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Issue: Four Color #1148
Publication Date: November 1960
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Issues: #1148 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: I Aim at the Stars
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: Dell Movie ClassicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/15/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "I AIM AT THE STARS, No. 1148." Interior code number is I.A.AT.STARS.O.S. #1148-6010. Copyright 1960 by Columbia Pictures Corporation.

"Movie Classic" on cover. Adapted from the 1960 movie "I Aim at the Stars."

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 "November 1960-January 1961" cover date.

On-sale date from 1961 Books and Pamphlets, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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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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I Aim at the Stars

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (painting); ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (painting); ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (painting); ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, informational
Character(s): Wernher von Braun (as played by Curt Jurgens, photo)
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Pages: 1
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I Aim at the Stars

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Wernher von Braun (as played by Curt Jurgens, photo)
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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I Aim at the Stars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jay Dratier; George Froeschel; H. W. John; Udo Wolter (screenplay)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): Wernher von Braun; Dr. Hermann Oberth; Elizabeth Beyer; Anton Reger; Heinrich Himmler; Major William Taggart; Adolf Hitler (cameo); Benito Mussolini (cameo)
Synopsis: The life of rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, from his youth in Germany through his involvement with the Nazi V-2 rockets; and then his participation in the United States rocket development program.
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Pages: 32
Disclose Notes: The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Adapted from the 1960 movie "I Aim at the Stars."

Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn.
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The Rocket in History

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Wernher von Braun (cameo)
Synopsis: The history of rockets from their invention in China in 1040 A.D.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black and white.
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Types of Rocket Propulsion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: Descriptions and diagrams of various types of propulsion that could be used in rockets.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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