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Issue: Captain Venture and the Land Beneath the Sea #1
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWestern
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Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/11/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Gold Key cover code: 10225-810. On-sale date from 1968 Books and Pamphlets, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.
Disclose Reprinted From6
reprinted 4 times from some/all in another Issue.
reprinted 2 times from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
science fiction
U.S. space probe pilots struggle to survive while stranded in the depths of a strange planet!
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Miscellaneous
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Explorers of the Universe

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Captain Rex Venture; Scotty MacKay
Captain Rex Venture and his engineer, Scotty Mackay, selected as Amercia's first two men to probe the stars...
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Miscellaneous
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Inside front cover.
Land Beneath the Sea

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Probing toward star Beta 52, and its unknown planets, Captain Rex Venture's space ship employs a new magnetic force field... the year is some time after 2,000 A.D.
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FlagSpace Family Robinson #7 published April 1964pages 5-9, original title: The Mystery Planet, writing in the first panel is altered
FlagSpace Family Robinson #8 published June 1964pages 10-14, original title is The Cavern City, slight alteration to first panel
FlagSpace Family Robinson #9 published August 1964pages 15-19, original title: Pursued, slight alteration of first panel
FlagSpace Family Robinson #14 published October 1965pages 22-26, original story: Jungle Ruin, slight alteration of text
FlagSpace Family Robinson #6 published February 1964
was Situation Survival [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSpace Family Robinson #13 published July 1965
was Escape [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Captain Venture #1 is a reprint issue pulled from episodes of the second feature (colloquially called a "filler") which originally appeared in the Space Family Robinson series.
Pages (whole) 3-16 and 21-32.
Story pages 1-4 from SFR #6.
Story pages 5-9 from SFR #7.
Story pages 10-14 from SFR #8.
Story pages 15-19 from SFR #9.
Story page 21 from SFR #13 (last page of story).
Story pages 22-26 from SFR #14.
Some alterations were made, as needed, to combine the separate episodes to read as one continuous (episodic) story.
Gaylord Du Bois writer credit per page 130, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott (Michigan State University Libraries 1985) 203 leaves ; 28 cm. -- Photocopy of computer printout. -- Call no.: PN6727.D77 A2S35 1985.
The Zebra

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
informational, nature, non-fiction
Zebras can run up to 40 mph.
Facts about Zebras.
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Miscellaneous
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Band

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
informational, non-fiction
A portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, authorized for a specific use...
Various examples of the different ways the word "band" is used.
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Miscellaneous
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
First Hunter: Am I glad to see you! I've been lost in these woods...
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Miscellaneous
1
Protoceratops

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
informational, non-fiction
The eggs of a dinosaur were first discovered in the Mongolian desert in 1922...
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Miscellaneous
1
He's Out

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
?
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Insect-Eating Plant

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
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Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
I kept it in the freezer!
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Miscellaneous
1
Four cartoons.
The Search!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
adventure, science fiction
Marooned inside a water-covered planet in outer space...
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Miscellaneous
1
Captain Venture Pin-Up

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure, science fiction
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The front cover artwork minus trade dressings.

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