(October-December 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 "HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL, No. 1044." Code number is H.G.W.T.O.S. #1044-5910. Copyright 1959 by Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. Third of three Have Gun, Will Travel Four Colors. Continues as Have Gun, Will Travel (Dell, 1960 series) #4 (January-March 1960). Based on the 1957-63 CBS TV series "Have Gun, Will Travel."
The Missing Man / The Reluctant Rustler
Have Gun, Will Travel / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photo); Alberto Giolitti
- Inks:
- ? (photo); Alberto Giolitti
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Paladin (as played by Richard Boone, photo)
- Synopsis:
- Previews of the two stories in the issue.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. One photo. Two panels for each story with text underneath.
The Missing Man
Have Gun, Will Travel / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Alberto Giolitti
- Inks:
- Alberto Giolitti
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Paladin
- Synopsis:
- A wealthy scrap and junk dealer's daughter defies her father and hires Paladin to find her missing fiancé. Paladin finds him held captive in the midst of a fleet of abandoned ships in San Francisco Bay.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Reluctant Rustler
Have Gun, Will Travel / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Alberto Giolitti
- Inks:
- Alberto Giolitti
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Paladin
- Synopsis:
- Paladin is summoned to help a lady rancher who is having small numbers of cattle stolen on a regular basis. Paladin recognizes her foreman as a former rustler and has to decide if he's gone straight, as he claims, or is part of the gang of rustlers.
Indexer Notes
Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Rustler's Paradise: Hole in the Wall
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Alberto Giolitti
- Inks:
- Alberto Giolitti
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; western
- Characters:
- Butch Cassidy (cameo)
- Synopsis:
- Facts about a remote Wyoming valley used as a hideout by outlaws.
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)
San Francisco's Ships
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Alberto Giolitti
- Inks:
- Alberto Giolitti
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Synopsis:
- Facts about ships left abandoned in San Francisco Bay when sailors jumped ship during the 1849 Gold Rush.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Panels with text underneath.
Table of Contents
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1.
The Missing Man / The Reluctant Rustler
Have Gun, Will Travel -
2.
The Missing Man
Have Gun, Will Travel -
3.
The Reluctant Rustler
Have Gun, Will Travel -
4.
Rustler's Paradise: Hole in the Wall
-
5.
San Francisco's Ships
- 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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