Four Color #1080 - Fury
(February-April 1960)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1959-12-31
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell TV Adventure
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "FURY, No. 1080." Code number is FURY O.S. #1080-602. Copyright 1959 by Independent Television Corporation. Fifth of nine Fury Four Colors. Based on the 1955-59 "Fury" syndicated TV series. On-sale date from 1960 Books and Pamphlets, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fury / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A mock train robbery nearly proves fatal to Fury and the boys!
Genre
animal; western-frontier
Characters
Fury (photo of Highland Dale, horse); Joey Newton (photo of Bobby Diamond)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Identification of horse from The Internet Movie Database.

The Train Robbery / The Bounty Hunter (Table of Contents: 1)

Fury / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom Gill; ? (photo)
Inks
Tom Gill; ? (photo)
Letters
typeset

Genre
animal; western-frontier
Characters
Fury (photo of Highland Dale, horse); Joey Newton (photo of Bobby Diamond); Packy
Synopsis
Previews of the two stories in the issue.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Photo of Fury and four drawn panels. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

The Train Robbery (Table of Contents: 2)

Fury / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Tom Gill
Inks
Tom Gill
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
animal; western-frontier
Characters
Fury (horse); Joey Newton; Jim Newton; Packy
Synopsis
Two bandits take advantage of a re-enactment of an old-time train robbery to rob a modern train nearby. They escape on the old steam train then transfer to a jeep. Joey and Packy are following on their horses but get captured when the crooks' jeep gets stuck. Fury gets away and brings Jim and others to the rescue.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Script per Newman's biblio.

The Bounty Hunter (Table of Contents: 3)

Fury / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Tom Gill
Inks
Tom Gill
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
animal; western-frontier
Characters
Fury (horse); Joey Newton; Packy
Synopsis
Joey and Packy find a bounty hunter using a cave on the Broken Wheel ranch as a base for his wolf hunts. Aside from trespassing, the hunter is cruelly using a fawn as bait for the wolves. With Jim and Pete gone overnight, Joe and Packy return to try to rescue the fawn. They fail, but find evidence that the hunter is poaching beaver and otters. The boys then lead the hunter on a chase through a cave and later, with Fury's help, hold off a pack of attacking wolves.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Script per Newman's biblio.

Train Robberies (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom Gill
Inks
Tom Gill
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Synopsis
Facts about train robberies in the old West.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

Bounties (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom Gill
Inks
Tom Gill
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; nature

Indexer Notes

Back cover. This sequence replaced by an ad in some copies. See Sequence 6. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

Five Seconds to Play! (Table of Contents: 6)

Frisky Fudgie; Kraft Fudgies / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
sports
Characters
Frisky Fudgie
Synopsis
Frisky Fudgie helps Billy sink the winning shot in the big basketball game.

Indexer Notes

Back cover; color. Ad in comic form for Kraft Fudgies candy. Part of "Frisky Fudgie" series. This ad replaces Sequence 5 on some copies.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["A mock train robbery nearly proves fatal to Fury and the boys!"]
    Fury
  2. 1. The Train Robbery / The Bounty Hunter
    Fury
  3. 2. The Train Robbery
    Fury
  4. 3. The Bounty Hunter
    Fury
  5. 4. Train Robberies
  6. 5. Bounties
  7. 6. Five Seconds to Play!
    Frisky Fudgie; Kraft Fudgies
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Jim Stangas