(January-March 1957)

Dell, 1955 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
Quarterly
Indicia Publisher:
Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
Brand:
Dell
Editing:
George T. Delacorte, Jr. (president); Helen Meyer (vice-president); Albert P. Delacorte (vice-president)
Format:
Standard Silver Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; Was On-Going Series

Issue Notes

© 1956, Annie Oakley Enterprises.
Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Annie Oakley and Tagg / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
? (photo)
Inks:
? (photo)
Colors:
? (photo)

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Characters:
Gail Davis [as Annie Oakley] (photo)

Indexer Notes

Color posed-for-comics shot of attractive Gail Davis in her role as TV's Annie Oakley; in her fancy attire, she's surprised while cooking outdoors.


Heavy Artillery (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Tony DiPaola
Inks:
Tony DiPaola
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Synopsis:
Old West yarn in "tall tale" tradition.

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover in black and white.
One page, single illustration.
Copyright, 1956, by Western Printing & Litho. Co.
Art identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010).


Powder Rock Stampede (Table of Contents)

Annie Oakley / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Dan Spiegle
Inks:
Dan Spiegle
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
A.O.#10-671

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Characters:
Annie Oakley; Tagg Oakley; Deputy Lofty Craig; Target (a horse); Dan; Elvira (a horse); Ralph Putnam; Mary Putnam; Dave (villain); Mark Banning (villain)
Synopsis:
Inspired by the Oklahoma Land Rush, this rush brings excitement (and trouble) to Powder Rock.

Indexer Notes

Comments: Spiegle approaches this strip with more humorous style applied to secondary characters than some of his work--especially the villains. Story contains large panel land rush depiction.


Supervising Sheriff. (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Characters:
Sheriff Pete Gardner; John Martin

Indexer Notes

Copyright, 1956, by Western Printing & Litho. Co.
One page fiction, single illustration.


A Change of Heart (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
John Ushler
Inks:
John Ushler
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Characters:
Pete Brenner; Martha Brenner; Judge Grunther; Mr. Stride (villain)
Synopsis:
New settler from east Pete Brenner and his wife are hung out to dry, swindled in the purchase of their farm land.

Indexer Notes

Copyright, 1956, by Western Printing & Litho. Co.


Sudden Thaw (Table of Contents)

Annie Oakley / comic story / 5.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Dan Spiegle
Inks:
Dan Spiegle
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Characters:
Annie Oakley; Tagg Oakley; Deputy Lofty Craig; Target (a horse)
Synopsis:
Annie figures a way to let a recent snowfall assist her in capturing a bank robber in Diablo.

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Annie Oakley and Tagg
  2. 1. Heavy Artillery
  3. 2. Powder Rock Stampede
    Annie Oakley
  4. 3. Supervising Sheriff.
  5. 4. A Change of Heart
  6. 5. Sudden Thaw
    Annie Oakley
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Gregory Fischer
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Lou Mougin
  • Robert W Phillips (R.I.P.)