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| This is sublime right down to the colors. The compositions and story telling are exciting. I used to love this sort of style in the early 90s so it's fun seeing that it actually dates back so long. |
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| There are just 4 books available in this prehistoric series.
Good exciting tales concerning a Tarzan like man battling for survival. The first in the series, One Million Years B.C. is different and is supposed to be non fiction. These are all good, nice art and some excellent coloration. Viewers have rated each book with 10 (as good as it gets). Well worth a look. |
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| Definitely getting a Conan vibe from this one. He's a much better diplomat than Conan ever was, though. |
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| The apologia on page 17 has to be unique in mainstream comics. |
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| One Million Years B.C. is supposed to be NON-Fiction!!!
With dinosaurs, flying reptiles and marine reptiles from The Cretaceous and even The Jurassic Periods living ONLY one million years ago, with MODERN, clean shaven, Humans??? 100% true stories? Not even the names have been changed to protect the innocent? That's absolutely the same level of Fantasy as "Tor" is. The Scientific primer with cartoon facsimile figures of Maurer and Kubert, explaining how such a situation COULD have happened, with species that we KNOW all died out during The Great Mass Extinction 65 million years ago surviving, and "Modern Humans, living as far back as a million years ago (going against all recent scientific findings), gave me a good laugh. I'm glad MY editors never stuck such an impossible job in my lap. Why not go with the typical fantasy style, rather than point the readers' attention on the fact that you're trying to "snow them"? |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | May 1954 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bimonthly |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Ken Grimm (photo); Jim Norman (photo); Jobie Jackson (photo) |
| Notes | Advertisement for bodybuilding courses offered by Jowett Institute of Physical Training.
Inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | Isle of Fire! (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tor rescues a tribe from their captors on a volcanic island before the island itself collapses into the sea. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical |
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| Featuring | St. John Publishing |
| Content | Characters: Prince Scallion; Miss Pepper; Mr. Phizz; Jigger; Ginny |
| Notes | Advertisement for the following series: The Three Stooges (St. John, 1953 series); Tor (St. John, 1954 series); Whack (St. John, 1953 series); Meet Miss Pepper (St. John, 1954 series). |
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| Text Story | Snow Trap (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tor defends a village from the despotic Flatnoses by killing their leader, Kilu, on a snow-covered mountain. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: Kilu |
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| Synopsis | Series creators Joe Kubert and Norman Maurer respond to readers' letters questioning the science and historicity of the first issue. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Joe Kubert; Norman Maurer |
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| Comic Story | Black Valley (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tor brings peace between one tribe and their neighbors, a tribe of women who had been exiled and are now demanding female child sacrifices to add to their numbers. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical |
| Notes | Panel-Rama centerspread pin-up forms the first 2 pages. |
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| Comic Story | #3: Pteranodon (1 page) |
| Featuring | 1,000,000 B.C. History of Prehistoric Animals |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Information about the pteranodon.
A second #3 in this series. |
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| Synopsis | Danny becomes trapped in a dream in which he has been transported back in time 1,000,000 years into the body of a prehistoric boy named Bruk. While there, he shows how weaving can be used to catch fish. The story ends with him remaining trapped in the past. |
| Content | Characters: Danny Wakely; Uncle Jim; Lavv; Joe Kubert |
| Notes | First line supplied by Leonard Wolinsky via the GCD Errors list, February 2009. |
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| Cartoon | #4: Tylosaurus (1 page) |
| Featuring | 1,000,000 B.C. History of Prehistoric Animals |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Information about the tylosaurus. |
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| Buzz Baxter Rides Again! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Buzz's bike is stolen, but Dan tells him he can make money to buy a new bike selling cards. |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: Buzz Baxter; Dan |
| Notes | Advertisement for the Artistic Card Co. greeting card sales kit. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for stamps and accessories from Kenmore Stamps.
Inside back cover. |
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| Synopsis | Sam tells Bob how to get premiums by selling Cloverine salve. |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: Bob; Sam |
| Notes | Advertisement for the Wilson Chemical Cloverine Brand salve sales kit.
Back cover. |
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