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Issue: Mighty Samson #8
Publication Date: December 1966
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Issues: #8 of 32 Issues (42 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/22/1966
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1967 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mighty Samson; Sharmaine; Mindor
First Line: Samson fights a grim battle for survival in the forbidding wastelands of the Arctic!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAvontuur Classics #1852 published January 1967
as De geheimzinnige lokroep [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover
In Content Item: FlagSamson #8 published September 1968
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMighty Samson #2 published December 2010
as Mighty Samson #8 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Some say this is not a Morris Gollub cover.
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The Magnetic Pole

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, science fiction
First Line: Earth is basically a huge magnet.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #R1245 published January 1982
as M The Magnetic Pole [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMighty Samson #2 published December 2010
as The Magnetic Pole [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Factual piece on magnetism. Despite the name and logo, does not actually involve Mighty Samson.
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The Migration Mystery [Part 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Samson; Sharmaine; Mindor; Tilda; Jorro; Zenya; Koy
First Line: I...hear...voice...calling...me!
Synopsis: Samson and others are possessed by an inescapable urge to walk northward, into the polar regions. Only by gathering food as they walk can they survive. At last they arrive at a massive rock in the Arctic Ocean -- the Mental North Pole of Earth. Mindor concludes that during the atomic war, it was contaminated so as to emit telepathic waves.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSamson #8 published September 1968
as Der geheimnisvolle Wandertrieb [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMighty Samson #2 published December 2010
as The Migration Mystery [Part 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Job Number: 8-669
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The Battle of Monsters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Tom Morrow; Cindia
First Line: The past had a great technology that we are just re-discovering today---
Synopsis: When a huge monster menaces Ultra City, Tom exhausts himself using his mental powers, but fails to drive it away. With his last strength he creates a mental mirage of an even bigger monster, driving off the attacker and leaving the city safe.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSamson #8 published September 1968
as Der ungleiche Kampf [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Palace at Knossos

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, non-fiction
Character(s): King Minos; Theseus; Arthur Evans
First Line: From ancient days men sang of the hero, Theseus, who sailed to the fables island of Crete where he slew the mighty minotaur in the labyrinth of King Minos.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #3 published May 1972
as The Palace at Knossos [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Fact piece about ancient Crete with a small illustration.
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[The Migration Mystery, Part 2] The Mental Battle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mighty Samson; Sharmaine; Mindor; Tilda; Jorro; Zenya; Koy
First Line: In our minds, we interpreted the mental "pull" as the word "Come...come!"
Synopsis: To free them from the spell of the stone, Mindor gathers materials and organizes the production of gunpowder. Almost at the cost of his life, Samson sinks the stone and blows it up. The friends are delighted to get back to N'Yark, where the jungle is warm.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSamson #8 published September 1968
as Im Banne des Magnetfeldes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMighty Samson #2 published December 2010
as [The Migration Mystery, Part 2] The Mental Battle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Here is a treasure chest of fun
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Eight small ads, with order coupon, for novelties from Honor House.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Girl; boy
First Line: Polaris nuclear sub
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for seven-foot toy submarine from Honor House Prod. Co.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Stephen Leight; Cathy Copple; Donald Bradford
First Line: Make money get prizes with fast selling 60c Xmas packs
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for selling products from American Specialty Company.

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