Tuesday, August 24, 2021

PEPLUM Comic Books

The use of comic books to promote a PEPLUM movie was popular back in the 1950s and 1960s. HERCULES (1958) was a great example of its use. Some of these are sorta questionable but for the most part they look great.

If you want to read more comic books, I have three permanent pages dedicated to them, including the two HERCULES prints.

PEPLUM Comix page 1

PEPLUM Comix page 2

PEPLUM Comix page 3



BEN-HUR (1959)



THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (1964)



JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (1963)



SOLOMON AND SHEBA (1959)



THE 300 SPARTANS (1962) retitled as LION OF SPARTA


2 comments:

  1. IvánAugust 25, 2021 at 9:21 AM

    Excellent and almost forgotten art that of classic comic books. Thank you.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 25, 2021 at 9:54 AM

    I love these Dell comics. There are also comics for THe Story of Ruth, Alexander the Great, and The Conqueror.

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