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Issue Details

Issue #1205
Published July 1961
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "DAVID AND GOLIATH, No. 1205." Code number is DAVID + G. O.S. #1205-617. Copyright 1961 by Beaver-Champion Attractions, Inc. Adapted from the 1960 movie "David and Goliath."

Cover Details - "David and Goliath"

Characters David (as played by Ivo Payer, photo); Goliath (as played by Kronos, photo)
Genre period
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Letters typeset

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "David and Goliath"

Characters King Saul (as played by Orson Welles, photo); David (as played by Ivo Payer, photo); Samuel (as played by Edward Hilton, photo); Goliath (as played by Kronos, photo)
Synopsis Preview of the story.
Genre period
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Five photos from the movie plus a partial cast list.

32 page story "David and Goliath"

Characters King Saul; Samuel; David; Jesse; Elga; Goliath; Jonathan; Abner; Merab; Asdod
Synopsis The prophet Samuel tells David, a shepherd boy, that he has been chosen by God to become the King of Israel. David becomes part of King Saul's court and is sent with the King's army to fight the Philistines. David defeats the Philistine giant, Goliath, only to find treachery when he returns to Jerusalem.
Genre period
Script Umberto Scarpeli; Gino Mangini; Ambrogio Molteni; Emimmo Salvi (screenplay); ? (comic adaptation)
Pencils Jack Sparling
Inks Jack Sparling
Notes Adapted from the 1960 Italian movie "David e Golia," released in the United States as "David and Goliath" in 1961.

1 page filler "David and Jonathan"

Characters David; Jonathan; King Saul
Synopsis Jonathan, Saul's son, prevents Saul from ordering David's death.
Genre period
Pencils Jack Sparling
Inks Jack Sparling
Notes Inside back cover; black and white.

1 page filler "David and Goliath"

Characters David (as played by Ivo Payer, photo); King Saul (as played by Orson Welles, photo)
Synopsis Preview of the story.
Genre period
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Three black and white photos from the movie against a color background.