COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Four Color 1250 Universal
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Grade:
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7.0
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE
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Certification #:
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0200138028
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Owner:
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4GEMWORKS
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
The 4 Horseman of the Apocalypse-Movie Claassic 1961 Adapted from the 1962 movie "The Four Horsemen of the Apocolypse."
Photo Cover: Julio Desnoyers (photo of Glenn Ford)
Script: Robert Ardrey; John Gay (screenplay); ? (comic adaptation)
Pencils & Inks: Gerald McCann
Table of Contents
1. 0. The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse
2. 1. The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse
3. 2. The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse
4. 3. ["When France fell in 1940..."]
5. 4. Daisy B-B Gun Gift Ideas!
Daisy Manufacturing
This issue has a Daisy BB Gun AD on the back. There are also copies of this same issue with a cartoon story on the back cover.
Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license. http://www.comics.org/
Another film that barely warrants a footnote in history, Wikipedia provides a modest bit of added info:
The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse is a 1962 drama film loosely based on the novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. It was directed by Vincente Minnelli and starred Glenn Ford, Ingrid Thulin, Charles Boyer, Lee J. Cobb, Paul Lukas, Yvette Mimieux, Karlheinz Böhm, and Paul Henreid.
Cast[edit]
• Glenn Ford: Julio Desnoyers
• Ingrid Thulin: Marguerite Laurier
• Charles Boyer: Marcelo Desnoyers
• Yvette Mimieux: Chi-Chi
• Lee J. Cobb: Madariaga
• Paul Henreid: Etienne Laurier
Reception[edit]
Released by MGM, the film was a box office disappointment, earning $1,600,000 in the US and Canada and $2,500,000 overseas, incurring a loss of $5,853,000.[1]
It was compared very unfavorably to the famous 1921 version, which propelled Rudolph Valentino to superstardom. Ford, with many films behind him, was not the unknown that Valentino was when he appeared in the 1921 film.[2][3] Ford, 46 years old, also had the disadvantage of trying to reprise a role that Valentino had played when he was 26. Critics also considered Ford severely miscast as a Latin lover, and one who, in their minds, should have been a lot younger[citation needed].
Minnelli wanted Alain Delon and Romy Schneider for the starring roles, but Schneider declined and the producers were adamant that the male lead be an American star. Ford was paired with an older actress, Ingrid Thulin, making both main roles much older than the book and 1921 film characters, giving more credibility to their relationship than a May–December romance would have. Although Thulin spoke English well, she was dubbed by Angela Lansbury.
Having gained some positive critical reappraisal in recent years, the film is now considered a masterpiece in France, Argentina and Spain.[citation needed]
Soundtrack[edit]
André Previn composed the soundtrack score, which Alan and Marilyn Bergman later adapted and wrote lyrics to. The resulting song, "More In Love With You," was recorded by Barbra Streisand for The Movie Album (2003
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Apocalypse_(film)
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