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| Thanks. I've been looking for this series a loooooong time, and about the only thing available was the Charlton Classics versions which replace the backup stories. |
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| Maravilloso aporte. Gracias. Tank you¡¡¡¡¡ |
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| I believe I have some of the issues from #3-13...Is there a reason they haven't been uploaded already? |
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| Publication | October 1967 | Price: 0.12 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Featuring | Hercules |
| Credits | Pencils: Sam Glanzman [as SJG] | Inks: Sam Glanzman [as SJG] |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Hercules |
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| Comic Story | Adventures of the Man-God Hercules (18 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story opens as Hercules seeks out the gods. After the death of his mother Alcmene he calls out to his father Zeus who explains that he must complete nine tasks and submit to the judgment of Eurystheus before he is allowed among the immortals. Hercules agrees and heads off to begin the first of his assigned labors, to kill the Nemean lion. After a series of encounters and struggles Hercules faces off against the dreaded lion and, using his massive strength, subdues and kills it. Hercules takes the lion's skin as his mantle and heads off to his next task. |
| Featuring | Hercules |
| Credits | Script: Joe Gill | Pencils: Sam Glanzman | Inks: Sam Glanzman | Letters: Herb Field |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Hercules; King Philip; Helen of Troy; Alexander the Great |
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| Text Story | Meeko the Microbe (1 page) |
| Synopsis | It's the story of a classroom science experiment gone wild as a microscopic microbe grows to vast proportions but becomes the pet of a fifteen year old girl. She goes on to vast fame as scientists all across the globe come to see her remarkable pet, and they agree that she and she alone can make money from the creature. As the story closes her fortune is assured as many flock to see Meeko. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
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| Comic Story | Chapter One: The Feud (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story takes place between both halves of the epic Anglo-Saxon saga Beowulf. After the battle with Grendel, Beowulf gave vast tracts of land to his thanes. After the passing of Wigmenric, his eldest son Hrothelac became Thane of Bagarth. When peasants are killed by a guardsman of neighboring Rothor, there is retaliation from a Bagarth guardsman. King Beowulf seeks the truth and demands proof from Hrothelac that Garmscio, Thane of Rothor, was the perpetrator. Hrothelac seeks out his younger brother Eowanda for help; unaware that like Garmscio, he plots to usurp the current Thane of Bagarth. |
| Featuring | Thane of Bagarth |
| Credits | Script: Steve Skeates (signed) | Pencils: Jim Aparo (signed) | Inks: Jim Aparo (signed) | Letters: Jim Aparo | Job #: B-1099 |
| Content | Genre: Sword And Sorcery | Characters: Thane of Bagarth; Beowulf; Eadstan; Hywura; Garmscio; Eowanda; Freahulf |
| Notes | Origin of Hrothelac, a thane under Beowulf. |
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