Four Color
#438 - Annie Oakley
(December 1952)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1952
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell Comic
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "ANNIE OAKLEY, No. 438". Code number is A.O.O.S. #438-5212.
Copyright 1952 by Annie Oakley Enterprises, Inc.
First of three Annie Oakley Four Colors.
This is not based on the "Annie Oakley" TV series, which didn't air until 1954, but it is from Annie Oakley Enterprises (who eventually made the TV series) and features the first appearance of Tagg Oakley, Annie's fictional little brother who was a fixture on the TV show.
Copyright 1952 by Annie Oakley Enterprises, Inc.
First of three Annie Oakley Four Colors.
This is not based on the "Annie Oakley" TV series, which didn't air until 1954, but it is from Annie Oakley Enterprises (who eventually made the TV series) and features the first appearance of Tagg Oakley, Annie's fictional little brother who was a fixture on the TV show.
[no title indexed]
Annie Oakley / cover / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Western campfire
text article / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- August Lenox (signed)
- Inks
- August Lenox (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Different ways to build campfires for cooking.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover, black and white. Illustrations with typeset text.
Annie Oakley and the Death Brand
Annie Oakley / comic story / 18 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Annie Oakley; Tagg
- Synopsis
- Annie and Tagg find a steer with a message branded on it with a running iron saying "Dying - BB shot LS". Annie's neighbor is Luke Simmons and when they go to check they find that Bat Braddock is in charge of the Simmons ranch and Simmons is missing. Annie goes to town to get advice from Colonel Dyke, not knowing that Dyke is a partner with Braddock in the scheme.
Indexer Notes
Annie and Tagg's ranch is the "Lazy Z". Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Gunsight Gal
Annie Oakley / comic story / 16 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Annie Oakley (intro); Tagg (intro)
- Synopsis
- Annie is working as a sharpshooter in her uncle's traveling carnival, when she receives a telegram that she has inherited a ranch from a distant relative. It is located near Gunsight, "the toughest town west of the Pecos". She and her brother Tagg leave to settle on the ranch, not knowing that gold has been discovered there. Eli Bolton sends a thug to find out some information on Annie, but he is fooled by a gag photo for a store contest. When the stage to Gunsight is attacked by Indians, Annie drives them off, then takes over for an injured Pony Express rider.
Indexer Notes
Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on back cover in color. Though it is the second story in the comic, it is the introduction of the characters. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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[no title indexed]
Annie Oakley -
1.
The Western campfire
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2.
Annie Oakley and the Death Brand
Annie Oakley -
3.
Gunsight Gal
Annie Oakley
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- Valmiki Annamanthadoo
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Merlin Haas
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Clint Maxwell
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Tony R. Rose
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