(August-October 1959)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- Dell
- Editing:
- ?
- Color:
- Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Golden Age U.S.; Standard Silver Age U.S.
- Paper Stock:
- Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
- Binding:
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- Was Ongoing Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "TALES OF WELLS FARGO, No. 1023". Code number is WELLS FARGO O.S. #1023-598. Copyright 1959 by Overland Productions, Inc. Third of seven Tales of Wells Fargo Four Colors. Based on the 1957-62 NBC TV series "Tales of Wells Fargo".
Jim Hardie
Tales of Wells Fargo / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photo); Alberto Giolitti
- Inks:
- ? (photo); Alberto Giolitti
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western-frontier
- Characters:
- Jim Hardie (as played by Dale Robertson, photo)
- Synopsis:
- Previews of the two stories in the issue.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Photo and four illustrations with typeset text.
The Man They Couldn't Drown
Tales of Wells Fargo / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Alberto Giolitti
- Inks:
- Alberto Giolitti
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western-frontier
- Characters:
- Jim Hardie
- Synopsis:
- Jim Hardie is caught off guard by outlaws while swimming is a beaver pond. He escapes the ambush by surfacing in the beaver's lodge and then goes on to foil the robber's attempt to rob the Bitter Creek Stage of $100,000.
Indexer Notes
Script submitted on February 20, 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 Skeleton Cave
Tales of Wells Fargo / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Alberto Giolitti
- Inks:
- Alberto Giolitti
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western-frontier
- Characters:
- Jim Hardie
- Synopsis:
- A stage carrying a strongbox, a case of dynamite, and an Army officer's wife is ambushed by Apaches. Hardie uses the dynamite to hold off the Apaches while the driver and woman go to the Army fort for help.
Indexer Notes
Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Script submitted on February 18, 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 Miner's Friend
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Alberto Giolitti
- Inks:
- Alberto Giolitti
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Synopsis:
- Facts about the Wells Fargo express service in the old West.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Script submitted on February 14, 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 Concord Coach
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Gaylord Du Bois
- Pencils:
- Alberto Giolitti
- Inks:
- Alberto Giolitti
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Synopsis:
- Facts about the design of the Concord stage coaches used by Wells Fargo.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Script submitted on February 14, 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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0.
[no title indexed]
Tales of Wells Fargo -
1.
Jim Hardie
Tales of Wells Fargo -
2.
The Man They Couldn't Drown
Tales of Wells Fargo -
3.
The Skeleton Cave
Tales of Wells Fargo -
4.
The Miner's Friend
-
5.
The Concord Coach
- R. J. Roper
- 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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