Four Color #618

(February 1955)

Capt. Harry Wheeler (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Till Goodan (signed)

Inks:

Till Goodan (signed)

Letters:

Till Goodan ?

Content Information

Genre:

western; bio

Characters:

Capt. Harry Wheeler

Synopsis:

A summary of the life of Capt. Harry Wheeler, a soldier in the Spanish-American War and World War I, an Army scout at Fort Sill, and a member of the Arizona Rangers from 1902-1917.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. One large and one small illustration with hand-lettered text.

Gold of the Arivaipas (Table of Contents)

Johnny Mack Brown / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Johnny Mack Brown; Rebel (horse)

Synopsis:

Two bandits trail an old prospector who has a map woven into an Indian blanket that is a guide to buried Indian treasure. The prospector's granddaughter comes for a surprise visit and Johnny takes her on the trail to find the old man.

Dangerous Destination (Table of Contents)

Johnny Mack Brown / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Tony Sgroi

Inks:

Tony Sgroi

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Johnny Mack Brown; Rebel (horse)

Synopsis:

Cattlemen try to stop sheepherder Rufus Blythe from spending his required one day a month on his homestead in Piñon Valley, so his claim there will be forfeited.

Indexer Notes

Originally credited to Jesse Marsh with a "?" on inking, but it is the work of Tony Sgroi. He had most of the Range Rider stories, and many in Spin & Marty. He is best to spot by his very accurate and elegant horses and the rather "angry" faces with marked cheekbones, narrow or angry eyes and often scowling mouth and a little skewed jawline. Also his use of emotion lines round the head can be noticed.

Thanks to an Outlaw (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Matt Wheeler; Teddy Marlin; Laura Marlin; White Bear; Stub Sloan (villain)

Synopsis:

When outlaw Stub Sloan takes over an isolated cabin, a young boy uses a trick he learned from an Indian friend to bring three Indians to the cabin who rescue his family.

Indexer Notes

Text story with one 1/3 page illustration.

Ace Meets His Match (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Tony Sgroi

Inks:

Tony Sgroi

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western

Synopsis:

Outlaw Ace Jenner meets his match when he tries to take a horse from a young girl, who's an ace with a slingshot, and her brother, who swings a mean frying pan.

Indexer Notes

A one-shot story, not part of a series.
Originally credited to Jesse Marsh, but it is the work of Tony Sgroi, and Notes are the same as for the previous story.

Old Bill Williams (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Till Goodan (signed)

Inks:

Till Goodan (signed)

Letters:

Till Goodan ?

Content Information

Genre:

western; bio

Characters:

Old Bill Williams

Synopsis:

Summary of the life of Old Bill Williams, a circuit-riding preacher in Missouri who quit the ministry to live among the Osage Indians. Later he became a beaver trapper in the Rocky Mountains and the high plateau country of northern Arizona.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. One large and one small illustration with hand-lettered text.

[Johnny with small bag and drawn gun] (Table of Contents)

[Johnny Mack Brown] / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Colors:

? (photo)

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Johnny Mack Brown (photo)

Synopsis:

A photo of Johnny standing in front of a store window, holding a small bag in his left hand and a drawn six-gun in his right.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.