Four Color #1144

Dell's Movie Classic line brought Hollywood epics to the comics page, and this 1960 adaptation of The Story of Ruth is a vivid example of that ambition. The cover draws directly from the 20th Century-Fox film, presenting a towering pagan idol wreathed in flame and surrounded by robed figures in a grand ceremonial scene, while a bottom inset shows a lone figure facing rows of soldiers, and a second inset features a young woman in ornate costume alongside a man gazing at her — all accompanied by the bold declaration, "She defied the pagan idol that demanded human sacrifice!" Writer Gaylord Du Bois and artist/inker Tom Gill translate this sweeping biblical story into ten-cent comics form, making an ambitious cinematic tale accessible to any reader picking it up in 1960.