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Series: Robin Hood Tales

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Publisher: DC

Title: Robin Hood Tales
Issue: 10
Page Count: 36
Publish Date: July-August 1957
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Contributors: Editor: Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Robert Kanigher (actual)

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Robin Hood Tales #10 CGC 7.5 Mohawk Valley
Owner: the420kid

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Story Title: The Soothsayer of Doom! - cover
Pages:1
Genre:adventure
Characters:Robin Hood


Story Title: Draw Me - advertisement
Features:Art Instruction, Inc.
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: The Sleeper of Sherwood Forest! - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:adventure
Characters:Robin Hood
Synopsis:Robin awakes to find he's grown a long beard and Sherwood Forest is deserted. Will Scarlett explains he's slept a year. Prince John has brought peace and happiness to the land. Dazed, Robin goes to Prince John for his pardon, and is manacled! He's been tricked with a false beard and tattered clothes, and is imprisoned in the dungeon with his men. Robin feigns another long sleep, and even a wild panther can't rouse him. Robin leaps and frees his men, who vault into the moat to safety. The panther was once rescued from a trap by Robin. "Hail the newest member of our band!"


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:AMF Roadmaster
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - cartoon
Features:In the Days of Robin Hood!
Pages:1
Genre:non-fiction; history


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Zenith Company
Pages:0.5
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Pages:0.5


Story Title: The Magic Arrows! - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:adventure
Characters:Robin Hood; Merlin the magician
Synopsis:A wise man leads Robin to an unknown castle in Sherwood. He gives Robin four golden arrows and a bow to shoot North, South, East, and West to save a "noble descended from English kings." King Richard? Riding, Robin saves a farmer from a bull, a peasant hiding from troops, a miller from a waterfall. The last arrow marks a carriage heading for the coast. Brawling with soldiers rescues - Maid Marian, a cousin of King Richard! At the castle, the old man bids farewell - and both vanish! He was Merlin, and "shall return when he is needed again!"


Story Title: Binky Shows "How to Make New Friends!" - public service announcement
Pages:1
Genre:advocacy; teen
Characters:Binky; Allergy; Bob; Pete
Synopsis:Binky suggests Allergy make friends with a new kid, Bob, but Pete does instead and then gets Allergy and the rest of the gang interested.


Story Title: The Studious Knight - text story
Pages:2
Letters:typeset
Genre:adventure; history


Story Title: The Soothsayer of Doom! - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:adventure
Characters:Robin Hood
Synopsis:Little John is Prince John's captive. A soothsayer is in town, and Prince John asks how to capture Robin Hood. Over four days, Robin shall fly, hold the sun in his hands, call down thunder - and die from an accidental shot by Little John! Prince John's men see Robin fly (sprung from a tree), hold the sun (flashing a sword), call down thunder (an avalanche). Prince John frees Little John to kill Robin - but snags the Soothsayer's beard. Robin in disguise! The heroes fight clear and escape. Robin prophesies "an end to the tyranny of Prince John!"


Story Title: [ no title ] - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:1


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Stephens Credit Sales
Pages:1


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Jowett Institute
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: Mickey Mantle Goes to Bat for the "Unlucky Fishermen" - comics-form advertising
Features:Junior Sales Club of America
Pages:1
Genre:sports


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