(September 1953)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell Comic
- Editing:
- ?
- Color:
- Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Golden Age U.S.; Standard Silver Age U.S.
- Paper Stock:
- Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
- Binding:
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- Was Ongoing Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "JOHNNY MACK BROWN, No. 493." Code number is J.M.B. #493-539. (No O.S. in code number.) Copyright 1953 by Johnny Mack Brown.
Ben Lilly: Last of the Mountain Men
Best in the West / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
- Inks:
- August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Characters:
- Ben Lilly
- Synopsis:
- Short bio of mountain man Ben Lilly.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Two illustrations with typeset text.
Johnny Mack Brown and the Bow-and-Arrow Killer
Johnny Mack Brown / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Sparky Moore
- Inks:
- Sparky Moore
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western-frontier
- Characters:
- Johnny Mack Brown; Rebel (horse)
- Synopsis:
- Four prospectors near the town of Pitchfork have been killed by bow and arrow. Sheriff Andy Loper calls on Johnny to help him investigate. On the way there, Johnny has an encounter with the bow and arrow killers himself.
The Town for Outlaws Only
Johnny Mack Brown / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Sparky Moore
- Inks:
- Sparky Moore
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western-frontier
- Characters:
- Johnny Mack Brown; Rebel (horse)
- Synopsis:
- Johnny wanders into a ghost town that has been taken over by outlaws. He is captured and sentenced in a kangaroo court to hang.
Four Maps to Death
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
- Inks:
- August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Synopsis:
- True story of gold and silver buried by four bandits near El Tigre, Mexico, in 1879.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Two illustrations with typeset text.
[Portrait]
Johnny Mack Brown / illustration / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- ? (photo)
- Inks:
- ? (photo)
- Colors:
- ? (photo)
Content Information
- Genre:
- western-frontier
- Characters:
- Johnny Mack Brown (photo)
- Synopsis:
- Studio portrait photo of Johnny.
Indexer Notes
Back cover; color.
Editing
Table of Contents
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0.
Johnny Mack Brown
Johnny Mack Brown -
1.
Ben Lilly: Last of the Mountain Men
Best in the West -
2.
Johnny Mack Brown and the Bow-and-Arrow Killer
Johnny Mack Brown -
3.
The Town for Outlaws Only
Johnny Mack Brown -
4.
Four Maps to Death
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5.
[Portrait]
Johnny Mack Brown
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