(July 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 "BRAVE EAGLE, No. 816." Code number is B.E.O.S. #816-577. Copyright 1957 by Roy Rogers--Frontiers, Inc. Based on the 1955-56 CBS TV series "Brave Eagle." Third of five Brave Eagle Four Color issues.
Apology for Warpaint
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; western
- Characters:
- Lt. John C. Fremont
- Synopsis:
- Retelling of an incident in 1843 in which Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors attacked a group of troops, then abruptly called off the attack when they realized that the troops weren't tribal enemies.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Craftint shading. Panels with typeset text underneath.
Search for the Sun
Brave Eagle / comic story / 20 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Dan Spiegle
- Inks:
- Dan Spiegle
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Brave Eagle; Smokey; Keena; Morning Star, White Cloud (horse)
- Synopsis:
- Keena, Brave Eagle's adopted son, overhears him talking to a brave whose son had joined a group of renegades to steal gold in exchange for rifles. Brave Eagle has left the brave's son at the fort to pay for his crimes. Keena thinks Brave Eagle should not have left the youth and decides to return to the Lotas, his original tribe. There Keena finds the white gun traders have set up camp to await the return of the council to determine if the tribe will trade its gold for guns.
The Iron Trail
Brave Eagle / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Dan Spiegle
- Inks:
- Dan Spiegle
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Brave Eagle; Smokey; Keena; White Cloud (horse)
- Synopsis:
- The crew boss of workers laying railroad tracks through Cheyenne territory hatches a scheme to steal the payroll and make it look like it was the work of the Cheyenne.
Indexer Notes
The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
Choosing of the Chief
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; western
- Synopsis:
- Method of choosing a new chief of the Cheyenne Indians.
- Reprints:
- in Roy Rogers (Se-Bladene, 1955 series) #1/1958 ([januar] 1958)
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white; craftint shading. Panels with typeset text underneath.
Pride of the Bow
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; western
- Synopsis:
- Facts about the arrows used by the Cheyenne Indians.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Craftint shading with monochrome color for each panel. Panels with text underneath.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
Apology for Warpaint
-
2.
Search for the Sun
Brave Eagle -
3.
The Iron Trail
Brave Eagle -
4.
Choosing of the Chief
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5.
Pride of the Bow
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Jim Stangas
- Merlin Haas
- Alan Hutchinson
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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