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| Looks like a bored, by the numbers Gil Kane. So it's still worth looking at. Suspicious Waters and the following stories have some catchy panels. |
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| Yeah, Russ Manning was kind of skating on this one. However he did draw a respectable Lloyd Bridges. |
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| well, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I can't agree with that assessment.
The amount of creative composition on each page is great to watch. He may have skimped on the inking to meat a deadline, since the work has a spareness about it, still better than the work of many others.
Sea Hunt was a show I have vivid memories of watching after school. I think Lloyd Bridges face is engrained on the back of my eyeballs. Never forgotten. But. I can't remember the plot of a single episode. Go figure! |
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| The three SEA HUNT stories aren’t bad, kind of more like superficial vignettes from the great TV series, but as the other comments mention, the art seems very sketchy and unfinished. The angles and perspectives are good, but constantly let down by the lack of professional detail and polish. Some of the “close ups” fare better, but too much damage is done to the overall effect by the globs of nothingness. As such, the book isn’t very enjoyable. I loved the last SEA HUNT comic I read, but this one just tanked (ha!) for me. (Also, the filler story about the kids on the beach seemed more like something you would read in some free religious comic under a pile of worn out magazines in a dentist’s lobby back in the 60’s. Could they really not come up with even a lousy fourth SEA HUNT story? ). |
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| I think "Airplane" has ruined Lloyd Bridges for me. Looking at his expression in the photo on the cover of this comic, all I can think of is "Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking." |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | April-June 1961 | Price: 0.15 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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| Cover | Sea Hunt |
| Featuring | Sea Hunt |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Colors:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Mike Nelson [as portrayed by Lloyd Bridges] |
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| Foreword/Afterword | Underwater Cover-Up; Suspicious Waters (1 page) |
| Featuring | Sea Hunt |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo); Russ Manning | Inks:? (photo); Russ Manning | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Mike Nelson |
| Notes | inside front cover. Table of Contents page |
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| Comic Story | Underwater Cover-up (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Two robbers make their getaway from a sea resort in a motor boat, and Mike Nelson joins the harbor patrol to apprehend them. Caught in the moving tide of events, Mike volunteers to do a specialized bit of skin diving to help the police close the case. |
| Featuring | Sea Hunt |
| Credits | Script: Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer | Pencils: Russ Manning | Inks: Russ Manning | Letters: Russ Manning |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Mike Nelson; Ron (Mike's friend); Lieutenant Brady (Harbor Patrol) |
| Notes | Script and lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011). |
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| Text Story | Deep Divers (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Story about the pearl divers in the South Pacific. |
| Credits | Pencils: Russ Manning | Inks: Russ Manning | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
| Notes | Art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011). |
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| Comic Story | Suspicious Waters (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mike Nelson keeps his promise to a young skin diver and takes him along on a diving job off the Mexican coast. Knowing he is responsible for the youth's safety, Mike fights with all his strength to protect him from two would-be killers. |
| Featuring | Sea Hunt |
| Credits | Script: Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer | Pencils: Russ Manning | Inks: Russ Manning | Letters: Russ Manning |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Mike Nelson; Tommy Wayne; Phil Sands; Dave Benton |
| Notes | Script and lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011). |
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| Comic Story | The Gribet Hunt (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | A group of grunion hunters sends Jimmy on a wild goose chase. |
| Credits | Pencils: Russ Manning [as RM] (signed) | Inks: Russ Manning [as RM] (signed) | Letters: Russ Manning |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jimmy (no last name); group of unnamed boys |
| Notes | Initialed "RM" in first panel, bottom right. Lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011). |
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| Comic Story | The Bay Bandit (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mike searches for a bandit that is robbing yachts in the marina. |
| Featuring | Sea Hunt |
| Credits | Script: Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer | Pencils: Russ Manning | Inks: Russ Manning | Letters: Russ Manning |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Mike Nelson; Marge Owens; Dick Owens; Skipper Tom |
| Notes | Script and lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011). |
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| Text Story | The Red Tide (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Short story about plankton. |
| Featuring | Sea Hunt |
| Credits | Pencils: Russ Manning | Inks: Russ Manning | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011). |
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| Text Story | Animals of the Sea (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A brief story about coral, sponges, sea urchins and sea anemones. |
| Featuring | Sea Hunt |
| Credits | Pencils: Russ Manning | Inks: Russ Manning | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | inside back cover. Art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011). |
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| Text Story | Birds of the Sea (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Story about the arctic tern, sea gulls, albatross, pelican and other waterfowl. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | back cover |
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