Four Color #705 - Brave Eagle

(June 1956)

Another Outstanding Award for Dell Comics (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Brave Eagle and the Mask of the Manitou (Table of Contents: 2)

Brave Eagle / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Dan Spiegle

Inks

Dan Spiegle

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Brave Eagle; Smokey; Keena; Morning Star; White Cloud (horse)

Synopsis

The Kiowas and Comanches have joined forces for a war with the Blackfoot tribe. While their warriors are away, the Blackfoot seek to move their women and children to Cheyenne land for protection. When the Blackfoot food supplies are destroyed in a landslide, Brave Eagle and Smokey take supplies to the village at night and run into a Comanche ambush.

Indexer Notes

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

The Gold of Haunted Mountain (Table of Contents: 3)

Brave Eagle / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dan Spiegle

Inks

Dan Spiegle

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Brave Eagle; Smokey; Keena; White Cloud (horse)

Synopsis

Old prospector Chris Wilkins once saved the Cheyenne tribe by warning them of a planned ambush by the Cree tribe. In return the Cheyenne promised to grant him a favor. Now, years later, Wilkins asks Brave Eagle to take him to the secret "Hidden Mine of Haunted Mountain," which holds the gold of the Cheyenne.

Reprints

• in Western Comic Album (World Distributors, 1955 series) #3

Indexer Notes

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