Indicia title is "HIGH ADVENTURE, No. 949." Code number is HIGH.A.O.S. #494-5811. Copyright 1958 by Odyssey Productions, Inc. Based on the "High Adventure with Lowell Thomas" TV series.
Cover
1 page
Feature
Lowell Thomas High Adventure
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Colors
? (photos)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction
Characters
Lowell Thomas (photo)
Foreword/Afterword
New Guinea / Tracking a Man-Eater (1 page)
Synopsis
Previews of the two stories in the issue.
Feature
Lowell Thomas High Adventure
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Letters
typeset
Characters
Lowell Thomas (photo)
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Five photos and brief typeset text.
Comic Story
New Guinea (16 pages)
Synopsis
Lowell Thomas takes an expedition on a dangerous mission to see primitive tribes in New Guinea.
Feature
Lowell Thomas High Adventure
Genre
Non-fiction
Characters
Lowell Thomas; Capt. Jack Pert; Ralph Ormsby; Tom Davidson; Peter O'Sullivan
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Bob Fujitani
Inks
Bob Fujitani
Notes
Script submitted on May 17, 1958. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
Tracking a Man-Eater (16 pages)
Synopsis
Lowell Thomas takes his camera crew to India to participate in the hunt for a man-eating tiger.
Feature
Lowell Thomas High Adventure
Genre
Non-fiction; Jungle
Characters
Lowell Thomas; Raj Kumar; John Crawford; James Hanney; Captain Girsham; Boris Lessenvitch
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Bob Fujitani
Inks
Bob Fujitani
Notes
The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
Script submitted on May 14, 1958, under the title "Wild Elephants and a Man Eater." Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Text Article
New Guinea Tools and Weapons (1 page)
Synopsis
The tools and weapons of New Guinea tribesmen
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction
Characters
Lowell Thomas (photo)
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white.
Comic Story
The Man Eater (1 page)
Synopsis
How a tiger becomes a man-eater.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Jungle
Characters
Lowell Thomas (cameo)
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Bob Fujitani
Inks
Bob Fujitani
Notes
Back cover. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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