(August-October 1959)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- ?
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "BAT MASTERSON, No. 1013". Code number is B.M.O.S. #1013-598. Copyright 1959 by Ziv Television Programs, Inc. First and only Bat Masterson Four Color. Becomes Bat Masterson (Dell 1960 series) with #2 (February-April 1960). Based on the "Bat Masterson" TV series.
[Preview]
[Bat Masterson] / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jerry Robinson; ? (photo)
- Inks:
- Jerry Robinson; ? (photo)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Gene Barry (as Bat Masterson, photo)
- Synopsis:
- Preview of first story, "The Tough Crew".
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Five panels with text underneath plus photo of Gene Barry as Bat Masterson. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Tough Crew
Bat Masterson / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Jerry Robinson
- Inks:
- Jerry Robinson
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Bat Masterson; Terence O'Rourke;
- Synopsis:
- Bat stops a gang of bullies from harrasing an orphan boy. Later the boy tells Bat that the gang is the same one that robbed a railroad payroll and killed his father. Bat leaves town and has the boy keep a lookout on the bank. That night the boy spots the gang breaking into the bank and at the same time Bat comes back into town to disrupt the operation.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Script submitted on February 5, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).
The Treasure Hole
Bat Masterson / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Jerry Robinson
- Inks:
- Jerry Robinson
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Bat Masterson; June Borden; Shifty Means (villain)
- Synopsis:
- June Borden comes west only to find her father murdered in a tussle over a gold nugget. Bat has been entrusted with a map to the gold that the prospector drew while dying. She and Bat go to the prospector's camp, but are followed by a pair of claim jumpers. Bat overcomes them and after they leave, he and the girl find a large bag of gold that was stored at the bottom of a seep-spring.
Indexer Notes
Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Script submitted on February 7, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Apache Pass
Landmarks of the Old West / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Jerry Robinson
- Inks:
- Jerry Robinson
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Synopsis:
- Events at Apache Pass.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with text underneath. Script submitted March 2, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).
Tombstone
Roaring Towns of the Old West / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Jerry Robinson
- Inks:
- Jerry Robinson
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Characters:
- Wyatt Earp (cameo); Doc Holiday (cameo); John Slaughter (cameo)
- Synopsis:
- Some of the more famous events that happened in Tombstone, Arizona.
Indexer Notes
Back cover; color. Panels with text underneath. Script submitted March 2, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).
Table of Contents
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1.
[Preview]
[Bat Masterson] -
2.
The Tough Crew
Bat Masterson -
3.
The Treasure Hole
Bat Masterson -
4.
Apache Pass
Landmarks of the Old West -
5.
Tombstone
Roaring Towns of the Old West
- Jim Van Dore
- 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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