Four Color
#1023 - Tales of Wells Fargo
(August-October 1959)
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1959-07-09
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
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Dell
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Jim Hardie
Tales of Wells Fargo / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alberto Giolitti; ? (photo)
- Inks
- Alberto Giolitti; ? (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Jim Hardie (photo of Dale Robertson)
- 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
- 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.
- Reprints
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in Tales of Wells Fargo Annual (World Distributors, 1960 series) #[nn] (1959 (copyright date))
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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
- 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.
- Reprints
- in Tales of Wells Fargo Annual (World Distributors, 1960 series) #[nn] (1959 (copyright date))
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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
comic story / 1 page
- 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
comic story / 1 page
- 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).
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Tales of Wells Fargo -
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Jim Hardie
Tales of Wells Fargo -
2.
The Man They Couldn't Drown
Tales of Wells Fargo -
3.
The Skeleton Cave
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4.
The Miner's Friend
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5.
The Concord Coach
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Steve Coates
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Michael Hoskin
- Tristan Lapoussière
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Jim Van Dore
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