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Series: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Public Domain
Years in Print: 1964 - 1970
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Publisher: FlagWestern Country: Flag United States Language: English Issues: #1 - #16 (16 Issues) Continued From Continued From: none Continued In Continued In: none Disclose Tracking Notes:   Disclose Notes: 12 cents for most of the run, increasing to 15 cents.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea first appeared in Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1230.
No ads in the first issue.
Issues 1-7 have pin-ups on the back covers.
Many of the painted covers included small photographs of Richard Basehart or David Hedison.

******* 'Canadian' price variants of 1968 *******
Doug Sulipa, a comics dealer in Manitoba, Canada since 1970, has confirmed that about 90% of all 63 titles of Gold Key Canadian titles are confirmed to exist with cover dates from April 1968 through August 1968 for both 15 cent covers and 12 cent covers. Joe Torcivia, a comics collector and professional, has confirmed that at least several titles were sold in Flushing, Queens, New York with 15 cent covers while sold elsewhere with 12 cent covers. A few months later (September or November issues, depending on dating), ALL Gold Key Comics carried the 15-cent cover price and no further 12 cent issues were sold again. These issues do not have a currency qualifier on the covers, so it is not certain whether they were priced in Canadian or United States currency, or both. These issues appear to meet comics researcher John McClure's definition of Type 1a variants: “Cover Price Variants intended for foreign distribution with limited regional distribution, published simultaneously with standard or regular editions." However, in addition to foreign distribution, they appear to have also been sold as a test market for an impending price increase in the United States.
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Publication Type: Comic Books
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Issue # Publication Date Pages Content Items Issue Images Count
#1 December 1964 36 5/2/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#2 July 1965 36 4/2/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#3 October 1965 36 5/3/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#4 May 1966 36 5/1/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#5 August 1966 36 5/1/1 Issue Image
#6 November 1966 36 7/2/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#7 February 1967 36 7/4/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#8 May 1967 36 12/5/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#9 August 1967 36 6/3/1 Issue Image
#10 November 1967 36 4/2/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#11 February 1968 36 8/3/1 Issue Image
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#12 May 1968 36 12/2/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#13 August 1968 36 10/2/1 Issue Image
#14 November 1968 36 4/2/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#15 June 1969 36 5/3/1 Issue Image
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#16 April 1970 36 2/1/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total

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