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Issue: Four Color #784
Publication Date: February 1957
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Issues: #784 of 1331 Issues (1412 Printings)
Title: Around the World in Eighty Days
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: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS, No. 784." (Indicia title does not match cover or interior story titles, which use "80".)
Code number is A.T.W.O.S. #784-572.
Copyright 1956 by The Michael Todd Corporation. Adapted from the 1956 movie of the same name.
"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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Around the World in 80 Days

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Phileas Fogg (photo of David Niven); Passepartout (photo of Cantinflas)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Photo cover made up of five stills from the movie.
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Around the World in 80 Days

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Phileas Fogg (photo of David Niven); Passepartout (photo of Cantinflas)
Synopsis: Teaser for the story, told in six movie stills.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black and white. Includes cast and credits list from the movie.
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Around The World In 80 Days

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jules Verne (original story); Gaylord Du Bois (comic adaptation)
Penciller(s): Mike Sekowsky
Inker(s): Mike Peppe
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Phileas Fogg; Passepartout; Lady Aouda
Synopsis: Phileas Fogg bets the members of London's exclusive Reform Club £20,000 that he can travel around the world in 80 Days. He and his valet have a number of adventures, including rescuing a young widow from a funeral pyre in India. She joins the pair for the remainder of their journey.
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Pages: 32
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the 1956 movie "Around the World in 80 Days," which was based on the Jules Verne novel of the same name. Script submitted on August 25, 1956. Script credit from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).
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Wonders of the World

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gaylord Du Bois
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Synopsis: Facts about famous landmarks such as The Tower of London, The Eiffel Tower, Leaning Tower of Pisa; Great Pyramid; Taj Mahal, and the White House
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath.

Script submitted on October 15, 1956. Script credit from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).
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Travel - Yesterday and Today

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gaylord Du Bois
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Synopsis: Comparisons of old-time and modern forms of transportation.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Panels with typeset text underneath them.

Script submitted on October 15, 1956. Script credit from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).

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