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Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days #784

SeriesFour Color (1942 series)
Number#784
PublisherDell Publishing Co., Inc.
Date1957-02
TypeComic Book, Softcover
LanguageEnglish
Adapted ByGaylord DuBois
AuthorJules Verne
InkerMike Peppe
PencilerMike Sekowsky
GenreAction/Adventure
Published inNew York, NY
Pages36
NotesIndicia title is "AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS, No. 784." (Indicia title does not match cover or interior story titles, which use "80".) Code number is A.T.W.O.S. #784-572. Copyright 1956 by The Michael Todd Corporation. Adapted from the 1956 movie of the same name. "Movie Classic" on cover. Phileas Fogg bets the members of London's exclusive Reform Club £20,000 that he can travel around the world in 80 Days. He and his valet have a number of adventures, including rescuing a young widow from a funeral pyre in India. She joins the pair for the remainder of their journey. Adapted from the 1956 movie "Around the World in 80 Days," which was based on the Jules Verne novel of the same name. Script submitted on August 25, 1956. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).