Four Color
#942 - Tales of the Pony Express
(October 1958)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1958
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "TALES OF THE PONY EXPRESS, No. 942." Code number is PONY EX.O.S. #942-5810. Copyright 1958 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.
War Paint
Tales of the Pony Express / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Sam Savitt (painting)
- Inks
- Sam Savitt (painting)
- Colors
- Sam Savitt (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Craig Garrett
- Reprints
- Keywords
- American Indians; horses; Native Americans; shields; spears
in Indexer Notes
Pencils, inks, and colors credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Alert for War Paint
Tales of the Pony Express / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Craig Garrett
- Synopsis
- Pony Express rider Craig Garrett judges Indians' intentions by their use of war paint.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
War Paint
Tales of the Pony Express / comic story / 19 pages
- Script
- Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
- Pencils
- Nicholas Firfires
- Inks
- Nicholas Firfires
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Nicholas Firfires
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Craig Garrett
- Synopsis
- Garrett is sent to buy horses for the Pony Express. $5,000 in gold has been sent to the Thirty Mile Station to pay for the horses, but bandits steal the money and set fire to the station, leaving evidence that makes it seem that Indians were responsible.
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Desert Ambush
Tales of the Pony Express / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
- Pencils
- Nicholas Firfires
- Inks
- Nicholas Firfires
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Nicholas Firfires
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Craig Garrett
- Synopsis
- Garrett is ambushed on his Pony Express ride across the desert, but the robbers just want his horse, not the mail. Later Garrett goes to Carson City and finds the robbers have entered his horse in a big cross country race.
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Trails That Cross
Tales of the Pony Express / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Craig Garrett
- Synopsis
- Two Pony Express riders pass each other going in opposite directions, but neither sees the other because both are asleep in the saddle.
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).
The Night Ride...Craig Garrett Tells His Story
Tales of the Pony Express / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Craig Garrett
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies. See Sequence 6.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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War Paint
Tales of the Pony Express -
1.
Alert for War Paint
Tales of the Pony Express -
2.
War Paint
Tales of the Pony Express -
3.
Desert Ambush
Tales of the Pony Express -
4.
Trails That Cross
Tales of the Pony Express -
5.
The Night Ride...Craig Garrett Tells His Story
Tales of the Pony Express -
6.
Have Fun Safely
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This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Michael Hoskin
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Tony R. Rose
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