Four Color #645 - Johnny Mack Brown
(September 1955)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1955
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "JOHNNY MACK BROWN, No. 645." Code number is J.M.B. O.S. #645-559. Copyright 1955 by Johnny Mack Brown.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Johnny Mack Brown / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Johnny Mack Brown (photo)

A Pledge to Parents (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Outlaw Town (Table of Contents: 2)

Johnny Mack Brown / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sparky Moore
Inks
Sparky Moore
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Johnny Mack Brown; Rebel (horse)
Synopsis
Johnny is mistaken for Jack Tabb, a gunman and bank robber, and is taken to the town of Starbuck, where a gangleader is determined to turn it into an wide-open "outlaw town."

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

The Phantom Surprise (Table of Contents: 3)

Johnny Mack Brown / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jesse Marsh
Inks
Jesse Marsh
Colors
?
Letters
Jesse Marsh

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Johnny Mack Brown; Rebel (horse)
Synopsis
After being shot at in an ambush, Johnny pretends to be dead when a stagecoach stops and takes him to the next town. At his "funeral," Johnny, in disguise, recognizes one of the mourners as Switch Connors, an ex-con. Using the name Tom Malone, he has gotten a job at the bank in order to steal a shipment of $500,000 when it arrives at the bank from the mint.

Indexer Notes

Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on back cover in color. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Inscription on a grave marker on page six of the story reads "RIP Jesse M He drawed too slow".

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Johnny Mack Brown
  2. 1. A Pledge to Parents
  3. 2. Outlaw Town
    Johnny Mack Brown
  4. 3. The Phantom Surprise
    Johnny Mack Brown
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Keith Alan Morgan