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Issue Details

Issue #1229
Published 1961
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing Don Arneson
Notes Indicia title is "THIEF OF BAGHDAD, No. 1229." No code number. Copyright 1961 by Embassy Pictures Corporation.

Cover Details - "Thief of Bagdad"

Characters Karim (as played by Steve Reeves, photos)
Genre adventure
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Colors ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Labeled "Movie Classic" on the cover.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Thief of Baghdad"

Characters Karim (as played by Steve Reeves, photo); Princess Amina (as played by Giorgia Moll, photo); Prince Osman (as played by Arturo Dominici, photo); Kadeejah (as played by Edy Vessel, photo)
Synopsis Preview of the story.
Genre adventure; period
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Five photos from the movie and a partial cast list.

32 page story "Thief of Bagdad"

Characters Karim (the Thief of Baghdad); Ghamal, the Grand Vizier; the Sultan; Princess Amina; Prince Osman; Kadeejah
Synopsis Prince Osman comes to marry Princess Amina, daughter of the Sultan. However he is waylaid by Karim, who enters the palace disguised as the Prince. Amina falls in love with the disguised Prince and when the charade is discovered, refuses to marry the real Osman. The Grand Vizier and the prince give Amina a love potion that backfires and makes her deathly ill. Only a potion made with a blue rose can cure her and Karim goes in search of one.
Genre adventure; period
Script Ken Fitch
Pencils Reed Crandall
Inks George Evans
Notes Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Adapted from the 1961 movie "Thief of Baghdad." (Originally released as "Il Ladro di Bagdad" in Italy in 1961.)

1 page filler "The Market Place"

Characters Karim (as played by Steve Reeves, photo)
Synopsis Brief description of the art of bargaining in the market.
Genre fact
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Large photo from the movie and typeset text.

1 page filler "The Arabian Horse"

Characters Karim (as played by Steve Reeves, photo)
Synopsis Facts about the Arabian breed of horse.
Genre fact
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Blue-tinted photo from the movie and typeset text.