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Issue: Four Color #1234
Publication Date: November 1961
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Issues: #1234 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: The Phantom Planet
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: Dell [stamp]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/17/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "THE PHANTOM PLANET, No. 1234." No code number. Copyright 1961 by Four Crown Productions, Inc.

"Movie Classic" on cover. Adapted from the 1961 movie "The Phantom Planet."

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 "November 1961-January 1962" 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
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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The Phantom Planet

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (painting); ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (painting); ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (painting); ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): A Solarite (photo of Richard Kiel)
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagFilm Classics #501 published January 1962cover
In Issue: FlagFilm Klassiker #504 published ?cover
In Content Item: FlagFilmparaden #4 published September 1962
as Fantom-planeten [Illustration on Cover, Front]minus photo
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Painting with photo from movie as insert.
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The Phantom Planet

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Frank Chapman (photo of Dean Fredericks); Ray Makonnen (photo of Richard Weber); a Solarite (photo of Richard Kiel)
Synopsis: Preview of the story.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black and white. Five photos from the movie plus a cast list.
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The Phantom Planet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Capt. Frank Chapman; Lt. Ray Makonnen; Sesom; Herron; Zetha; Solarites (villains)
Synopsis: An earthman lands on an uncharted asteroid, Rheton, only to find it inhabited by miniature people. The atmosphere shrinks him to their size and he gets involved in a romantic triangle with two women and has to fight a duel. The asteroid is then menaced by alien Solarites, who aim to destroy it.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFilmparaden #4 published September 1962
as Fantom-planeten [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 32
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the 1961 movie "The Phantom Planet."
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August 1960: The Greatest Month in Space History

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: Events of August 1960, which include the launching of the Echo satellite, the launching and recovery of Discoverer XIV, and the launching and recovery of Sputnik V, which had animals aboard which survived the trip.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFilmparaden #4 published September 1962
as August 1960 Den største måned i romforskningens historie [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black and white. Text and illustrations.
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Killer Rays in Space

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: Theories about harmful radiation during space travel.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFilmparaden #4 published September 1962
as Dødbringende stråler i verdensrommet? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Text and illustrations.

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