusion.
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Pages: 34
Job Number: 684-563
Disclose Notes: Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on back cover in color. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."

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