(September 1959)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- Dell 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 "THE HORSE SOLDIERS, No. 1048". Code number is H.S.O.S. #1048-599. Copyright 1959 by The Mirisch Company, Inc. Adapted from the 1959 movie "The Horse Soldiers."
The Horse Soldiers
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- ? (painting)
- Inks:
- ? (painting)
- Colors:
- ? (painting)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- period; war
- Characters:
- Col. John Marlowe (as played by John Wayne, painting); Maj. Hank Kendall (as played by William Holden, painting); Hannah Hunter (as played by Constance Towers, painting)
Indexer Notes
Cover appears to be a poster for the movie.
The Horse Soldiers
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photos)
- Inks:
- ? (photos)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- war
- Characters:
- Col. John Marlowe (as played by John Wayne, photo) (cameo); Gen. U.S. Grant (as played by Stan Jones, photo) (cameo)
- Synopsis:
- Preview of the story.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Five photos from the movie with a partial cast and credits list.
The Horse Soldiers
comic story / 32 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Mike Sekowsky
- Inks:
- Mike Peppe
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- war
- Characters:
- Col. John Marlowe; Hannah Hunter; Col. Phil Secord; Maj. Richard Gray; Surgeon Curtis
- Synopsis:
- Col. Marlowe and his Union calvary strike deep into Confederate territory and after a pitched battle at Newton Station, continue to fight their way to the Union forces at Baton Rogue.
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the 1959 movie "The Horse Soldiers." Based on a true story from the Civil War. In the movie the surgeon is named Kendall, not Curtis.
The Confederate Foxhole
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photos)
- Inks:
- ? (photos)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; war
- Synopsis:
- Short article on the Confederate use of gabions, a forerunner of the modern foxhole.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Three photos from the movie plus typeset text.
The Spirit of the South
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photos)
- Inks:
- ? (photos)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Synopsis:
- Facts about filming one scene from the movie.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Four black and white photos from the movie and typeset text.
Editing
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Jim Van Dore
- 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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