COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Four Color 1121 Universal
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Grade:
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9.2
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
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Certification #:
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0975763013
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Owner:
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4GEMWORKS
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Hercules Unchained 8/60 File Copy
Painted Cover: No credits given
Script: Paul S. Newman
Pencils: Reed Crandall
Inks: Reed Crandall; George Evans
This is just the fifth best issue of six graded in total. Three copies crowd the top spot at 9.4. 03/13. I bought this ungraded as a VF/NM from Heritage Auctions.
Table of Contents
1. 0. [no title indexed]
Hecules Unchained
2. 1. intro page
Hecules Unchained
3. 2. Hercules Unchained
4. 3. The Feats of Hercules
Hercules
5. 4. [no title indexed] A Photo poster is the back cover of this copy.
6. 5. There is a variant edition with an Ad on the back cover.
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http://www.comics.org/issue/15956/
Wikipedia expands on the Film which spawned this comic book:
Hercules Unchained (Italian: Ercole e la regina di Lidia, "Hercules and the Queen of Lydia") is a 1959 Italian-French epic fantasy feature film starring Steve Reeves and Sylva Koscina in a story about two warring brothers and Hercules' tribulations in the court of Queen Omphale. The film is the sequel to the Reeves vehicle Hercules (1958) and marks Reeves' second - and last - appearance as Hercules. The film's screenplay, loosely based upon various Greek myths and dramas, was written by Ennio De Concini and Pietro Francisci with Francisci directing and Bruno Vailati and Ferruccio De Martino producing the film.
Plot
While travelling, Hercules is asked to intervene in a quarrel between two brothers, Eteocles and Polynices, over who should rule Thebes. Before he can complete this task, Hercules drinks from a magic spring and is hypnotized by a harem girl who dances the "Dance of Shiva", loses his memory and becomes the captive of Queen Omphale of Lydia. The Queen keeps men until she tires of them, then has them made into statues. While young Ulysses tries to help him regain his memory, Hercules' wife, Iole, finds herself in danger from Eteocles, current ruler of Thebes, who plans on throwing her to the wild beasts in his entertainment arena. Hercules slays three tigers in succession and rescues his wife, then assists the Theban army in repelling mercenary attackers hired by Polynices. The two brothers ultimately fight one another for the throne and end up killing each other; the good high priest Creon is elected by acclaim.
[edit] Cast
• Steve Reeves as Hercules
• Sylvia Lopez as Queen Omphale of Lydia
• Sylva Koscina as Iole
• Sergio Fantoni as Eteocles
• Mimmo Palmara as Polynices
• Gabriel Antonini as Ulysses
• Fulvio Carrara and Willi Colombini as Castor and Pollux
• Gian Paolo Rosmino as Aesculapius
• Gino Mattera as Orpheus
• Primo Carnera as Antaeus
• Cesare Fantoni as King Oedipus
• Carlo D'Angelo as High Priest Creon
• Colleen Bennett as the prima ballerina
[edit] Production
The tale of Hercules and Queen Omphale is taken from the ancient Greek myth, of which there are several variations throughout history. Character names are drawn from a mixture of various Greek legends and plays, notably The Seven Against Thebes by Aeschylus and Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles. Hercules' line "I wove the threads [of my memory] together" is a reference to his task of spinning thread and weaving with Omphale's attendants. The film is only very loosely based on the source material, randomly mixing events and featuring characterizations varying from those depicted in the sources.
[edit] Legacy
Hercules Unchained has been broadcast on American television, and is available in both VHS and DVD formats. The film's Italian title means "Hercules and the Queen of Lydia". The film was also featured in an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_Unchained
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