Four Color #673 - Buffalo Bill Jr.
(January 1956)

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 "BUFFALO BILL JR., No. 673." Code number is B.BILL JR. O.S. #673-561. Copyright 1955 by TIE-UPS Company. Based on the 1955 "Buffalo Bill, Jr." syndicated TV series.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Buffalo Bill Jr. / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Buffalo Bill, Jr. (photo of Dick Jones)
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[Cast of Characters] (Table of Contents: 1)

Buffalo Bill Jr. / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Correa
Inks
Bob Correa
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Buffalo Bill, Jr.; Calamity Jane (Bill's sister); Pepito; Judge Wiley
Synopsis
Previews of the stories in the comics with headshots that look like they were drawn from photographs.
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Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

Fight for Geromino (Table of Contents: 2)

Buffalo Bill Jr. / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Correa
Inks
Bob Correa
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Buffalo Bill Jr.; Judge Ben Wiley; Calamity Jane (Bill's sister)
Synopsis
The Apache chief Geronimo has been captured by the Army and is being taken to Florida on a special train. An Indian agent and his assistant hatch a plan to use Apaches to free Geronimo from the train in order to collect a new reward for his re-capture.
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Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Intro and origin of Buffalo Bill, Jr. on first page of story.

Fugitive from Injustice (Table of Contents: 3)

Buffalo Bill Jr. / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Correa
Inks
Bob Correa
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Buffalo Bill Jr.; Judge Ben Wiley; Calamity Jane (Bill's sister)
Synopsis
Bill and Calamity find a young boy hiding in an abandoned shed with a mare and a colt. Later two men find wanted posters offering a $1,000 reward for the return of the mare and colt to Otis McComb. The pair steal the mare and colt from the boy, but Bill finds out the boy is the horses' rightful owner and tracks them down.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on back cover in color. Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Buffalo Bill Jr.
  2. 1. [Cast of Characters]
    Buffalo Bill Jr.
  3. 2. Fight for Geromino
    Buffalo Bill Jr.
  4. 3. Fugitive from Injustice
    Buffalo Bill Jr.
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen