Four Color #839

(September 1957)

The Vigilantes (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Ziegler

Inks:

Bill Ziegler

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact; western

Synopsis:

Historical background of the forming of vigilante groups in boom towns and mining camps of the Old West.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Two illustrations (One complete panel and one cropped figure from the stories) and typeset text.

West of the Law (Table of Contents)

The Vigilantes / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Ziegler

Inks:

Bill Ziegler

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Brace Wade; Parson Jeb Wright

Synopsis:

Dart Maddon organizes an army of paid killers to rule the town of Conestoga in the High Sierras in 1859. Brace Wade comes to town and helps Parson Jeb Wright organize an vigilante group to take control from Maddon.

Reprints:

• in Maverick Comic Album (World Distributors, 1961 series) #1 (1961)

Indexer Notes

Introduction to series. Pencils and inks credits from Steven Rowe (via e-mail December 19, 2008).

The Gold Grabbers (Table of Contents)

The Vigilantes / comic story / 13.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Ziegler

Inks:

Bill Ziegler

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Brace Wade; Parson Jeb Wright

Synopsis:

Gold is discovered at Yellow Creek. The Golden Glow Mining Company is storing its gold in its mine tunnels for later shipment. A gang plans to rob the mine and tricks the vigilantes of Conestoga into riding into a trap, where they are put to work digging a tunnel to the stored gold. The Parson and Brace, who had been out of town when the other men left, later come to Yellow Creek and find that their men had never arrived. With help from the mining company men, the Parson and Wade rescue the Conestoga men and capture the gang.

Reprints:

• in Maverick Comic Album (World Distributors, 1961 series) #1 (1961)

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits from Steven Rowe (via e-mail December 19, 2008).

The Nature of Things (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Promo for "The Nature of Things" Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #842. No cover reproduction.

Boom Town Law (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Ziegler

Inks:

Bill Ziegler

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact; western

Characters:

Henry Plummer

Synopsis:

Vigilantes in Alder Gulch, Montana, capture an gang of outlaws led by Henry Plummer.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath.

Wanted...Justice! (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Ziegler

Inks:

Bill Ziegler

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact; western

Synopsis:

History of the vigilante organization in San Francisco in the 1850s-1860s.

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Panels with typeset text underneath.