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Issue: Hercules #8
Publication Date: December 1968
 
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagCharlton
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Indicia Publisher: Charlton Press Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Sal Gentile
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
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The Wrath of the Goddess Queen Sword to Destroy Hercules

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Subject Matter
fantasy
Hercules
Hercules
Reprinting
FlagCharlton Classics #8 published June 1981
as The Wrath Of The Goddess Queen Sworn To Destroy Hercules [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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The Boar

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Hercules
Hercules
King Eurystheus sets Hercules on his next task to capture the Boar of Erymanthus.
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FlagHercules #8 published December 1968
as The Fantastic Giant Boar [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCharlton Classics #8 published June 1981
as The Boar [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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B-1712
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Hercules
Hercules
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The Legend of Hercules

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fantasy
Hercules
Hercules
Relates the classic origin of Hercules, telling the story of how he killed serpents in his crib and how he was trained by the centaurs in warcraft. Also it says that Hercules was on the voyage with Jason and his Argonauts for the Golden Fleece. The six-page feature concludes with a summary of the previous seven tasks Hercules had performed (Lion of Nemea, Gerion the Giant, Cerberus the Hound of Hades, Apples of Hesperides alongside Atlas, Amazons, Stymphalian Birds, and the Bull of Minos).
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FlagCharlton Classics #8 published June 1981
as The Legend of Hercules [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Chapter Eight: Escape

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Thane of Bagarth
Thane of Bagarth
The alchemist Mordwain applies a drug to Hrothelac to make him strong, which promptly knocks him out. The scene cuts to Beowulf's man Eadstan who leads the Geats agains the Swedes in battle. The battle is brutal and at last Eadstan is struck down, but is found by a Swedish servant girl. Back in England in the dungeon Hrothelac is awake and full of furious energy as he attacks the door to his jail. The guards enter and Hrothelac attacks them escaping. Hrothelac heads to the shore where another Viking ship approaches. But he collapses and is found by a band of Celtic villagers.
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