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1August 1953
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Bible Tales for Young Folk #1

Marvel · August 1953 · on sale 1953

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Series
Bible Tales for Young Folk (Marvel, 1953 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
August 1953
Key date
1953-08-00
On-sale date
1953
Indicia publisher
Official Magazine Corp.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Carl Burgos; inks: Carl Burgos; colors: Stan Goldberg
1The Sermon on the Mountcomic story1pencils: Don Rico; inks: Don Rico; letters: Artie Simek
2In the Beginning...comic story5pencils: Jerry Robinson; inks: Jerry Robinson; letters: Artie Simek
3Noah's Arkcomic story5pencils: Sam Kweskin; inks: Sam Kweskin; letters: Artie Simek
4The Proverbscomic story1pencils: Don Rico; inks: Don Rico; letters: Artie Simek
5David the Shepherdcomic story5pencils: Carl Burgos; inks: Carl Burgos
6The Nativity/The Birth of Jesuscomic story5pencils: Joe Sinnott; inks: Joe Sinnott; letters: Artie Simek
7The Miraclescomic story5pencils: Sam Kweskin; inks: Sam Kweskin; letters: Artie Simek
8The Transfigurationcomic story5pencils: Fred Kida; inks: Fred Kida; letters: Artie Simek
9The Ten Commandmentscomic story1pencils: Don Rico; inks: Don Rico
10The 23rd Psalmillustration1pencils: Don Rico; inks: Don Rico

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