4GEMWORKS COMPLETE FOUR COLOR EMPORIUM
Four Color 1139

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Four Color #1139 Universal
Grade: 9.6
Page Quality: OFF-WHITE
Certification #: 0967880007
Owner: 4GEMWORKS

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: 4GEMWORKS COMPLETE FOUR COLOR EMPORIUM
Date Added: 8/30/2012
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

Spartacus 11/60 Based on the 1960 movie "Spartacus."


Photo Cover: Spartacus (as played by Kirk Douglas, photo)
Script: Dalton Trumbo (screenplay); Gaylord Du Bois (comic adaptation)
Pencils: John Buscema
Inks: John Buscema (pages 1-10); Mike Peppe (pages 11-32)


This issue is in high demand as shown by the 20 copies certified by CGC to date as well as the higher than average $225 NM- price in Overstreet. This copy is tied with two others as the second best of the lot. Three copies are tied for tp spot with a grade of 9.6.

Table of Contents
1. 0. Spartacus
2. 1. Spartacus
3. 2. Spartacus
4. 3. Military Leaders of the Later Roman Republic
5. 4. Spartacus Also the back cover of this copy.
There does not appear to be a variant for this issue with an AD back.

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http://www.comics.org/issue/15960/

Spartacus won four Oscars and was Universals biggest blockbuster in the studios history. Wikipedia offers additional data below:

Spartacus is a 1960 American epic historical drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick and based on the novel of the same name by Howard Fast. The life story of the historical figure Spartacus and the events of the Third Servile War were adapted by Dalton Trumbo as a screenplay.
The film stars Kirk Douglas as rebellious slave Spartacus and Laurence Olivier as his foe, the Roman general and politician Marcus Licinius Crassus. Co-starring are Peter Ustinov (who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as slave trader Lentulus Batiatus), John Gavin (as Julius Caesar), Jean Simmons, and Charles Laughton. The film won four Oscars in all.
Anthony Mann, the film's original director, was replaced by Douglas with Kubrick after the first week of shooting. [1] It is the only film in which Kubrick did not have complete artistic control.
Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo was blacklisted at the time as one of the Hollywood Ten. Kirk Douglas publicly announced that Trumbo was the screenwriter of Spartacus, and President John F. Kennedy crossed picket lines to see the movie, helping to end blacklisting.[2][3]
The film became the biggest moneymaker in Universal Studios' history, an honor it held for a decade until it was surpassed by Airport
Critical reception
The movie received mixed reviews when first released, but over time its reputation has gained in stature. Critics such as Roger Ebert have argued that the film has flaws, though his review is generally positive otherwise.[16] When released, the movie was attacked by both the American Legion and the Hollywood columnist Hedda Hopper because of its connection with Trumbo. Hopper stated, "The story was sold to Universal from a book written by a commie and the screen script was written by a commie, so don't go to see it."[1]
Bosley Crowther called it a "spotty, uneven drama."[17] It has a 96% (fresh) rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[18]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus_(film)
 
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