(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 "JACE PEARSON'S TALES OF THE TEXAS RANGERS, No. 1021." Code number is JACE PEARSON.O.S. #1021-598. Copyright 1959 by General Mills, Inc. Second and last Jace Pearson Four Color after "Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers" (Dell, 1955 series) ends with #20. Based on the 1955-59 "Tales of the Texas Rangers" TV series.
[Previews]
Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photo)
- Inks:
- ? (photo)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- crime; western
- Characters:
- Jace Pearson (as played by Willard Parker, photo)
- Synopsis:
- Preview of first story.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Three photos and typeset text.
Hurricane
Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers / comic story / 20 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Tony Sgroi
- Inks:
- Tony Sgroi
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- crime; western
- Characters:
- Jace Pearson; Clay Morgan
- Synopsis:
- Pearson and Morgan are sent to the Gulf area to investigate the Carlson gang. On the way they are to stop at Stardale to pick up Morgan's nephew Ricky Brian. Before the two can get to Stardale, a hurricane strikes. After taking refuge until the hurricane passes, the Rangers continue to Stardale, finding it hard hit by the hurricane. The Carlson gang happens by and decides this would be a good time to rob the bank. The Rangers have to track the gang, despite not having found Morgan's nephew among the survivors.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.27)
The Swindle
text story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- John Ushler
- Inks:
- John Ushler
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Beanpole Billy; Doubleout Sam (villain)
- Synopsis:
- Doubleout Sam fast-talks prospector Beanpole Billy into investing in gold-mine stock. When the prospector insists on seeing the mine, Sam and his men take him across the desert to the hills, show him a mine shaft, then abandon him without food or water. The tough old prospector makes it back to town to get to the sheriff's office to file charges.
Indexer Notes
Text story with 1/4 page illustration.
Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.27)
Pattillo Higgins
Famous Texans / comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- John Ushler
- Inks:
- John Ushler
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; western
- Characters:
- Pattillo Higgins
- Synopsis:
- The story of Pattillo "Bud" Higgins, who was the catalyst for the drilling of the first oil well in Beaumont, Texas, in 1901. It was a gusher that sparked the establishment of the Texas oil industry.
Indexer Notes
Panels with text underneath.
Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.27)
Bandit Bait
Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Tony Sgroi
- Inks:
- Tony Sgroi
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Jace Pearson; Clay Morgan
- Synopsis:
- Three outlaws ambush Pearson and Morgan and wound Morgan. After tending to Morgan, Pearson tracks the outlaws to their camp and captures them.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.27)
Los Diablos Tejanos, The Eyes and Ears of the Army
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Tony Sgroi
- Inks:
- Tony Sgroi
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; western
- Synopsis:
- Facts about the history of the Texas Rangers during the time of Texas's annexation to the United States.
Indexer Notes
Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents".
Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.27)
Texas Trail North
Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Tony Sgroi
- Inks:
- Tony Sgroi
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; western
- Characters:
- Jace Pearson (cameo); Oliver Loving
- Synopsis:
- Facts about the first cattle drive through Texas, headed by Oliver Loving, who blazed what would become the "Sedalia Trail."
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath. Story is "narrated" by Jace Pearson.
Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.27)
The Legend of Ranger Lake
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Tony Sgroi
- Inks:
- Tony Sgroi
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; western
- Synopsis:
- The Texas Rangers' efforts in 1880 to find the secret water holes of Apache Indian raiders along the Texas-New Mexico border.
Indexer Notes
Back cover, color. Panels with typeset text underneath.
Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.27)
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
[Previews]
Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers -
2.
Hurricane
Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers -
3.
The Swindle
-
4.
Pattillo Higgins
Famous Texans -
5.
Bandit Bait
Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers -
6.
Los Diablos Tejanos, The Eyes and Ears of the Army
-
7.
Texas Trail North
Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers -
8.
The Legend of Ranger Lake
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- James Ludwig
- Ray Bottorff Jr
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- Mike Nielsen
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- Matthew Torrance
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- Gary L. Watson
- Gregg Whitmore
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