Mighty Samson #16 Twin Cities pedigree (Gold Key, 1968) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages....

Record Price at Heritage Auctions: $143.40

Sold: Dec 25, 2011

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Publisher: Western, 1968

About Mighty Samson #16

Painted cover. Jack Sparling art.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Mighty Samson

Pencils: George Wilson (painting)

Inks: George Wilson (painting)

Colors: George Wilson (painting)

Letters: typeset

Notes: Richard Richmond states this is not a Gollub painted cover; Robert Barrett concurs via the GCD Error Tracker (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10160), 2015-05-02.

STORY DETAILS

(8 Stories)

Title: The Smoky Realm [Part 1]

Characters: Mighty Samson; Sharmaine; Mindor; Mikki; Zalg

Synopsis: Chief Mikki of the Undermen calls on Samson for help repelling an invasion through the subway tunnels. That done, Mindor, concludes that the invaders came from the underground network of Radio City. Samson and his friends are discovered as they spy on Zalg, leader of the Gnarly Men, planning an attack on N'Yark. Trying to escape, they run into the pit of a fire-breathing dragon.

Pages: 9.000

Script: Otto Binder

Pencils: Jack Sparling

Inks: Jack Sparling

Notes: Part one of a two-part story. Includes diagrams and views of Radio City.

Title: The Ninety Minute Menace

Characters: Tom Morrow; Cindia

Synopsis: Disasters strike Astro City every 90 minutes, and Tom figures out that the problem is one of the war satellites that wrecked civilization -- defective, but with its radioactive beams still deadly. With great struggle, Tom uses his mental powers to push the satellite out of orbit and into space.

Pages: 4.000

Script: Otto Binder

Pencils: Jack Sparling

Inks: Jack Sparling

Title: Readers Page

Pages: 2.000

Pencils: (fan art)

Inks: (fan art)

Letters: Typeset

Notes: Fan art by Tenna Lohr, Ray Walton, Roy Newsome, Robbie Christensen, and Everett Toppins (animals), and by Hans Kuenzl, Glendon Gray, R. E. McLaughlin, Neill Jeffrey, and Chris Leighton (airplanes).

Title: Jokes on You

Characters: Gold Key Kid (advertising character or promotional character)

Pages: 1.000

Script: (fan submissions)

Letters: Typeset

Notes: Gags and riddles submitted by fans Steve Jones, Jean Dennison, Susan Burrows, Danny Green, Eloise Sebby, Scott Laudemann, Linda Serocki, Mike Anderson, Charyce Adams, Michael Le Fauci, Ruth Mengwasser, Md. Nooruddoja, Nancy Schaeffer, Charolette Elder, Janice Krueger, Hunter Holt, Michele Horton, Warwick Chang, Bradley Doley, and Carol Wilson.

Title: [The Smoky Realm, Part 2] The Call to Arms

Characters: Mighty Samson; Sharmaine; Mindor; Zalg

Synopsis: Using the atomic-powered monitors of Radio City, Mindor discovers that the Gnarly Men are being forced to invade the surface because their magic breeze (atomic-powered air conditioning) has ceased to work. Gathering ancient manuals he gains a truce, racing against time and suspicious Gnarly Men even as Samson fends off dragons. Mindor succeeds and Samson seals off the monsters. Chef Zalg and the Grand Chief of N'Yark conclude a treaty, and Samson heads home to catch up on his sleep.

Pages: 12.000

Script: Otto Binder

Pencils: Jack Sparling

Inks: Jack Sparling

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	13	4	0	0	24
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	13	5	0	0	25

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