(April 1957)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "THE 77th BENGAL LANCERS, No. 791." Code number is B.LANCERS O.S. #791-574. Copyright 1957 by Screen Gems, Inc. Based on the 1956-57 "Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers" TV series.
[Intro]
The 77th Bengal Lancers / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photos)
- Inks:
- ? (photos)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- period
- Characters:
- Lt. Michael Rhodes (as played by Philip Carey, photo); Lt. William Storm (as played by Warren Stevens, photo)
- Synopsis:
- Preview of the story.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Four photos from the TV series with typeset text.
The Traitor
The 77th Bengal Lancers / comic story / 20 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- period; adventure
- Characters:
- Lt. Michael Rhodes; Lt. William Storm; Yakoob Ali (villain)
- Synopsis:
- The Lancers go to Landibari, in mountainous northwest India, to receive a present of gold for Queen Victoria. When they arrive they find that the town has been sacked and the gold stolen by the bandits of Yakoob Ali.
The Pawn
The 77th Bengal Lancers / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- period; adventure
- Characters:
- Lt. Michael Rhodes; Lt. William Storm; Col. Standish
- Synopsis:
- The Lancers go to Ranigunj, under the pretense of playing a polo match, in order to take the young nephew of an ailing maharajah, who is in line to become ruler but has a deadly enemy in his adult cousin who wants to be the choice for the throne.
Indexer Notes
Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
Hockey on Horseback
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; sports
- Synopsis:
- Brief description of the history and rules of polo.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath.
The Reign of the Bengal Lancers
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; period
- Synopsis:
- Short history of the Bengal Lancers.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Hand-drawn map of India with typeset text underneath.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
[Intro]
The 77th Bengal Lancers -
2.
The Traitor
The 77th Bengal Lancers -
3.
The Pawn
The 77th Bengal Lancers -
4.
Hockey on Horseback
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5.
The Reign of the Bengal Lancers
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Merlin Haas
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Gene Reed
- Roger A. Budnick
- John P. Selegue
- Merlin Haas
- Ken Lemons
- Chris Launder
- Jim Walls
- Terry Vraspir
- Gary Perlman
- Jerry Hillegas
- Craig Delich
- James Ludwig
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Kenneth Blair
- Mike Nielsen
- David Porta
- Matthew Torrance
- Ken Kwilinski
- Gary L. Watson
- Gregg Whitmore
- Max Capp
- Tony R. Rose
- Lou Mazzella
- Rodney Hinkle
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Donald Dale Milne
- Karl Wilcox
- Darrel McCann
- Peter Croome
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