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Issue: Robin Hood Tales #10
Publication Date: July 1957
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Issues: #10 of 8 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/28/1957
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, show Mike Esposito as being paid for the pencils and inks for the cover, however Mike Esposito worked with Ross Andru and scholars agree Ross penciled and Mike inked this cover. Schwartz kept editorial records for Robert Kanigher who edited this issue.
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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 series
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The Soothsayer of Doom!

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Robin Hood
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, show Mike Esposito as being paid for the pencils and inks for the cover, however Mike Esposito worked with Ross Andru and scholars agree Ross penciled and Mike inked this cover. Schwartz kept editorial records for Robert Kanigher who edited this issue.
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Draw Me

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Art Instruction, Inc.
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The Sleeper of Sherwood Forest!

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Robin Hood
Synopsis: Robin awakes to find he's grown a long beard and Sherwood Forest is deserted. Will Scarlett explains he's slept a year. Prince John has brought peace and happiness to the land. Dazed, Robin goes to Prince John for his pardon, and is manacled! He's been tricked with a false beard and tattered clothes, and is imprisoned in the dungeon with his men. Robin feigns another long sleep, and even a wild panther can't rouse him. Robin leaps and frees his men, who vault into the moat to safety. The panther was once rescued from a trap by Robin. "Hail the newest member of our band!"
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Feature(s): AMF Roadmaster
First Line: Take it from a champion racing driver...
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Genres: historical, non-fiction
Feature(s): In the Days of Robin Hood!
First Line: Villages were fined if they failed to provide cucking stools for law breakers!
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Feature(s): Zenith Company
First Line: Everything you need to enjoy stamp collecting...
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First Line: Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park...
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The Magic Arrows!

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Robin Hood; Merlin the magician
Synopsis: A wise man leads Robin to an unknown castle in Sherwood. He gives Robin four golden arrows and a bow to shoot North, South, East, and West to save a "noble descended from English kings." King Richard? Riding, Robin saves a farmer from a bull, a peasant hiding from troops, a miller from a waterfall. The last arrow marks a carriage heading for the coast. Brawling with soldiers rescues - Maid Marian, a cousin of King Richard! At the castle, the old man bids farewell - and both vanish! He was Merlin, and "shall return when he is needed again!"
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Binky Shows "How to Make New Friends!"

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Genres: opinion, teen
Character(s): Binky; Allergy; Bob; Pete
Synopsis: Binky suggests Allergy make friends with a new kid, Bob, but Pete does instead and then gets Allergy and the rest of the gang interested.
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The Studious Knight

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure, historical
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Pages: 2
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The Soothsayer of Doom!

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Robin Hood
Synopsis: Little John is Prince John's captive. A soothsayer is in town, and Prince John asks how to capture Robin Hood. Over four days, Robin shall fly, hold the sun in his hands, call down thunder - and die from an accidental shot by Little John! Prince John's men see Robin fly (sprung from a tree), hold the sun (flashing a sword), call down thunder (an avalanche). Prince John frees Little John to kill Robin - but snags the Soothsayer's beard. Robin in disguise! The heroes fight clear and escape. Robin prophesies "an end to the tyranny of Prince John!"
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In Content Item: FlagMighty The 100-Page Comic! #2 published November 1957
as The Soothsayer of Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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First Line: For the best in comics entertainment...
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Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
First Line: Do you want spending money?
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Feature(s): Jowett Institute
First Line: My pal! Stop being a skinny weakling like I was...
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Mickey Mantle Goes to Bat for the "Unlucky Fishermen"

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Genres: sports
Feature(s): Junior Sales Club of America
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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