(July 1951)
- 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 "Zane Grey's KING of the ROYAL MOUNTED, No. 340." Code number is KING O.S. #340-517. Copyright 1951 by Stephen Slesinger. Copyright 1945 by King Features Syndicate.
[History of the Mounted Police]
King of the Royal Mounted / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jim Gary (signed)
- Inks:
- Jim Gary (signed)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Characters:
- King of the Royal Mounted
- Synopsis:
- Brief history of the Mounties.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Text with two illustrations.
[The Murder of Slick Jon]
Zane Grey's King of the Royal Mounted / comic story / 34 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jim Gary (pages 1-28); Rodlow Willard (pages 29-34)
- Inks:
- Jim Gary (pages 1-28); Rodlow Willard (pages 29-34)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
- Characters:
- King of the Royal Mounted; Footloose; Coroner Webb (villain); Mandy; Billy
- Synopsis:
- Slick Jon the Gambler is murdered in an ambush, witnessed by Footloose, a young boy. When news of the killing hits town, the most likely suspects are Billy and Mandy, whose father was swindled by Slick Jon. Billy is arrested, and when Footloose is taken to town by King, Coroner Webb, who is part of the gang that killed Slick Jon, dismisses his testimony and threatens to send him to an orphanage. King helps Billy escape from jail and sends him to the gang's hideout to try to join up with the killers.
- Reprints:
- from King of the Royal Mounted (King Features Syndicate) 1945 daily newspaper strips.
Indexer Notes
Four tiers of panels per page. Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on the back cover in color.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
[History of the Mounted Police]
King of the Royal Mounted -
2.
[The Murder of Slick Jon]
Zane Grey's King of the Royal Mounted
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