(August 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 "COLT .45, No. 924." Code number is COLT.45 O.S. #924-588. Copyright 1958 by Warner Bros. Pictures., Inc. Based on the "Colt .45" TV series.
Chris Colt
Colt .45 / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photographs)
- Inks:
- ? (photographs)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Chris Colt (as played by Wayde Preston, photo)
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Two photographs and typeset text. Introduction to series.
Decoy
Colt .45 / comic story / 22 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
- Pencils:
- Bill Ziegler
- Inks:
- Bill Ziegler
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Chris Colt; El Charro
- Synopsis:
- Chris Colt crosses into Mexico to try to learn the identity of a bandit named El Charro.
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Explosion at Eagle Canyon
Colt .45 / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
- Pencils:
- Bill Ziegler [as Z]
- Inks:
- Bill Ziegler [as Z]
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Chris Colt
- Synopsis:
- Colt is sent to Fort Kiowa to keep the secret of a powerful new explosive from being stolen.
Indexer Notes
Initial "Z" is in the first panel. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Some Early Colts
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Sparky Moore
- Inks:
- Sparky Moore
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- Depictions of the various models of Colt revolvers.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Success Story
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Sparky Moore
- Inks:
- Sparky Moore
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Characters:
- Samuel Colt
- Synopsis:
- How Samuel Colt developed his gun manufacturing business.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Panels with typeset text underneath. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Table of Contents
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1.
Chris Colt
Colt .45 -
2.
Decoy
Colt .45 -
3.
Explosion at Eagle Canyon
Colt .45 -
4.
Some Early Colts
-
5.
Success Story
- 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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