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Issue: The World Around Us #31
Publication Date: March 1961
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Issues: #31 of 36 Issues
Title: Hunting
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagGilberton
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Gilberton World-Wide Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/11/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Alfred Sundel (Associate Editor); Helene Lecar (Assistant Editor); Jane Elizabeth Churchman (Copy Editor); Sidney Miller (Art Director); Stephen L. Added (Art Assistant); Meyer A. Kaplan (Production Director); Fred A. Brewer (European Editor). On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: full color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: newsprint interior; glossy cover
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): moose; hunter
Synopsis: Moose with hunter in background
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Painted cover
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: table of contents; indicia; editorial credits
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Hunting

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): bear; dog; stone age hunters
Synopsis: Three stone age hunters and a dog threaten a bear; short text survey of how hunting developed
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In Content Item: FlagWorld Illustrated #520 [unnamed variant] published January 1962
as Hunting [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Rogue Elephant

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): John Hunter; Saseeta; Chief Ngiri
Synopsis: In the early twentieth century, colonial game control officer John Hunter tracks and kills a dangerous elephant in Kenya. He discovers an old musket ball lodged in a nerve center, and concludes that the beast was driven mad by a careless hunter.
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In Content Item: FlagWorld Illustrated #520 [unnamed variant] published January 1962
as The Rogue Elephant [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Artist credit verified by Roger Hill.
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Early Hunters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): hunters
Synopsis: Development of hunting, agriculture, and civilization... from ancient time through Rameses II in ancient Egypt.
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In Content Item: FlagWorld Illustrated #520 [unnamed variant] published January 1962
as Early Hunters [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Note similarity of panel 2 page 6, panel 3 page 6, and panel 2 page 7 with Simon Greco's paintings for The Epic of Man (Life, 1961) on pages 23-24; pages 48-50; and page 52. These paintings are not copied in the comic, but may well have been used for reference or inspiration."
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Mythical Monsters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Bellerophon; Pegasus; chimera; unicorn; basilisk
Synopsis: How to fight (or capture) the chimera, unicorn, and basilisk
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In Content Item: FlagWorld Illustrated #520 [unnamed variant] published January 1962
as Mythical Monsters [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: "pages 12-14 by Pete Morisi; page 15-16 by George Peltz" per Dan Malen from his book The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated. However, it seems much more likely that George Peltz is the artist on pp. 12-14 and pp. 15-16 are definitely by Howie Post. Artist credit verified by Roger Hill.
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From Falcon to Fox

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): king
Synopsis: Summary of medieval falconry, medieval boar hunting, and English fox hunting
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In Content Item: FlagWorld Illustrated #520 [unnamed variant] published January 1962
as From Falcon to Fox [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Wanton Killing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): W.D.M. Bell; army officer; mountain men; Kenyan headman
Synopsis: Hunters devastate the buffalo on the American prairie, and the elephant in East Africa.
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In Content Item: FlagWorld Illustrated #520 [unnamed variant] published January 1962
as Wanton Killing [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Sam Glanzman's art may be confidently identified from his distinctive style.
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An End to Slaughter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Theodore Roosevelt; Kermit Roosevelt
Synopsis: Theodore Roosevelt's enthusiasm for both hunting and conservation contributes to a system of national parks and wildlife refuges in the United States. Similar systems worldwide help preserve wildlife.
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In Content Item: FlagWorld Illustrated #520 [unnamed variant] published January 1962
as An End to Slaughter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Trapped Trapper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Evert Stenmark; Kjell Stenmark
Synopsis: Professional hunter Evert Stenmark is buried alive by an avalanche in northern Sweden. Eating raw ptarmigan from his bag he keeps himself alive for eight days until found by his brother.
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In Content Item: FlagWorld Illustrated #520 [unnamed variant] published January 1962
as The Trapped Trapper [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Sam Glanzman's distinctive style may be identified with confidence.
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Bringing Them Back Alive

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Carl Hagenbeck; Hans Schomburgk; Dr. William Mann
Synopsis: Schomburgk and Hagenbeck capture wild animals for various zoos.
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In Content Item: FlagWorld Illustrated #520 [unnamed variant] published January 1962
as Bring Them Back Alive [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Goodan credit per Dan Malen from his book The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated.
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Malay Tiger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Locke; Pa Mat
Synopsis: Locke and his helper hunt down a nuisance tiger.
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In Content Item: FlagWorld Illustrated #520 [unnamed variant] published January 1962
as Malay Tiger [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Dominguez credit per Dan Malen from his book The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated.
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Hunting Today

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): various hunters
Synopsis: Modern forms of hunting in Europe and North America
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In Content Item: FlagWorld Illustrated #520 [unnamed variant] published January 1962
as Hunting Today [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Dogs and Guns

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): H. I. Kihl
Inker(s): H. I. Kihl
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: What dogs are used for hunting; what firearms are used for hunting
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In Content Item: FlagWorld Illustrated #520 [unnamed variant] published January 1962
as Dogs and Guns [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Illustrations accompany text. Kihl credit per Dan Malen from his book The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated.
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A New Way to Hunt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: "Hunting" with a camera
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In Content Item: FlagWorld Illustrated #520 [unnamed variant] published January 1962
as A New Way to Hunt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Sam Glanzman's distinctive style may be confidently identified.
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The World of Story: Two Tales of Baron Munchausen

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Baron Munchausen
Synopsis: Munchausen takes a voyage in which his ship collides with a whale, and a swim in which he is swallowed by a great fish.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Illustrations in the style of eighteenth-century woodcuts.
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D-Day Part 5: The Landing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, war
Synopsis: Allied troops attack and make a landing in France on June 6, 1944.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Evans credits for both pencils and inks per Dan Malen from his book The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated.
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Desert Treasure Part 1: The Dead Sea Scrolls

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Muhammed; Kando; the Metropolitan Samuel; Dr. John C. Trevor; Professor E.L. Sukenik; G.L. Harding; Father Roland de Vaux
Synopsis: A Bedouin boy discovers the Dead Sea scrolls. Scholars explore and expand the find.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Nodel credit per Dan Malen from his book The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated.
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A Puff of Steam

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: At-home experiment demonstrating steam power
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Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Read the best in the world's finest juvenile publication
Synopsis: Promo and order form for Classics Illustrated (H.R.N. 161)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Thumbnail of cover for # 149, Off on a Comet
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Subscribe now! Today!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Thumbnails (most partial) of covers from several issues.

Promo with order form for subscriptions to The World Around Us.

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