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Issue: Four Color #1118
Publication Date: June 1960
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Issues: #1118 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: The Sword and the Dragon
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: Dell Movie ClassicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/14/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "THE SWORD AND THE DRAGON, No. 1118." Code number is S+DRAG. O.S. #118-606. Copyright 1960 by Vita-lite Film Corp.

"Movie Classic" on cover. Adapted from the 1960 movie "The Sword and the Dragon", which was an altered version of the 1956 movie "Ilya Muromets".

No month is given on the cover or in the indicia. Based on the copyright dates of this issue and others in the series released around the same time, one can determine that this issue was published with other Four Color issues bearing a "June-August 1960" cover date.

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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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The Sword and The Dragon

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Ilya Muromets (photo of Boris Andreyev)
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Pages: 1
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The Sword and the Dragon

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Ilya Muromets (photos of Boris Andreyev); Chief Kalin (photo of Shukur Burkhanov)
Synopsis: Preview of the story.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black and white. Five photos from the movie plus a partial cast list.
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The Sword and The Dragon!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Michail Kochnev (screenplay)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Ilya Muromets; Vilia; Prince Vanda; Invinsor; Alexi; Durbar; Little Falcon; Chief Kalin (villain)
Synopsis: Ilya Muromets is given a magic sword and leads his people in battle against Chief Kalin and the invading Tugars, who possess a three-headed dragon.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 32
Disclose Notes: The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Adapted from the 1960 movie "The Sword and the Dragon." (Exclamation point is only on the title of this sequence.) The movie was originally released in the Soviet Union in 1956 under the title "Ilya Muromets."
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Legendary Slavic Heroes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Baldak; Nodey; Alyosha Popovkin; Prince Ivan; Elena the Fair; Bogatyr
Synopsis: One-panel overviews of heroes of Slavic legends.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black and white. Letters credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Science Program
First Line: You're off to a thrilling adventure... in the wonderful world of flight!
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Disclose Notes: The sequence replaced by illustration in some copies (see sequence 5).
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The Sword and the Dragon

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Ilya Muromets (photo of Boris Andreyev); Chief Kalin (photo of Shukur Burkhanov)
Synopsis: Preview of the story.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Two black and white photos from the movie, one with a blue monochrome overlay. This sequence replaced by an ad in some copies (see sequence 4).

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