(May-July 1961)

Dell, 1960 Series
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Price:
0.15 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
Quarterly
Indicia Publisher:
Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
Brand:
Dell
Editing:
George T. Delacorte, Jr. (publisher); Helen Meyer (president); Paul R. Lilly (executive vice-president); William F. Callahan, Jr. (executive vice-president); Harold Clark (vice-president/art director); Bryce L. Holland (vice-president); Albert P. Delacorte (treasurer)
Format:
Color; Standard format; saddle-stitched; Newsprint; quarterly series

Issue Notes

Copyright © 1961, by ZIV-United Artists, Inc. Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.
Some information for this issue from Karl Wilcox (January 2008).


[Boom Town Boss] (Table of Contents)

Bat Masterson / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
? (photo)
Inks:
? (photo)
Colors:
? (photo)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Characters:
Bat Masterson (photo of Gene Barry)
Reprints:

Dell Comics Contest (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.


Boom Town Boss (Table of Contents)

Bat Masterson / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils:
Jerry Robinson
Inks:
Jerry Robinson
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
Bat Masterson#7-615

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Characters:
Bat Masterson [William Barclay Masterson]

Indexer Notes

Art originally credited to Nat Edson. Art identification by Steinar Ådland (December 2010). Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "Boom Town Boys. 14p. For Bat Masterson, April/June issue. "Corrected". Sent September 26, 1960." ~Dave Porta


Man Enough (Table of Contents)

"Softspoken" Smith / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils:
Jerry Robinson
Inks:
Jerry Robinson
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Characters:
Softspoken Smith [Sam Smith]

Indexer Notes

Copyright, 1961, by Western Printing & Litho Co. Art originally credited to Nat Edson. Art identification by Steinar Ådland (December 2010). Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "Man Enough. 4p. (Softspoken Smith). For Bat Masterson, April/June issue. Sent September 26, September 27, 1960." ~Dave Porta


Dell Trading Post (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

Centerfold. In middle of Softspoken Smith story.


Outlaw's Error (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Copyright, 1961, by Western Printing & Litho Co.


The Gloves of Battler Ben (Table of Contents)

Bat Masterson / comic story / 11.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils:
Jerry Robinson
Inks:
Jerry Robinson
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Characters:
Bat Masterson [William Barclay Masterson]

Indexer Notes

Art originally credited to Nat Edson. Art identification by Steinar Ådland (December 2010). Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "The Gloves of Battler Ben. 13p. For Bat Masterson, April/June issue. "Corrected". Sent September 26, 1960." ~Dave Porta


Bodie, California (Table of Contents)

Roaring Towns of the Old West / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils:
Jerry Robinson
Inks:
Jerry Robinson
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
non-fiction; western-frontier

Indexer Notes

On inside back cover in black and white. Art identification by Steinar Ådland (December 2010). Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "Bodie, California (Roaring Towns of the Old West). Cover #4 for Bat Masterson, April/June issue. Sent October 24, October 21, 1960." ~Dave Porta


[Twinkles ad] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Ad for Twinkles cereal with the storybook package.
Does Back Cover variant exist? — Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "Casa Grande (Landmarks of the Old West). Cover #3 for Bat Masterson, April/June issue. Sent October 24, 1960." (His Cover #4 page is published as Cover #3.)~Dave Porta.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. [Boom Town Boss]
    Bat Masterson
  2. 1. Dell Comics Contest
  3. 2. Boom Town Boss
    Bat Masterson
  4. 3. Man Enough
    "Softspoken" Smith
  5. 4. Dell Trading Post
  6. 5. Outlaw's Error
  7. 6. The Gloves of Battler Ben
    Bat Masterson
  8. 7. Bodie, California
    Roaring Towns of the Old West
  9. 8. [Twinkles ad]
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Merlin Haas
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Dave Porta
  • Steinar Ådland
  • Gregory Fischer
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Lou Mougin
  • Donald Dale Milne