(August 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 "BUFFALO BILL, JR., No. 828." Code number is B.BILL,JR. O.S. #828-578. Copyright 1957 by Flying A Productions. Based on the 1955 "Buffalo Bill Jr." syndicated TV series. Fifth of six Buffalo Bill Jr. Four Color issues.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Texas Ekstranummer (Se-Bladene, 1959 series) #9a/1964 ([september] 1964)
Redskin Gap!
Buffalo Bill Jr. / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- ? (photo)
- Inks:
- ? (photo)
- Colors:
- ? (photo)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Buffalo Bill Jr. [as played by Dickie Jones](photo)
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Texas Ekstranummer (Se-Bladene, 1959 series) #22a/1962 ([august] 1962)
["The Judge is real good..."]
Buffalo Bill Jr. / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photos)
- Inks:
- ? (photos)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Buffalo Bill Jr. [as played by Dickie Jones](photo); Judge Wiley [as played by Harry Cheshire](photo)
- Synopsis:
- Intro to series.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Texas Ekstranummer (Se-Bladene, 1959 series) #22a/1962 ([august] 1962)
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Three photos from the TV series with brief typeset text.
The Rain Wagon
Buffalo Bill Jr. / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bob Correa
- Inks:
- Bob Correa
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Buffalo Bill Jr.; Judge Wiley; Calamity Jane
- Synopsis:
- In the midst of a drought, conmen use a "rainmaking machine" to provide cover when they rob the express office.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Texas Ekstranummer (Se-Bladene, 1959 series) #22a/1962 ([august] 1962)
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Redskin Gap
Buffalo Bill Jr. / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bob Correa
- Inks:
- Bob Correa
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Buffalo Bill Jr.; Calamity Jane; Judge Wiley
- Synopsis:
- A bandit hijacks a stage, not knowing that a marshal is sleeping inside. The marshal handcuffs himself to the bandit, but the bandit slugs him. He takes his star and pretends to be the marshal and has the unconscious man locked up by Buffalo Bill Jr. When the ruse is found out, Bill and Calamity follow the bandit and his gang to a border crossing called "Redskin Gap".
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Texas Ekstranummer (Se-Bladene, 1959 series) #22a/1962 ([august] 1962)
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Signals Across the Plains
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; western
- Synopsis:
- Forms of communication used before the telegraph came to the Old West.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Texas Ekstranummer (Se-Bladene, 1959 series) #22a/1962 ([august] 1962)
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white.
Juicy Fruit Gum Safety Quiz
Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Gum / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- One large "find the mistakes" illustration featuring a beach scene.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Illustrated ad for Wrigley's Juicy Fruit chewing gum. Part of a "Summer Safety" series.
Weather in the West
comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; western
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Texas Ekstranummer (Se-Bladene, 1959 series) #22a/1962 ([august] 1962)
Indexer Notes
Variant back cover. Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents".
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
["The Judge is real good..."]
Buffalo Bill Jr. -
2.
The Rain Wagon
Buffalo Bill Jr. -
3.
Redskin Gap
Buffalo Bill Jr. -
4.
Signals Across the Plains
-
5.
Juicy Fruit Gum Safety Quiz
Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Gum -
6.
Weather in the West
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