(September 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 "Max Brand's SILVERTIP, No. 835: The False Rider." Code number is SILVERTIP O.S. #835-579. Copyright 1957 by Dodd, Mead, & Company, Inc. "Picturized edition based upon "The False Rider" by Max Brand, copyright 1933 by Dorothy Faust." Eighth of nine Silvertip Four Color issues.
[Preview]
Silvertip / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jerry Robinson
- Inks:
- Jerry Robinson
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Silvertip; Duff Gregor; Parade (horse)
- Synopsis:
- Preview of story in comic form.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
The False Rider
Silvertip / comic story / 32 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jerry Robinson
- Inks:
- Jerry Robinson
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Silvertip; Taxi; Parade (horse); Barry Christian (villain); Duff Gregor (villain)
- Synopsis:
- Duff Gregor camps with Silvertip and both men notice how much they look alike. Gregor later meets up with Barry Christian, Silvertip's greatest enemy, and the pair come up with a plan where Gregor will disguise himself as Silvertip and fool the people of Crow's Nest before robbing their bank. Silvertip then rides into town, not knowing what has happened, and gets a hostile reception.
Indexer Notes
Based on the 1933 story "The False Rider" by Max Brand. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). A sort of sequel to this story is in Silvertip Four Color #898, when the ending scenes of this story become the beginning scenes of that one. Duff Gregor returns, but Silvertip's arch-enemy is called Sam Fisk, not Barry Christian.
Trail Driving
Silvertip / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jerry Robinson
- Inks:
- Jerry Robinson
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western; fact
- Characters:
- Silvertip (cameo)
- Synopsis:
- Facts about trail-driving cattle to market.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Sequence is "narrated" by Silvertip with a headshot. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Banking in the Early West
Silvertip / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jerry Robinson
- Inks:
- Jerry Robinson
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western; fact
- Characters:
- Silvertip (cameo)
- Synopsis:
- Various ways miners stored their gold in the early West.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Sequence is "narrated" by Silvertip with a head shot. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Table of Contents
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1.
[Preview]
Silvertip -
2.
The False Rider
Silvertip -
3.
Trail Driving
Silvertip -
4.
Banking in the Early West
Silvertip
- Alan Hutchinson
- Merlin Haas
- 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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