Four Color #961

(December 1958)

[Willard Parker pinup] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Content Information

Characters:

Jace Pearson (as played by Willard Parker, photo)

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 (Table of Contents)

Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan Spiegle [as DS]

Inks:

Dan Spiegle [as DS]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Jace Pearson; Clay Morgan

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.

Indexer Notes

Initials "DS" are in the first panel.

The Barren Land (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

western

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 (Table of Contents)

Famous Texans / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan Spiegle

Inks:

Dan Spiegle

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western; fact

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.

Terror at Canyon Crossing (Table of Contents)

Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan Spiegle [as DS]

Inks:

Dan Spiegle [as DS]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Jace Pearson; Clay Morgan

Synopsis:

Zeke Bragan tries to sabotage the railroad after it puts his freight line out of business.

Indexer Notes

Initials "DS" are in the first panel.

A Treaty on Horseback (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan Spiegle

Inks:

Dan Spiegle

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact; western

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 (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan Spiegle

Inks:

Dan Spiegle

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact; western

Synopsis:

The differences between the Texas Rangers of the old West and their modern-day counterparts.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath.
Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.27)

The Seagoing Rangers (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan Spiegle

Inks:

Dan Spiegle

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact; western

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)