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Issue: Four Color #488
Publication Date: August 1953
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Issues: #488 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: Dell ComicView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/30/1953
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "Edgar Rice Burroughs' JOHN CARTER OF MARS, No. 488."
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1953 Books and Pamphlets, page 103.
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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
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Cover, Front
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John Carter of Mars

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (painting)
Inker(s): ? (painting)
Colorist(s): ? (painting)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): John Carter
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEdgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars #2 published July 1964
as Gods of Mars [Illustration on Cover, Front]back cover
In Content Item: FlagEdgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars: The Jesse Marsh Years #[nn] published May 2010
as Four Color #488 cover [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Painted cover.
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In this tale of high adventure you'll meet...

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): John Carter; Dejah Thoris; Tars Tarkas; Salensus Oll; Thurid
Synopsis: Introduction of characters.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEdgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars #2 published July 1964
as [untitled] [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEdgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars: The Jesse Marsh Years #[nn] published May 2010
as In This Tale of High Adventure You'll Meet [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black and white.
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Tyrant of the North

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): John Carter; Dejah Thoris; Tars Tarkas; Salensus Oll; Thurid; Thuvia; Phaidor; Matai Shang; Talu, Prince of Marentina; Solan
Synopsis: John Carter rescues Dejah Thoris when she is kidnapped by Thurid and taken to the forbidden land of Okar in the polar icecap.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEdgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars #2 published July 1964
as Tyrant of the North [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEdgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars: The Jesse Marsh Years #[nn] published May 2010
as Tyrant of the North [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 32
Job Number: J.C.O.S. #488 - 53
Disclose Notes: Based on the novel "The Gods of Mars" by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
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The Fantastic Creatures of Mars

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Introduction of three animals from this story, the legendary Apt, the Woola and the carnivorous Calot Tree.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEdgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars #2 published July 1964
as The Fantastic Creatures of Mars [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEdgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars: The Jesse Marsh Years #[nn] published May 2010
as The Fantastic Creatures of Mars [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black and white.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): John Carter; Tars Tarkas
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEdgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars #2 published July 1964
as John Carter of Mars Pin-Up [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]as cover
In Content Item: FlagEdgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars: The Jesse Marsh Years #[nn] published May 2010
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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