(March 1958)
- 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 "JIM BOWIE, No. 893." Code number is JIM B. O.S. #893-583. Copyright 1958 by Jim Bowie Enterprises, Inc. Based on 1956-58 ABC TV series "The Adventures of Jim Bowie." First of two Jim Bowie Four Color issues.
Jim Bowie...Woodsman, Patriot, and Gentleman...
The Adventures of Jim Bowie / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photo)
- Inks:
- ? (photo)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Jim Bowie (as played by Scott Forbes, photo)
- Synopsis:
- Introduction to series.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Three photos from the TV series and typeset text.
Jim Bowie's Secret
The Adventures of Jim Bowie / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
- Pencils:
- Bill Ziegler
- Inks:
- Bill Ziegler
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Jim Bowie; Ed Bowie
- Synopsis:
- Jim Bowie comes to Swamp City, Louisiana, to visit his brother Ed and finds that the town is in control of a crooked sheriff. The problem is the sheriff once saved Jim Bowie's life.
Indexer Notes
Script credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Thieves Paradise
The Adventures of Jim Bowie / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
- Pencils:
- Bill Ziegler
- Inks:
- Bill Ziegler
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Jim Bowie; Jean Lafitte
- Synopsis:
- Bowie happens across waterfront thieves stealing a piece of cargo. He takes the box to his room, where he finds the pirate Jean Lafitte waiting for him. The two discover that the box contains jewels belonging to the Margate estate.
Indexer Notes
The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Script credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Bowie Brothers
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bill Ziegler
- Inks:
- Bill Ziegler
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; western
- Characters:
- Jim Bowie; Rezin Bowie
- Synopsis:
- How the Bowie brothers invented the "Bowie Knife."
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath.
The Famous "Bowie Knife"
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bill Ziegler
- Inks:
- Bill Ziegler
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; western
- Characters:
- Jim Bowie; James Black
- Synopsis:
- How Jim Bowie perfected his knife and had a prototype forged by blacksmith James Black.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Panels with typeset text underneath.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
Jim Bowie...Woodsman, Patriot, and Gentleman...
The Adventures of Jim Bowie -
2.
Jim Bowie's Secret
The Adventures of Jim Bowie -
3.
Thieves Paradise
The Adventures of Jim Bowie -
4.
The Bowie Brothers
-
5.
The Famous "Bowie Knife"
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- Ray Bottorff Jr
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