Four Color #610 - Drum Beat
(January 1955)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1954
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell Comic A Movie Classic
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "DRUM BEAT, No. 610." Code number is D.B.O.S. #610-551.
Copyright 1954 by Ladd Enterprises, Inc.
Adapted from the 1954 Warner Bros. movie "Drum Beat."
"Movie Classic" on cover.

Drum Beat (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Johnny MacKay (photo of Alan Ladd); Captain Jack (photo of Charles Bronson)
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Drum Beat (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Johnny MacKay (photo of Alan Ladd); Captain Jack (photo of Charles Bronson); President Ulysses S. Grant (photo of Hayden Rorke)
Synopsis
Preview of the story.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Four photos from the movie, along with a partial cast list.

Drum Beat (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 34 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Bob Correa
Inks
Bob Correa
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Johnny MacKay; Captain Jack; President Ulysses S. Grant
Synopsis
President Ulysses S. Grant orders Indian fighter Johnny MacKay to negotiate with the Modocs to leave Lost River Valley and return to their reservation at Fort Klamath. The catch is that MacKay has to deal with renegade Modoc leader Captain Jack by peaceful means, despite Jack's fondness for violence.

Indexer Notes

Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on back cover in color. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Drum Beat
  2. 1. Drum Beat
  3. 2. Drum Beat
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