Death Valley (1955 series) (Charlton) #8

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Number	8	8
Volume	1	1
No Volume	No	No
Display Volume With Number	No	No
Indicia Publisher		Charlton Comics Group
Indicia Publisher Not Printed	Printed	Printed
Brand		A Charlton Publication
No Brand	No	No
Publication Date	April 1955	April 1955
Key Date	1955-04-10	1955-04-00
Year On Sale	None	None
Month On Sale	None	None
Day On Sale	None	None
On Sale Date Uncertain	No	No
Indicia Frequency		bimonthly
No Indicia Frequency	No	No
Price	$0.10	0.10 USD
Page Count	36 (note: total sum of story page counts is 28)	36 (note: total sum of story page counts is 28)
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Editing	?	?
No Editing
Notes
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Sequence 0

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Sequence Number	0	0
Title
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	cover	cover
Feature	Sgt. Norton	Sgt. Norton
Genre	Western	Western
Job Number
Script
No Script	X	X
Pencils	?	Dick Giordano
No Pencils
Inks	?	Vince Alascia
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters
No Letters	X	X
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	1	1
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters	Sgt. Norton	Sgt. Norton
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Sequence 1

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Sequence Number	1	1
Title	The Mighty El Mondo of San Zorel	The Mighty El Mondo of San Zorel
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Sgt. Norton	Sgt. Norton
Genre	Western	Western
Job Number
Script	?	?
No Script
Pencils	Rocco Mastroserio	Rocco Mastroserio
No Pencils
Inks	Rocco Mastroserio	Rocco Mastroserio
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	7	7
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters	Sgt. Norton	Sgt. Norton
Synopsis
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Notes		There appears to be quite a bit of art touch-ups, possibly by Marc Swayze, who was doing production work at Charlton around this time.
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2. Safety Alarm (Buckshot) comic story, 0.5p

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3. Quiz (no feature) activity, 0.5p

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4. Kit Carson Cures a Bully (no feature) text story, 2p

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Sequence Number	5	5
Title	Sleepy Time Six-Shooters	Sleepy Time Six-Shooters
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Bart Wade of the Poney Express	Bart Wade of the Poney Express
Genre	Western	Western
Job Number
Script	?	?
No Script
Pencils	?	?
No Pencils
Inks	?	?
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	6	6
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters	Bart Slade	Bart Slade
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes		This is a reprint where the feature name was changed, probably because Charlton did not have license for the character. "BART WADE" does not match the rest of the lettering in captions or word balloons. Gene Reed - 12/8/2010.
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Sequence 6

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Sequence Number	6	6
Title	How To Keep Your Knees From Knocking	How To Keep Your Knees From Knocking
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	The Culture Corner	The Culture Corner
Genre	Humor	Humor
Job Number
Script	?	?
No Script
Pencils	Basil Wolverton	Basil Wolverton
No Pencils
Inks	Basil Wolverton	Basil Wolverton
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	0.5	0.5
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters
Synopsis
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Notes
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7. Quiz (no feature) activity, 0.5p

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8. Smoky Topic (Molasses Mouth) comic story, 1p

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Sequence 9

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Sequence Number	9	9
Title	untitled	untitled
Unofficial Title?	Yes	Yes
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Blaze Barton	Blaze Barton
Genre	Western	Western
Job Number
Script	?	?
No Script
Pencils	Keets Petree (signed)	Keets Petree (signed)
No Pencils
Inks	Keets Petree (signed)	Keets Petree (signed)
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	8	8
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters
Synopsis
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Notes	Images of Blaze look like John Wayne.	Images of Blaze look like John Wayne. Differences in lettering whenever "BLAZE" appears in captions or word balloons would indicate that this is a reprint with lettering changes. Gene Reed - 12/8/2010
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10. Bird Call (Wagon Wheels) comic story, 1p

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Comments

Commenter	Comment	Timestamp	Old State	New State
Gene Reed	Editing	2010-12-10 04:32:16	Available	Editing
Gene Reed		2010-12-10 04:42:10	Editing	Pending Review
Mike Nielsen		2010-12-11 12:51:35	Pending Review	Under Review
Mike Nielsen	seq 0 inks: Misspelled "Vince" as "VInce"	2010-12-11 12:52:08	Under Review	Editing
Gene Reed		2010-12-11 22:11:46	Editing	Under Review
Mike Nielsen		2010-12-11 23:19:36	Under Review	Approved

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