COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Four Color 1155
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Grade:
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9.0
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
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Certification #:
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0212103008
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Owner:
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4GEMWORKS
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
North to Alaska-Movie Classic 12/60 Adapted from the 1960 movie "North to Alaska."
"Movie Classic" on cover.
Photo Cover: am McCord (photo of John Wayne); Michelle Bonet [Angel Bonet] (photo of Capucine)
Script: Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils & Inks: Mo Gollub
Table of Contents
1. 0. North To Alaska
2. 1. North to Alaska
3. 2. North To Alaska
4. 3. Gold Rush Town
5. 4. North to Alaska
6. 5. Take These 4 Genuine Prehistoric Fossils...
Audobon Nature Program
This issue has an Audobon AD on back cover. There are some copies of this issue that have photos on the back cover.
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
http://www.comics.org/issue/15969/
Wikipedia has a few additional tidbits related to the movie the comic was based on:
North to Alaska is a 1960 comedic Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and John Wayne (uncredited). The picture stars Wayne along with Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacs, Fabian, and Capucine. The script is based on the play Birthday Gift by Ladislas Fodor and set during the Nome gold rush.[4] The movie featured Johnny Horton's song "North to Alaska", sung during the opening titles….
… Plot[edit]
After finding gold in Nome, Alaska, George Pratt (Stewart Granger) sends partner Sam McCord (John Wayne) to Seattle to bring back his fiancée, a French girl whom Sam has never met.
Finding that George's girl has already married another man, Sam brings back prostitute "Angel" (Capucine) as a substitute. There is a misunderstanding: she thinks Sam wants her for himself and becomes enamored with him on the boat trip to Alaska, during which he treats her like a respectable lady.
An angry George rejects the girl outright, though his younger brother Billy (Fabian) is definitely interested. Meanwhile, conman and saloon owner Frankie Cannon (Ernie Kovacs) tries to steal their gold claim.
In time, George takes a liking to Angel and is willing to marry her. But once he realizes that she has fallen for his partner, he does everything in his power to coax Sam into admitting that he, too, is in love.
Meanwhile, the men discovered Cannon's scam after he cons an illiterate drunk named Boggs, so they try to reclaim their right in the court. The story concludes with an all-out brawl in the town's muddy streets. Angel decides to leave but is convinced to stay once Sam yells out publicly: "Because I love you!"
Production:L North to Alaska was the first in a three-movie contract for Wayne with 20th Century Fox. Alaska having become the 49th State in 1959, the location was being publicized. The film's trailer notes that there are 50 states, with Hawaii (1959) being the 50th.
The film's working title was Trail of the Yukon,[5] the first choice of director by Wayne and Fox was Richard Fleischer. However, Fleischer attempted to end his involvement, disliking the script and fearing he would be blamed for a Wayne box office failure.[6] Spyros Skouras wanted the budget of the film reduced; that Hathaway did by reducing location shots.[7]
Most of the movie was filmed in Point Mugu, California,.[8] The Wayne and Granger "honeymoon" cabin scenes were filmed along steaming Hot Creek near volcanic Mammoth Mountain. Mt. Morrison appears in the background of many views.
Fabian enjoyed working with John Wayne. "What you saw is what you got," recalled the singer. "He was incredible. He was very nice to me.”[
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_to_Alaska
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