(June-August 1959)
- 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 "Zane Grey's STORIES OF THE WEST, Nevada, No. 996." Code number is Z.G.O.S. #996-596. Copyright 1959 by Zane Grey, Inc.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Zane Grey's Stories of the West, Nevada (Gold Key, 1964 series) #1 (November 1964)
- in Zane Grey's Stories of the West, Nevada (Gold Key, 1964 series) #1 (November 1964)
- in Zane Grey's Stories of the West, Nevada (Gold Key, 1964 series) #1 (November 1964)
Nevada
Zane Grey's Stories of the West / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Sam Savitt (painting)
- Inks:
- Sam Savitt (painting)
- Colors:
- Sam Savitt (painting)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Nevada
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Zane Grey's Stories of the West, Nevada (Gold Key, 1964 series) #1 (November 1964)
Indexer Notes
Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Cowboy's Saddle Gun
The Cowboy - at Work, at Play / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Albert Micale
- Inks:
- Albert Micale
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; western
- Synopsis:
- How a cowboy uses his saddle gun, a 30/30 caliber Winchester carbine.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Zane Grey's Stories of the West, Nevada (Gold Key, 1964 series) #1 (November 1964)
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Panels with text underneath. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Cattle War
Zane Grey's Stories of the West / comic story / 27 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Albert Micale
- Inks:
- Albert Micale
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Nevada; Chuckwalla; Horrocks; Major Doone; Hetty; Raidy; California Red (horse)
- Synopsis:
- Major Doone buys a ranch and immediately works on expansion, by hook or crook. Nevada gets involved when Doone's crew threatens a neighbor, an old rancher named Chuckwalla. After Nevada works over the foreman in a fistfight, he and Chuckwalla are ambushed in town, with Chuckwalla being killed. Doone tries to frame Nevada for the killing, but Nevada escapes. He must elude a posse as he tries to find out Doone's real identity.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Zane Grey's Stories of the West, Nevada (Gold Key, 1964 series) #1 (November 1964)
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Old Sheriff
text story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Albert Micale
- Inks:
- Albert Micale
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Johnny Keto; Sheriff Cole
- Synopsis:
- Old Sheriff Cole turns in his badge when he learns that gunslinger Pony Carter is coming to town.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Zane Grey's Stories of the West, Nevada (Gold Key, 1964 series) #1 (November 1964)
Indexer Notes
Text story with 1/6 page illustration. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[The Inspector's Wife]
True Western Adventures / comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Albert Micale
- Inks:
- Albert Micale
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Dave Allison; H. L. Roberson; Mrs. Roberson
- Synopsis:
- When cattle rustlers kill two brand inspectors in a hotel in Seminole, Texas, the wife of one of the men killed takes a gun, tracks them down in town, and shoots them.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Zane Grey's Stories of the West, Nevada (Gold Key, 1964 series) #1 (November 1964)
Indexer Notes
The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
James Mason Peck
Pioneers of the West / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Albert Micale
- Inks:
- Albert Micale
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; western
- Characters:
- James Mason Peck
- Synopsis:
- The story of James Mason Peck, who produced guidebooks for settlers going west on wagon trains.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Zane Grey's Stories of the West, Nevada (Gold Key, 1964 series) #1 (November 1964)
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with text underneath. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
George Reynolds of Texas
Famous Westerners / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Albert Micale
- Inks:
- Albert Micale
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; western
- Characters:
- George Reynolds
- Synopsis:
- How cowboy George Reynolds survived being struck in the back by an arrow in 1867.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Panels with text underneath. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). JV - This story is signed "AM".
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
The Cowboy's Saddle Gun
The Cowboy - at Work, at Play -
2.
The Cattle War
Zane Grey's Stories of the West -
3.
The Old Sheriff
-
4.
[The Inspector's Wife]
True Western Adventures -
5.
James Mason Peck
Pioneers of the West -
6.
George Reynolds of Texas
Famous Westerners
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