(January 1955)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell A Movie Classic
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
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."
"Drum Beat"
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photos)
- Inks:
- ? (photos)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Johnny MacKay (as played by Alan Ladd, photo); Captain Jack (as played by Charles Bronson, photo); President Ulysses S. Grant (as played by Hayden Rorke, photo)
- 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
comic story / 34 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Paul S. Newman
- Pencils:
- Bob Correa
- Inks:
- Bob Correa
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- 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)
Editing
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Merlin Haas
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Gene Reed
- Roger A. Budnick
- John P. Selegue
- Merlin Haas
- Ken Lemons
- Chris Launder
- Jim Walls
- Terry Vraspir
- Gary Perlman
- Jerry Hillegas
- Craig Delich
- James Ludwig
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Kenneth Blair
- Mike Nielsen
- David Porta
- Matthew Torrance
- Ken Kwilinski
- Gary L. Watson
- Gregg Whitmore
- Max Capp
- Tony R. Rose
- Lou Mazzella
- Rodney Hinkle
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Donald Dale Milne
- Karl Wilcox
- Darrel McCann
- Peter Croome
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