(2005)
Pure Imagination,
1995 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 25.00 USD
- Pages
- 164
- On-sale Date
- 2005-10-25
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Pure Imagination Publishing
- Brand
-
PI
- ISBN
-
1-56685-034-7
- Printer
- Printed in Canada
- Editing
- Greg Theakston ? (editor)
Issue Notes
Reconstruction by Pure Imagination: Greg Theakston and Deonna Mann.
Reprint anthology featuring various Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) one-shots, Crime & Punishment (Gleason, 1948 series) #66 etc.
The table of contents has a number of errors which are detailed in the entries below, but it also lists a story which is not included in the collection: "FBI Agent in the Making" from Four Color (Dell, 1942 Series) #1069. That story is featured in another collection by the publisher, Alex Toth in Hollywood (Pure Imagination, 2009 Series) #1.
Reprint anthology featuring various Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) one-shots, Crime & Punishment (Gleason, 1948 series) #66 etc.
The table of contents has a number of errors which are detailed in the entries below, but it also lists a story which is not included in the collection: "FBI Agent in the Making" from Four Color (Dell, 1942 Series) #1069. That story is featured in another collection by the publisher, Alex Toth in Hollywood (Pure Imagination, 2009 Series) #1.
[Title Page]
credits, title page / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Maverick (Whitman, 1959)
Indexer Notes
The illustration is from a Whitman children's book.
War on the Streets
comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alex Toth (credited) (signed as
Alexander TOTH) - Inks
- Alex Toth (credited) (signed as Alexander TOTH)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Danny Rogers; Bomber Boyd; Nick; Peggy Regan; Pa; Mother; Bushy; Judge
- Reprints
-
from Crime and Punishment (Lev Gleason, 1948 series) #66 (March 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
Mistitled "War in the Streets" in the table of contents.
The Burner
comic story / 5.5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alex Toth (credited) (signed as Alexander TOTH)
- Inks
- Alex Toth (credited) (signed as Alexander TOTH)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Nick Lugo; Ike Doyle; Kitty; Charley
- Reprints
- from Crime and Punishment (Lev Gleason, 1948 series) #66 (March 1954)
-
The Armored Car Murders
comic story / 7.75 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alex Toth (credited) (signed as Alexander TOTH)
- Inks
- Alex Toth (credited) (signed as Alexander TOTH)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Jake; Pete Gruber; Joe Wirtz
- Reprints
- from Crime and Punishment (Lev Gleason, 1948 series) #66 (March 1954)
-
Stephen Fuller Austin "Father of Texas"
Famous Texans / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- biography; western-frontier
- Characters
- Stephen Fuller Austin; Sam Houston
- Reprints
- from Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers (Dell, 1956 series) #15 (March-May 1957)
-
Indexer Notes
Copyright, 1957, by Western Printing & Litho. Co.
The Temptation of Sam McGraw
Roy Rogers and Trigger / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alex Toth (signed as T [shield])
- Inks
- Alex Toth (signed as T [shield])
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Roy Rogers; Trigger (horse); Sam McGraw
- Synopsis
- Roy buys an old saddle, and finds a map scratched on it.
- Reprints
- from Roy Rogers and Trigger (Dell, 1955 series) #119 (November 1957)
-
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Steinar Ådland December 2010. Signed with Alex Toth "shield" in page 1, panel 1.
No Time For Sergeants
comic story / 32 pages
- Script
- John Lee Mahin (screenplay); ? (comic adaptation)
- Pencils
- Alex Toth (signed as T [shield])
- Inks
- Alex Toth (signed as T [shield])
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Will Stockdale; Ben Whitledge; Sgt. Orville King; Irvin Blanchard
- Synopsis
- Country bumpkin Will Stockdale gets drafted into the Air Force and drives everyone around him crazy as he tries to get transferred to the infantry.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #914 - No Time for Sergeants (July 1958)
-
Indexer Notes
The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Adapted from the 1958 movie "No Time for Sergeants."
Maverick
Maverick / illustration / 21 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alex Toth (credited as Alexander Toth)
- Inks
- Alex Toth (credited as Alexander Toth)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Reprints
- from Maverick (Whitman, 1959)
Indexer Notes
21 illustrations from a Whitman children's book.
The Time Machine
comic story / 33 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- George; David Filby; Mrs. Watchett (housekeeper); James Filby; Weena; various Morlochs
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1085 - The Time Machine ([July-September] 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Page 24 of the story (opens with the dialog "Don't you know that the first thing...") is mistakenly repeated in between pages 19 and 20.
Dell's pledge to parents is the last panel at the end of the story.
The Wild 'Un Comes Home
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Tim Hall; Ron Hall; Dake Dabby (bank robber); Slim Creel (bank robber)
- Reprints
- from The Rifleman (Dell, 1960 series) #3 (April-June 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010).
Lights, Camera, Danger
77 Sunset Strip / comic story / 16 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Stuart Bailey; Jeff Spencer; Kookie
- Synopsis
- Stuart and Jeff go undercover as extras in a movie to find out who is trying to sabotage the film's production.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1106 - 77 Sunset Strip (June-August 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Kookie Talk
77 Sunset Strip / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- detective-mystery; teen
- Characters
- Stuart Bailey (photo of Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.); Jeff Spencer (photo of Roger Smith); Kookie (photo of Edd Byrnes)
- Synopsis
- A page of teen slang phrases with translations into standard English.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1066 - 77 Sunset Strip (January-March 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Photo and small illustration and typeset text.
This article isn't featured in the table of contents
Pirate, Beware
Oh! Susanna / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One sunny morning...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Captain Huxley; Susanna Pomeroy
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1105 - Oh! Susanna (June-August 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
The table of contents misidentifies the source of the story as Four Color (Dell, 1942 Series) #1071
Gale Storm
Oh! Susanna / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, Susanna! Captain Huxley wants to see you right away!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Captain Huxley; Susanna Pomeroy
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1105 - Oh! Susanna (June-August 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
This story isn't featured in the table of contents, or it assumes it's part of the preceding story.
A Wet Walk
The Danny Thomas Show / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Danny Williams; Rusty Williams; Linda Williams
- Synopsis
- Linda is confused about George Washington and the George Washington Bridge.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1180 - The Danny Thomas Show (April-June 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
[Title Page]
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3.
Contents
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4.
War on the Streets
-
5.
The Burner
-
6.
The Armored Car Murders
-
7.
Stephen Fuller Austin "Father of Texas"
Famous Texans -
8.
The Temptation of Sam McGraw
Roy Rogers and Trigger -
9.
No Time For Sergeants
-
10.
Maverick
Maverick -
11.
The Time Machine
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12.
The Wild 'Un Comes Home
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13.
Lights, Camera, Danger
77 Sunset Strip -
14.
Kookie Talk
77 Sunset Strip -
15.
Pirate, Beware
Oh! Susanna -
16.
Gale Storm
Oh! Susanna -
17.
A Wet Walk
The Danny Thomas Show -
18.
[no title indexed]
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19.
[Back Cover]
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