(January 1949)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- A Dell Comic
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "DOCTOR BOBBS, No. 212." Code number is D.B.O.S. #212-491. Copyright 1945, 1948 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
[no title indexed]
Dr. Bobbs / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Jim McArdell
- Inks:
- Jim McArdell
- Colors:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Dr. Stephen Bobbs
Indexer Notes
Cover is comprised of panels from newspaper strips. None of the illustrations is from the interior story. The cover has the "This a King Features Comic" bullet on it.
[Cactus Jack Returns to Jacktown]
Doctor Bobbs / comic story / 35 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Elliott Caplin
- Pencils:
- Jim McArdell
- Inks:
- Jim McArdell
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- drama; western
- Characters:
- Dr. Stephen Bobbs; Carrie B. Wigglesworth; Adam Worthington Brokes (aka Cactus Jack); Martha Allgood; Cissie Allgood; Judge Flunk; Mayor Cruss
- Synopsis:
- Fabulously wealthy Adam Brokes hires Dr. Bobbs as his personal physician. Brokes takes Dr. Bobbs to Jacktown, a former ghost town that Brokes, under the name "Cactus Jack," had been spending money on for 20 years. Brokes and Bobbs disguise themselves as hobos to see how Brokes' money has been used. They find that Jacktown has been taken over by corrupt politicians who use Brokes' money to enrich themselves and hold an iron grip on the town.
- Reprints:
- from Dr. Bobbs (King Features Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1945
Indexer Notes
Story begins on inside front cover in black and white. Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on back cover in color. Credited to "Elliott and McArdell."
Editing
This issue was most recently modified by:
- 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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