COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Four Color 1188 Universal
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Grade:
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9.2
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Page Quality:
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CREAM TO OFF-WHITE
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Pedigree:
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File Copy
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Certification #:
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0152811025
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Owner:
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4GEMWORKS
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Atlantis, The Lost Continent 5/61 File Copy Adapted from the 1961 movie "Atlantis, the Lost Continent." This is one of the few versions where the AD back version actually reduces the length of the story. The ad version of the story is only 28.75 pages long. See the index for Four Color #1188 [ad] for a detailed description of the cuts.
Photo Cover: Demetrios (as played by Anthony Hall, photo); Andes the Giant (as played by Robert "Big Buck" Maffei, photo)
Script: Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils & Inks: Dan Spiegle
This copy is tied with 1 other as the sixth best copies of nine graded to date. Three copies share top honors at 9.6, 05/13. I originally bought this ungraded, as a VF+, from Heritage Auctions.
Table of Contents
1. 0. Atlantis, the Lost Continent
2. 1. Atlantis, the Lost Continent
3. 2. Atlantis, the Lost Continent
4. 3. Myth and Mystery
5. 4. The Anatomy of a Volcano This is the final page of the story and is also the back cover of this and some other copies of this issue.
6. 5. AD Back version. As noted thi9s reduces the actual story.
Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license. http://www.comics.org/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
http://www.comics.org/issue/16585/
Wikipedia has some background material on the movie. It does not appear to have been a critical success, at all.
Atlantis, the Lost Continent is a 1961 science fiction film, directed by George Pal and starring Anthony Hall aka: Sal Ponti, about the destruction of Atlantis during the time of Ancient Greece.
Production notes [edit]
The film is notorious for its inclusion of stock footage material from other movies, including Quo Vadis and The Naked Jungle. Props from other productions were also reused, including a large statue at the temple from The Prodigal, Krell gauges from Forbidden Planet and wardrobes from Diane and Ben-Hur. When pointed out that that there were thousands of years of difference between the various costumes and props, George Pal replied "Who knows?"[1]
The spectacular special visual effects work of Atlantis, the elaborate miniature work of ancient Greek and Roman-style buildings, landscapes, temples, the volcano, the destruction of Atlantis, and the giant crystal ray machine, were the work of the special effects production company Project Unlimited, supervised by Gene Warren, Wah Chang, and Jim Danforth, along with the MGM production staff supervised by A. Arnold Gillespie. They coordinated their work with George Pal, who worked closely with the production designer and art director George W. Davis and William Ferrari.
The film's prologue, describing the legend of Atlantis, features stop motion animation, often used by producer George Pal earlier in his career.
Voice actor Paul Frees provides the opening narration, and also is heard dubbing the voice of the hero's father as well as the ruler of Atlantis.
Reaction [edit]
The film has generally received poor reviews and was described by film critic Leonard Maltin in his 2002 Movie & Video Guide as "Pal's worst film", saying that it had "poor effects" and that it was: "Occasionally funny – but not on purpose." [2]
Science fiction author David Wingrove also had similar criticisms in his science fiction film source book: "No expense was spared in buying up footage from Quo Vadis to give it true period flavour. Avoid." [3]
At a preview screening of this film, questionnaires were handed to the audience asking what their favorite scene was. One person, apparently recognizing the footage taken from Quo Vadis, replied, "The scene where Robert Taylor saved Deborah Kerr from the fire."[
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis,_the_Lost_Continent
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