4GEMWORKS COMPLETE FOUR COLOR EMPORIUM
Four Color 1255

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Four Color #1255 Universal
Grade: 8.5
Page Quality: CREAM TO OFF-WHITE
Certification #: 0200136011
Owner: 4GEMWORKS

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: 4GEMWORKS COMPLETE FOUR COLOR EMPORIUM
Date Added: 11/8/2012
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

The Wonders of Aladdin 1961 Adapted from the 1961 movie "The Wonders of Aladdin."

Painted Cover: Aladdin (as played by Donald O'Connor, painting); Djalma (as played by Noelle Adam, painting) Artist unidentified.
Script: Luther Davis; Franco Prosperi (screenplay); Paul S. Newman (comic adaptation)
Pencils & Inks: Luis Dominguez

This is the second best of just four issues graded tonight. The best is just a notch higher at 9.0. I presume this is a relatively scarce issue in high grade with nothing over a 9.0 graded to date. I originally bought this as a VF/NM from Metropolis Comics.



Table of Contents
0. The Wonders of Aladdin

1. The Wonders of Aladdin

2. The Wonders of Aladdin

3. [Magicians]

4. Magic Vessels A single page feature and the back cover of this issue and some copies of this issue

5. Daisy B-B Gun Gift Ideas
Daisy Manufacturing Co. This is the AD back version of this issue and the back cover of some copies of the issue.

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http://www.comics.org/issue/16675/

Not a hugely popular film, Wikipedia offers a small amount of background detail on the source material used for this comic book:

The Wonders of Aladdin (Italian: Le meraviglie di Aladino) is a 1961 Italian film directed by Mario Bava and Henry Levin and presented by Joseph E. Levine for MGM. The film stars Donald O'Connor as the title character. At this time, O'Connor was reaching the decline of his career after many years of fame.

Cast [edit]
• Donald O'Connor as Aladdin
• Nöelle Adam as Djalma
• Vittorio De Sica as Geni
• Aldo Fabrizi as Sultan
• Michele Mercier as Princess Zaiha
• Milton Reid as Omar
• Terrence Hill as Prince Moluk (credited as Mario Girotti)
• Fausto Tozzi as Grand Vizier
• Marco Tulli as Fakir
Critical reception [edit]
Allmovie, while not particular favorable toward the film, called it "a fun movie".[1]
According to MGM records it made a loss of $276,000.[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonders_of_Aladdin
 
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