(November-December 1955)
DC,
1955 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1955-09-04
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (editor)
Issue Notes
The title on the cover is spelled "Betsey" but the interior story is spelled "Betsy".
Short sequences added by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker. On-sale date from copyright registration.
Short sequences added by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker. On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Rifle Named Betsey
Davy Crockett / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Keep loading those rifles for Davy Crockett!
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Davy Crockett
- Reprints
-
in Davy Crockett and the Frontier Fighters (K. G. Murray, 1955 series) #2 (1955), #2 (1955) [cover] -
in Tomahawk (Centerförlaget, 1951 series) #6/1956 (1956) [cover]
-
[no title indexed]
Motor's Auto Repair Manual / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Rifle Named "Betsy"
Davy Crockett / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Haw! Crockett makes a perfect target in that canoe!
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Davy Crockett; Roger Blakesly; Sam Willoughby
- Synopsis
- A stranger steals Davy's famous rifle, Old Betsy, and pretends to be the legendary frontiersman. After some weeks of tracking the culprit, Davy proves his identity by a shooting match.
- Reprints
- in Davy Crockett and the Frontier Fighters (K. G. Murray, 1955 series) #2 (1955)
-
in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #1 (October 1956) -
in Seriemagasinet (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1951 series) #4/1958 ([mars] 1958) - in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #22 ([July 1958])
- in Mammoth Annual (K. G. Murray, 1959 ? series) #1
-
in Batman Annual (Atlas Publishing, 1959 ? series) #1962 (1961) - in Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 series) #54 ([October] 1969)
- in Ardan (Arédit-Artima, 1972 series) #8 (février 1973) [N&B [B&W]]
- in Tomahawk (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #8/1974 (8 augusti 1974)
- in Tomahawk (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #8/1974 ([august] 1974) [2. translation]
- in Buffalo (Semic, 1982 series) #12/1982 (uke 24 1982) [3rd translation]
-
Buzzy Asks: "Do You Know Your Neighbors?"
Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; advocacy; teen
The Ambush of the Iron Horse
Buffalo Bill / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert (signed as Kubert)
- Inks
- Joe Kubert (signed as Kubert)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is a Pawnee trap to destroy the iron horse...
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody; Big Mike Rafferty; Chief Yellow Feather; Wild Bear
- Synopsis
- Work stops on the construction of the railroad between Kansas and California because there are signs of attacks by Pawnee warriors. Bill rides out to meet up with their chief, his old friend Yellow Feather, who promises no aggression by his tribe. But his son Wild Bear has other ideas.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Buck Skinner / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's hot here!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Buck Skinner
Captured by the Crows
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Raymond Perry (illustrations)
- Inks
- Raymond Perry (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
The 10-Day Siege of Fort Santa Fe
Kit Carson / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Apaches...Breakin' through our defenses!
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Kit Carson; Lt. John Fremont
- Synopsis
- Out appraising the Apache situation, Kit notices a gathering of many tribal factions, and rides to the newly-constructed Fort Santa Fe to warn his friend Lt. Fremont.
- Reprints
- in Davy Crockett and the Frontier Fighters (K. G. Murray, 1955 series) #2 (1955)
- in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #2 (November 1956)
- in Seriemagasinet (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1951 series) #2/1958 ([januar] 1958)
-
[no title indexed]
Chief Hot Foot / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm the boss of the wagon train up on the ridge...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Chief Hot Foot
Buffalo Hunting!
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Reprints
-
from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #158 (July 1951)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Rifle Named Betsey
Davy Crockett -
1.
[no title indexed]
Motor's Auto Repair Manual -
2.
The Rifle Named "Betsy"
Davy Crockett -
3.
[no title indexed]
Superman Playsuit -
4.
Buzzy Asks: "Do You Know Your Neighbors?"
Buzzy -
5.
The Ambush of the Iron Horse
Buffalo Bill -
6.
We Point with Pride to Our "Hall of Trophies!"
-
7.
["It's hot here!"]
Buck Skinner -
8.
[no title indexed]
Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream Oil -
9.
Captured by the Crows
-
10.
The 10-Day Siege of Fort Santa Fe
Kit Carson -
11.
["I'm the boss of the wagon train up on the ridge..."]
Chief Hot Foot -
12.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Manufacturing Company -
13.
Buffalo Hunting!
-
14.
[no title indexed]
Miniature Spy Camera -
15.
[no title indexed]
Zenith Co. -
16.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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