Four Color #222 - Zane Grey's West of the Pecos
(March 1949)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
A Dell Comic
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
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Issue Notes

Indicia title is "Zane Grey's WEST OF THE PECOS, No. 222." Code number is Z.G.O.S. #222-493. Copyright 1937, 1949, by Zane Grey, Inc. Published by arrangement with The Hawley Publications, Inc.; authorized edition.

Zane Grey's West of the Pecos (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Morris Gollub (painting)
Inks
Morris Gollub (painting)
Colors
Morris Gollub (painting)
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
"Pecos" Smith
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Indexer Notes

Art identification by Hames Ware (November 9, 2010).

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Texas (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Synopsis
Introduction to the setting of the story.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Text and illustrations.

West of the Pecos (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script
Zane Grey (original story); ? (comic adaptation)
Pencils
Arthur Jameson
Inks
Arthur Jameson
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
"Pecos" Smith; Terrill Lambeth; Breen Sawtell (villain); Judge Roy Bean (cameo)
Synopsis
"Pecos" Smith comes to Eagle Nest, Texas, to find that an old friend has been killed and his son has been jailed on the orders of Breen Sawtell, the town's boss. Smith gets the boy out of jail and becomes a partner on the ranch. What Smith doesn't know is that his partner is actually a girl, disguised as a boy.

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the 1937 novel "West of the Pecos" by Zane Grey. Art identification by Hames Ware (November 9, 2010).

Guitar Croonin' Blues (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
C. Wiles Hallock (credited)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
Lyrics to the song "Guitar Croonin' Blues."

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Text and illustrations. Song is listed in indicia as copyright 1948 by C. Wiles Hallock.

[Cowboy and Cattle] (Table of Contents: 4)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Morris Gollub (painting)
Inks
Morris Gollub (painting)
Colors
Morris Gollub (painting)
Synopsis
Mounted cowboy on ridge overlooking herd of cows.

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Artist is the same as front cover. "Morris Gollub ?" credit for this sequence was from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Hames Ware also says it's Gollub, so removed the question mark. (November 9, 2010).

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Zane Grey's West of the Pecos
  2. 1. Texas
  3. 2. West of the Pecos
  4. 3. Guitar Croonin' Blues
  5. 4. [Cowboy and Cattle]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Alan Hutchinson
  • Jean-Francois Masse
  • Keith Alan Morgan
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