(March 1950)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- 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 "Zane Grey's DRIFT FENCE, No. 270." Code number is Z.G.O.S. #270-503. Copyright 1950 by Zane Grey, Inc.
The Chuck Wagon
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Till Goodan
- Inks:
- Till Goodan
- Letters:
- Till Goodan
Content Information
- Genre:
- western; fact
- Synopsis:
- Facts about the chuck wagons used to feed cowboys on the range.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Text and illustrations.
Drift Fence
comic story / 48 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Zane Grey (original story); ? (comic adaptation)
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Big Jim Traft; Jim Traft (his nephew); Molly Dunn; Slinger Dunn; Hack Jocelyn
- Synopsis:
- At his uncle's request, Jim Traft comes to the Diamond Outfit, where he is to be in charge of building one hundred miles of fence to keep the ranch's cattle from straying. He has to win the respect of his men while fending off those who don't want the free range fenced.
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the 1929 novel, "The Drift Fence," by Zane Grey. A sequel to this story, "Hash Knife Outfit," was adapted as "Range War" in Four Color #555 (May-July 1954).
Horse-Breaking Rigs
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Till Goodan (signed)
- Inks:
- Till Goodan (signed)
- Letters:
- Till Goodan
Content Information
- Genre:
- western; fact
- Synopsis:
- Facts about the "Hackamore" and "Snaffle Bit," harnesses used while breaking horses.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Text and illustrations.
[Drift Fence]
illustration / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Morris Gollub ? (painting)
- Inks:
- Morris Gollub ? (painting)
- Colors:
- Morris Gollub ? (painting)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Molly Dunn
- Synopsis:
- A girl cringes against a saddle on a fence, with the shadow outline of the two cowboys fighting (image from the front cover) in the background.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Promo for the story. Same artist as front cover.
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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