Beowulf #1

DC Comics

United States

Published
April-May 1975
Page count
36
Cover price
0.25 USD
Colour
Colour
Size
Modern Age size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
The Line of DC Super-Stars
 
The Line of DC Super-Stars
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/28415

Credits

Editing
Denny O'Neil, Editor [credited]
 
Allan Asherman, Assistant Editor [credited]

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Untitled (Beowulf) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Beowulf
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Code
Z-268
Characters
Beowulf; Nan-Zee

Credits

Art
Ricardo Villamonte, line art [signed]
Colours
Tatjana Wood, colourist
Text
, letterer

Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Show/hide 1. Batman and the Mummy (Batman; Hostess Twinkies) Comics-form advertising, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Batman; Hostess Twinkies
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Mummy

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer
Editing
, editor

Notes

Hostess Twinkies ad.

Show/hide 2. The Curse of Castle Hrothgar (Beowulf) Comic story, 18 pages

"A distant past shrouded in the mist of time; when men lived savagely in the shadow of the all-mighty Wyrd, the god of fate, and in the terror of Satan, Dragon-Lord of the Underworld."

Featuring

Feature
Beowulf
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Code
Z-254
Characters
Beowulf; Nan-Zee; Wiglaf; Hondscio; Unferth; Grendel; The Shaper

Credits

Writing
Michael Uslan, scripter [credited]
Art
Ricardo Villamonte, line art (artistry)
Colours
Elizabeth Safian, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Savage Tales (Murray, 1979? series) #17 ([December 1979?])
The Curse of Castle Hrothgar
Printed in
Serietidningen (Williams Förlags AB, 1975 series) #2/1975 ([1 oktober] 1975)
 
Savage Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #17 ([December 1979] ?)
 
Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #54 (3ème trimestre 1976)

Notes

Intro Beowulf, his consort Nan-zee, his nemesis Grendel, and the whole gang.

Show/hide 3. Beowulf: An Epic Comes Home Text article, 1 page

Featuring

Code
Z-265

Credits

Writing
Allan Asherman, author [credited]
 
Michael Uslan, author [credited as Mike]
Text
, typeset

Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #114.

Status

AusReprints ID

  • 13920

Cover added

  • 10/09/2017

Index completed

  • 10/09/2017

Last updated

  • 29/06/2019