(August 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 "SERGEANT PRESTON from CHALLENGE OF THE YUKON, No. 344." Code number is S.P.O.S. #344-518. Copyright 1951 by Challenge of the Yukon, Inc. Based on the "Challenge of the Yukon" radio series. First of four Sergeant Preston Four Colors.
Build a Dog Sled
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Synopsis:
- Directions for building a dog sled.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Illustrations with typeset text.
Death Waits on the River
Sergeant Preston / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Alberto Giolitti
- Inks:
- Alberto Giolitti
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
- Characters:
- Sergeant Preston; Constable Alex Wade; Yukon King (dog)
- Synopsis:
- Sergeant Preston and Inspector Wade are taking an old sternwheel riverboat from Forty Mile to Dawson. While en route, Elton Gaines, a newcomer who was sent to compete with an established business to provide supplies to trading posts, is shot by a sniper on a cliff overlooking the river. Preston and Wade investigate to find who shot Gaines and why.
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 9, 2008).
The Telltale Knife
Sergeant Preston / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Alberto Giolitti
- Inks:
- Alberto Giolitti
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
- Characters:
- Sergeant Preston; Constable Alex Wade; Yukon King (dog)
- Synopsis:
- Ellis Hyatt frames his brother Dave for the murder of Milo Perth in order to take over his brother's gold claim and also take his brother's girlfriend.
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 9, 2008).
Fugitives from Bald Rock
Sergeant Preston / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Alberto Giolitti
- Inks:
- Alberto Giolitti
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
- Characters:
- Sergeant Preston; Yukon King (dog)
- Synopsis:
- Martin and Larson are getting residents of Bald Rock to invest in their plan to build a refinery to extract gold from an almost played-out mountain. The pair plan to take the money and run, but Sergeant Preston shows up to disrupt their scheme.
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 9, 2008).
Carve Your Own Paddle
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Synopsis:
- Directions for carving and decorating a canoe paddle.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white.
[Alaskan Moose]
illustration / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- American Museum of Natural History, N.Y (photo)
- Inks:
- American Museum of Natural History, N.Y (photo)
- Colors:
- American Museum of Natural History, N.Y (photo)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Synopsis:
- Photo of display of Alaskan moose from the American Museum of Natural History, N.Y.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Large color photo with brief typeset text underneath.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
Build a Dog Sled
-
2.
Death Waits on the River
Sergeant Preston -
3.
The Telltale Knife
Sergeant Preston -
4.
Fugitives from Bald Rock
Sergeant Preston -
5.
Carve Your Own Paddle
-
6.
[Alaskan Moose]
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Ramon Schenk
- 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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