Four Color
#520 - Wild Bill Elliott
(December 1953)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell Comic
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "WILD BILL ELLIOTT, No. 520." Code number is B.E.O.S. #520-5312. Copyright 1953 by Stephen Slesinger. Continues as Wild Bill Elliott (Dell, 1954 series) #13 (April-June 1954).
Famous Marksmen
Wild Bill Elliott's Western Scrapbook / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Characters
- Annie Oakley; Wyatt Earp; Buffalo Bill Cody
- Synopsis
- Short anecdotes about Buffalo Bill Cody, Wyatt Earp, and Annie Oakley's expert marksmanship.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Text article with three illustrations.
Wild Bill Elliott and Death on Black Mesa
Wild Bill Elliott / comic story / 16 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Wild Bill Elliott; Hazy Dimmitt; Stormy (horse)
- Synopsis
- Bill finds a Hopi Indian, apparently dead from a rattlesnake bite. Upon investigation, he discovers a plot by white men to attack a wagon train disguised as Hopis.
Indexer Notes
Originally credited to Hy Mankin ? by Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Art is the same as in Four Color #278, which is signed "Cary." Art identification by Steinar Ådland December 2010
Wild Bill Elliott and the Lone Wolf Killer
Wild Bill Elliott / comic story / 16 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Wild Bill Elliott; Stormy (horse)
- Synopsis
- Three days before Christmas, Bill is summoned by Sheriff Conner of Stirrup Gulch to help him capture a lone wolf killer there. On the way Bill comes across the outlaw as he holds up an old prospector and steals his gold dust. The killer gets away, but not before the prospector sees a rising-sun tattoo on his arm.
Indexer Notes
Originally credited to Hy Mankin ? by Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Art is the same as in Four Color #278, which is signed "Cary." Art identification by Steinar Ådland December 2010
[no title indexed]
Wild Bill Elliott / illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Horses, like people, appreciate reassurance and praise.
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Characters
- Wild Bill Elliott (photos); Stormy (horse, photo)
- Synopsis
- Photos of Bill patting his horse, lifting a hay bale, and cleaning his six-gun.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Three photos with typeset text.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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[no title indexed]
Wild Bill Elliott -
1.
Famous Marksmen
Wild Bill Elliott's Western Scrapbook -
2.
Wild Bill Elliott and Death on Black Mesa
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3.
Wild Bill Elliott and the Lone Wolf Killer
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4.
["Horses, like people, appreciate reassurance and praise."]
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5.
[Wild Bill with Saddle on Fence]
Wild Bill Elliott
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Michael Hoskin
- Tony R. Rose
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