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Issue: Four Color #1229
Publication Date: September 1961
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Issues: #1229 of 1331 Issues (1412 Printings)
Title: Thief of Baghdad
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: Dell [stamp]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/11/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Don Arneson
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "THIEF OF BAGHDAD, No. 1229." No code number. Copyright 1961 by Embassy Pictures Corporation.

"Movie Classic" on cover. Adapted from the 1961 movie "Thief of Baghdad".

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 "September-November 1961" cover date.

On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication 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
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Thief of Baghdad

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Colorist(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Karim (photo of Steve Reeves)
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagFilm Klassiker #502 published ?cover
In Content Item: FlagFilmparaden #2 published January 1962
as Tyven i Bagdad [Illustration on Cover, Front]minus small photo
In Content Item: FlagFilm Classics #502 published January 1962
as De dief van Bagdad [Illustration on Cover, Front]minus small photo
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Thief of Baghdad

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): Karim (photo of Steve Reeves); Princess Amina (photo of Giorgia Moll); Prince Osman (photo of Arturo Dominici); Kadeejah (photo of Edy Vessel)
Synopsis: Preview of the story.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFilmparaden #2 published January 1962
as Tyven i Bagdad [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFilm Classics #502 published January 1962
as Thief of Baghdad [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black and white. Five photos from the movie and a partial cast list.
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Thief of Baghdad

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ken Fitch
Penciller(s): Reed Crandall
Inker(s): George Evans [as George E.] (signed, see notes)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Karim (the Thief of Baghdad); Ghamal, the Grand Vizier; the Sultan; Princess Amina; Prince Osman; Kadeejah
Synopsis: Prince Osman comes to marry Princess Amina, daughter of the Sultan. However he is waylaid by Karim, who enters the palace disguised as the Prince. Amina falls in love with the disguised Prince and when the charade is discovered, refuses to marry the real Osman. The Grand Vizier and the prince give Amina a love potion that backfires and makes her deathly ill. Only a potion made with a blue rose can cure her and Karim goes in search of one.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFilmparaden #2 published January 1962
as Tyven i Bagdad [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFilm Classics #502 published January 1962
as De dief van Bagdad [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 32
Disclose Notes: Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Adapted from the 1961 movie "Thief of Baghdad." (Originally released as "Il Ladro di Bagdad" in Italy in 1961.) "George E." (for George Evans) is written in the grass to the left of the caption in the splash page's upper panel.
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The Market Place

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Character(s): Karim (photo of Steve Reeves)
Synopsis: Brief description of the art of bargaining in the market.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFilm Classics #502 published January 1962
as De markt [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFilmparaden #2 published January 1962
as Torget [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black and white. Large photo from the movie and typeset text.
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The Arabian Horse

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Character(s): Karim (photo of Steve Reeves)
Synopsis: Facts about the Arabian breed of horse.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFilm Classics #502 published January 1962
as Het Arabische paard [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFilmparaden #2 published January 1962
as Den arabiske hest [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Blue-tinted photo from the movie and typeset text.

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