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| Thanks for sharing. Great comic... |
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| So much fun! The story about Mayan treasure was just like watching an episode from my youth. But the last story was what triggered my nostalgia. I had forgotten that, in the series, Mike Nelson worked at Marineland of the Pacific. The old marine park doesn't exist anymore, but I remember seeing it on the show when watching the series as a kid and later, visiting it when I was in my late teens.
So, thank you for a fabulous memory bonus to an entertaining comic. I even liked the story about the flabby tourist fisherman. What a bit of history! |
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| I thought I had seen all that TV show's episodes. And although I don't remember a Mayan treasure city episode nor a blowing up a bridge episode, both look like good candidates for being based on a TV show script. So, I am asking any experts on that show, who may happen to be forum members reading this, to inform us as to whether or not these 2 stories were drawn from 2 of that series' scripts, with scenes, perhaps drawn from looking at still shots from the filming. |
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| The 'Underwater City' story is pencilled by Manning, but not inked. there may be several persons involved.
Sacred Sinkholes are a real thing.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlymiller/2019/08/09/skulls-analyzed-from-the-mayan-sacred-cen ote-show-that-human-sacrifices-were-sourced-from-far-and-wide-across-mexico-in-1000-ad/?sh=18269155e 8b7
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https://hiddenincatours.com/amazing-ancient-cenote-ritual-pools-yucatan-mexico/ |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | July-September 1960 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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| Featuring | Sea Hunt |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Colors:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Mike Nelson [as portrayed by Lloyd Bridges] |
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| Foreword/Afterword | Treasure of the Mayas; Underwater City (1 page) |
| Featuring | Sea Hunt |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Mike Nelson |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | Treasure of the Mayas (16 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mike flies to the Yucatan jungle to help two archaeologists explore a sacrificial pool in a recently discovered Mayan city. |
| Featuring | Sea Hunt |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Mike Nelson; Buddy Todd; Professor Ruiz; Consuelo Ruiz; Raney |
| Notes | Script and lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011). |
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| Text Story | Shadow of Danger (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A diver is menaced by a giant manta ray. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Tony Randall |
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| Comic Story | The Fisherman's Feat (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | A vacationing fisherman tries to catch a marlin. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Babcock (a fisherman); Skipper (a charter boat captain); Pedro (deck hand); Ruth Babcock |
| Notes | Script and lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011). |
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| Comic Story | Underwater City (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mike Nelson is hired to dynamite an old bridge in an effort to prevent a town from being flooded. |
| Featuring | Sea Hunt |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Mike Nelson; Ed Larkin (emergency manager); Frank; Bill; Peterson; Alice; Davis |
| Notes | Script and lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011). |
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| Text Story | Hot and Cold Running Water (1 page) |
| Synopsis | How water currents affect weather. |
| Featuring | Sea Hunt |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | "Sea Hunt" header appears but no characters are present. Dell Pledge to Parents is the last panel on this page. Art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011). |
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| Text Story | The New Frontier (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Story about advances in underwater exploration. |
| Featuring | Sea Hunt |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Inside back cover. "Sea Hunt" header appears but no characters are present. |
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| Text Story | Treasure of the Seas (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Explanation of some valuable everyday products that come from the sea. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | The sequence replaced with ad for Daisy Air Rifles in some copies. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover; this sequence replaced by "Treasure of the Seas" comic story in some copies. |
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