Four Color
#961 - Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers
(December 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 "JACE PEARSON'S TALES OF THE TEXAS RANGERS, No. 961." Code number is J.P.O.S. #961-5812. Copyright 1958 by General Mills, Inc. Based on the "Tales of the Texas Rangers" TV series. This issue follows "Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers" (Dell, 1955 series) #20 (June-August 1958).
[Willard Parker pinup]
illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Jace Pearson (photo of Willard Parker)
- Synopsis
- Medium shot of Willard Parker, as Jace Pearson, handling his six-gun.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Full-page photo.
Trail to Sierra Verde
Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers / comic story / 16 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan Spiegle (signed as DS)
- Inks
- Dan Spiegle (signed as DS)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Jace Pearson; Clay Morgan; Joe "The Actor" Barker; Grubstake [Charlie Walters]
- Synopsis
- Bandits rob a train of $100,000 in gold pieces. The pieces are marked, so they leave a trail as they spend them. Jace Pearson and Clay Morgan go to Starkton to try to intercept the gang.
- Keywords
- bank robbery; prospector; train robbery
Indexer Notes
Initials "DS" are in the first panel.
The Barren Land
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Herman Bumble; Rosie Bumble
- Synopsis
- A husband and wife from Maryland are sold some worthless land in the west by a land agent. They are able to turn the tables on the swindler.
Indexer Notes
Text story with 1/6 page illustration.
Captain Richard King, Founder of an Empire
Famous Texans / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Characters
- Capt. Richard King
- Synopsis
- How Capt. Richard King was able to acquire enough land and cattle in Texas to build an empire so large that no one could afford to buy it.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- cattle
in Terror at Canyon Crossing
Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan Spiegle (signed as DS)
- Inks
- Dan Spiegle (signed as DS)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Jace Pearson; Clay Morgan; Zeke Bragan; Martha Bragan; Dave
- Synopsis
- Zeke Bragan tries to sabotage the railroad after it puts his freight line out of business.
- Keywords
- dynamite; railroad; Texas
Indexer Notes
Initials "DS" are in the first panel.
A Treaty on Horseback
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan Spiegle
- Inks
- Dan Spiegle
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- How a treaty between the Mexicans and the Texas Rangers was signed on horseback in the middle of the Rio Grande river.
Indexer Notes
Panels with typeset text underneath. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.27).
The Texas Rangers Today and Yesterday
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- The differences between the Texas Rangers of the old West and their modern-day counterparts.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath.
Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.27).
The Seagoing Rangers
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan Spiegle
- Inks
- Dan Spiegle
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- How the Texas Rangers won a battle at sea in 1836.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Panels with typeset text underneath.
Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.27).
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Trail to Sierra Verde
Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers -
1.
[Willard Parker pinup]
-
2.
Trail to Sierra Verde
Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers -
3.
The Barren Land
-
4.
Captain Richard King, Founder of an Empire
Famous Texans -
5.
Terror at Canyon Crossing
Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers -
6.
A Treaty on Horseback
-
7.
The Texas Rangers Today and Yesterday
-
8.
The Seagoing Rangers
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Steinar Ådland
- Dwayne Best
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Michael Hoskin
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
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