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| I see Crandall in the art too. |
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| Thinking about it, it may not be entirely coincidental that Dell debuted their comic THE FROGMEN only a couple of months after the series SEA HUNT ended its TV run... and the Dell comic SEA HUNT only had two more issues, after THE FROGMEN first appeared. If I had to guess, I'd say sales were still probably good enough on the comic book, but not way above average, so Dell declined to renew their license agreement with the TV people because that additional fee gobbled up a chunk of Dell's profit -- so it would seem the solution was to create an original series which Dell itself owned that didn't require them to pay a licensing fee, but would still satisfy an audience of readers hankering for some underwater adventures. |
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| Publication | February-April 1962 | Price: 0.15 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (painting) | Inks:? (painting) | Colors:? (painting) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Billy Randall; Cindy Collins |
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| Text Story | Underwater Hunting (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Brief description of underwater hunting. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Script, pencils, and inks credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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| Comic Story | Underwater Secret (32 pages) |
| Synopsis | A sunken German sub off the shores of Long Island holds papers that would expose a city official who used it to come to the city as a German spy in World War II. When divers Steve Randall and Jim Collins are jailed for investigating the sub contrary to orders from city officials, their children, Billy and Cindy, decide to do some investigating on their own. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Steve Randall; Jim Collins; Billy Randall; Cindy Collins; Commander Josef Von Karlsberg; Mrs. Randall; Mrs. Collins |
| Notes | Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Hidden in the art, George Evans sneaks in a sign for Mad magazine, on page one, panel three. |
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| Comic Story | Treasure Hunting Underwater (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Scenes of underwater diving with very brief text. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Inside back cover, black and white. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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| Advertisement | Daisy B-B Gun Gift Ideas! (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daisy Manufacturing Company |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. Illustrated ad for Daisy B-B guns. Featured are models 1894, 25, 94, and 179. Daisy Manufacturing Company, Rogers, Ark. |
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