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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published December 1968
Cover Price 0.35 USD
Pages 68
Editing Sal Gentile

Cover Details - "The Fantastic Giant Boar"

Characters Hercules; Thane of Bagarth (inset)
Genre Fantasy
Pencils Sam Glanzman; Jim Aparo
Inks Sam Glanzman; Jim Aparo

1 page Hercules credits "Contents and Credits"

Characters Hercules; Thane of Bagarth
Genre Fantasy
Pencils Sam Glanzman (illos); Jim Aparo (illo)
Inks Sam Glanzman (illos); Jim Aparo (illo)
Notes Inside front cover.

20 page Hercules story "The Fantastic Giant Boar"

Synopsis Hercules must complete 12 labors to reach Mt. Olympus. This is his eighth. He must capture an oversized boar without hurting it.
Genre Fantasy
Script Joe Gill
Pencils Sam Glanzman
Inks Sam Glanzman?
Letters Sam Glanzman?
Notes The same art is used as in Hercules (Charlton, 1967 series) #8 (comic-size), but panels are deleted and others are blown up to increase the page rate from 12 to 20.
Reprinted from Hercules (Charlton, 1967 series) #8

8 page Thane of Bagarth story "Chapter One: The Feud"

Characters Thane of Bagarth
Genre Sword and Sorcery
Script Steve Skeates
Pencils Jim Aparo
Inks Jim Aparo
Letters Jim Aparo
Reprinted from Hercules (Charlton, 1967 series) #1

18 page Hercules story "Origin of the Man-God"

Characters Hercules
Genre Fantasy
Script Joe Gill
Pencils Sam Glanzman
Inks Sam Glanzman
Letters Sam Glanzman
Notes Original title: "Adventures of the Man-God Hercules".
Reprinted from Hercules (Charlton, 1967 series) #1

8 page Thane of Bagarth story "Chapter Two: The Plot"

Characters Thane of Bagarth
Genre Sword and Sorcery
Script Steve Skeates
Pencils Jim Aparo
Inks Jim Aparo
Letters Jim Aparo
Reprinted from Hercules (Charlton, 1967 series) #2

8 page Thane of Bagarth story "Chapter Three: Banishment"

Characters Thane of Bagarth
Genre Sword and Sorcery
Script Steve Skeates
Pencils Jim Aparo
Inks Jim Aparo
Letters Jim Aparo
Reprinted from Hercules (Charlton, 1967 series) #3