(September-November 1959)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "THE TEXAN, No. 1027." Code number is TEXAN O.S. #1027-599. Copyright 1959 by Rorvic Productions, Inc., and Desilu Productions, Inc. Based on the 1958-60 CBS TV series "The Texan."
[Preview]
The Texan / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photos)
- Inks:
- ? (photos)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Bill Longley (as played by Rory Calhoun, photo)
- Synopsis:
- Preview of first story.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Two photos with typeset text.
Revenge In Rock River
The Texan / comic story / 19 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
- Pencils:
- Mel Keefer
- Inks:
- Mel Keefer
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Bill Longley
- Synopsis:
- Bill Longley comes to the tent town of Rock River, New Mexico, where he meets old friends from the war. They are prospectors and tell him that the town is under the thumb of John Flood, who charges the miners for protection from his hired guns.
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Stage to Paradise
The Texan / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
- Pencils:
- Mel Keefer
- Inks:
- Mel Keefer
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Bill Longley
- Synopsis:
- After capturing outlaw Clint Dirkson, Bill Longley takes him to the nearby town of Fenton, Oklahoma. There he finds the sheriff is dead and the townspeople don't want to deal with Dirkson's gang, which is following him. Longley and two volunteers take Dirkson on a stage to the nearest marshal, in Paradise 80 miles away.
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Towns with Many Faces
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
- Pencils:
- Mel Keefer
- Inks:
- Mel Keefer
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Characters:
- Bill Longley (cameo)
- Synopsis:
- Facts about the development of towns in the old West, "narrated" by Bill Longley.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath.
[The "Invented" Bandits]
The Texan / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Bill Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
- Pencils:
- Mel Keefer
- Inks:
- Mel Keefer
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Bill Longley
- Synopsis:
- An express office clerk stages a fake robbery to cover up his own theft of cash.
Indexer Notes
Back cover; color.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
[Preview]
The Texan -
2.
Revenge In Rock River
The Texan -
3.
Stage to Paradise
The Texan -
4.
Towns with Many Faces
-
5.
[The "Invented" Bandits]
The Texan
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Merlin Haas
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- 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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