(July 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 "CASEY JONES, No. 915." Code number is C.J.O.S. #915-587. Copyright 1958, by Screen Gems, Inc. Adapted from the 1957-58 "Casey Jones" TV series.
The Cannonball Express
Casey Jones / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photo)
- Inks:
- ? (photo)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- period
- Characters:
- Casey Jones (as played by Alan Hale, Jr., photo)
- Synopsis:
- Introduction with two photos, one of the Cannonball Express engine, boxcar, and caboose, and one of Casey Jones at the controls of the engine.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white.
Prison Train
Casey Jones / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Robert Schaefer
- Pencils:
- Bill Ziegler
- Inks:
- Bill Ziegler
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- period
- Characters:
- Casey Jones; Casey Jones, Junior; Cinder (dog); Wallie Simms; Red Rock (conductor)
- Synopsis:
- Casey has to take a train of Army prisoners to Leavenworth and also is carrying a secret shipment of gold bullion.
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
The Great Mail Race
Casey Jones / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Robert Schaefer
- Pencils:
- Bill Ziegler
- Inks:
- Bill Ziegler
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Period
- Characters:
- Casey Jones; Casey Jones, Junior; Cinder (dog); Alice Jones (Casey's wife); Wallie Sims; Sam
- Synopsis:
- With the Midwest and Central Railroad in financial trouble, Casey and the Cannonball Express have to race a train from the Southern and Panhandle Railroad to Ft. Worth to win a contract to carry mail.
Indexer Notes
Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Teakettles That Moved the World
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Synopsis:
- Facts about steam locomotives.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white.
True Train Tales
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bill Ziegler ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- period
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). This sequence was replaced by an ad for Juicy Fruit Gum on some copies.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
The Cannonball Express
Casey Jones -
2.
Prison Train
Casey Jones -
3.
The Great Mail Race
Casey Jones -
4.
Teakettles That Moved the World
-
5.
True Train Tales
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Merlin Haas
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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