Indicia title is "HIGH ADVENTURE, No. 1001." Code number is High.A. O/S #1001-598. Copyright 1959 by Odyssey Productions, Inc. Second of two High Adventure Four Colors. Based on a series of TV Specials by Lowell Thomas, newsman, adventurer, and explorer.
Cover
1 page
Feature
Lowell Thomas High Adventure
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Colors
? (photos)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Jungle
Characters
Lowell Thomas (photo)
First Line
Africa: pygmies and hippo hunting!
Text Article
The Australian "Never-Never" Land (1 page)
Synopsis
Brief facts and photos of Australian Aborigines.
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction
Characters
Lowell Thomas (photo)
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Script submitted on March 11, 1959. 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).
Comic Story
Mystery in Australia (16 pages)
Synopsis
Lowell Thomas goes to the Australian Outback to solve the mystery of Harold Bell Lasseter, who set off a gold rush in the 1920s, then vanished.
Feature
Lowell Thomas High Adventure
Genre
Non-fiction
Characters
Lowell Thomas; Harold Bell Lasseter (cameo)
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Bob Fujitani
Inks
Bob Fujitani
Notes
Script submitted on December 31, 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
Mountains of the Moon (16 pages)
Synopsis
Lowell Thomas explores the region around the Mountains of the Moon in equatorial Africa. He meets four white men: a crocodile hunter, a snake scientist, a big game hunter, and an anthropologist studying pygmies.
Feature
Lowell Thomas High Adventure
Genre
Non-fiction; Jungle
Characters
Lowell Thomas; Colin Turnbull; Chris Pollet; Paul LeLoup; Eric Von Hippel
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Bob Fujitani
Inks
Bob Fujitani
Notes
Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Script submitted on January 7, 1959. 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
The Mountains of the Moon (1 page)
Synopsis
Brief facts and photos of the Mountains of the Moon area of Africa.
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Jungle
Characters
Lowell Thomas (photo)
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Script submitted on March 11, 1959. 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).
Comic Story
Australian Aboriginal Weapons (1 page)
Synopsis
Facts about the Aborigines' boomerang and womera.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Bob Fujitani
Inks
Bob Fujitani
Notes
Back cover; color. Panels with text underneath. Submitted on January 28, 1959, under the title "The Boomerang and the Womera". 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).
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