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Issue: Four Color #1205
Publication Date: August 1961
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Issues: #1205 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: David and Goliath
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: Dell [stamp]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/16/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "DAVID AND GOLIATH, No. 1205." Code number is DAVID + G. O.S. #1205-617. Copyright 1961 by Beaver-Champion Attractions, Inc.

Adapted from the 1960 movie "David and Goliath."

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 an "August-October 1961" 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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David and Goliath

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Character(s): David (photo of Ivo Payer); Goliath (photo of Kronos)
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Pages: 1
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David and Goliath

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Character(s): King Saul (photo of Orson Welles); David (photo of Ivo Payer); Samuel (photo of Edward Hilton); Goliath (photo of Kronos)
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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David and Goliath

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Umberto Scarpeli; Gino Mangini; Ambrogio Molteni; Emimmo Salvi (screenplay); ? (comic adaptation)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Character(s): King Saul; Samuel; David; Jesse; Elga; Goliath; Jonathan; Abner; Merab; Asdod
Synopsis: The prophet Samuel tells David, a shepherd boy, that he has been chosen by God to become the King of Israel. David becomes part of King Saul's court and is sent with the King's army to fight the Philistines. David defeats the Philistine giant, Goliath, only to find treachery when he returns to Jerusalem.
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Pages: 32
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the 1960 Italian movie "David e Golia," released in the United States as "David and Goliath" in 1961.
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David and Jonathan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Character(s): David; Jonathan; King Saul
Synopsis: Jonathan, Saul's son, prevents Saul from ordering David's death.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black and white.
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David and Goliath

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Character(s): David (photo of Ivo Payer); King Saul (photo of Orson Welles)
Synopsis: Preview of the story.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover. Three black and white photos from the movie against a color background.
Some copies with ad on back cover (see sequence 5).
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kraft Fudgies
First Line: If I were a tugboat...
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Disclose Notes: Some copies with David and Goliath sequence on back cover (see sequence 4).

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