I'm not so crazy about the caption-block storytelling, but this is a solid, entertaining story with nice art by Bill Ely, another under-appreciated artist.
Additional Information
Name
0239 - Adventure Bound | Published
Publication
Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36
Notes
Indicia title is "ADVENTURE BOUND, No. 239." Code number is A.B.O.S. #239-498. Copyright 1949 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1949 Pamphlets, page 660.
Cover
Adventure Bound / 1 page
Genre
Adventure; Historical
Characters
Paul Clark; Nat Clark; Maria Rosaria
Pencils
Bill Ely (signed)
Inks
Bill Ely (signed)
Text Article
Piracy (1 page)
Synopsis
Facts about pirates.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Historical
Pencils
Bill Ely ?
Inks
Bill Ely ?
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Text and illustrations.
Comic Story
Adventure Bound (32 pages)
Synopsis
Boston, 1723. Paul Clark runs away to sea aboard The Boston Belle. His 8-year old brother, Nat, has followed, and stows away. Maria is a passenger who travels to join her father, the governor of Trinidad Island. Paul is wounded defending her from the Pirate captain, Redbeard, who loots the ship, and takes them hostage. Paul walks the plank, but Maria and Nat throw him a rope, and pull him back aboard through their cabin window. Eventually the pirate ship explodes. Paul, Nat and Maria, who had escaped shortly before this, are rescued by a Spanish ship.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Adventure
Characters
Paul Clark; Nat Clark; Maria Rosaria
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Bill Ely
Inks
Bill Ely
Notes
Writing credit and synopsis supplied by David Porta (November 2006). This comic is presented with no word balloons. The story is told with borderless panels, and captions, including dialogue in quotation marks, like the Prince Valiant comic strip.
Text Article
Captain John Avery (1 page)
Synopsis
Facts about Captain John Avery, a pirate in the 17th Century.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Biography
Characters
Capt. John Avery [Long Ben; Archpirate]
Pencils
Bill Ely ?
Inks
Bill Ely ?
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Text and illustrations.
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