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Issue Details

Issue #1120
Published August 1960
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Listed as "Dell Movie Classic" on cover. Indicia title is "DINOSAURUS, No. 1120". Code number is DINOSAURUS O.S. #1120-608. Copyright 1960 by Jack H. Harris. Adaptation of the 1960 movie "Dinosaurus".

Cover Details - "Dinosaurus!"

Genre science fiction
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)
Letters typeset
Notes Listed as "Dell Movie Classic" on cover. Indicia title is "DINOSAURUS, No. 1120". Code number is DINOSAURUS O.S. #1120-608. Copyright 1960 by Jack H. Harris. Adaptation of the 1960 movie "Dinosaurus".

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Dinosaurus!"

Characters Ward Ramsey (as Bart Thompson, photo); Kristina Hanson (as Betty Piper, photo); Alan Roberts (as Julio, photo); Fred Engelberg (as Mike Hacker, photo); Gregg Martell (as the Cave Man, photo)
Synopsis Preview of story with five stills from the movie.
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Cast and credits from the movie are listed.

32 page story "Dinosaurus!"

Synopsis Blasting in the harbor of a tropical island uncovers two frozen dinosaurs--a Tyrannosaur and a Brontosaurus. They are hoisted ashore and come to life after being struck by lighting. In addition, a prehistoric man washes ashore and he also comes alive with the lightning strike.
Genre science fiction
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh
Letters Jesse Marsh
Notes Adaptation of the 1960 movie "Dinosaurus". Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Last panel of story is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents".

1 page filler "Dinosaurus: Giant Defenders"

Synopsis Facts about five different dinosaurs.
Genre fact
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover, black and white. Five panels with typeset text underneath. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page filler "Dinosaurus: Terrible Lizards"

Synopsis General facts about dinosaurs.
Genre fact
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Five panels with typeset text underneath. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)