(November 1959-January 1960)
- 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 "COLT .45, No. 1058." Code number is COLT.45 O.S. #1058-5911. Copyright 1959 by Warner Bro. Pictures, Inc. Third of three Colt .45 Four Colors. Continues as Colt .45 (Dell, 1960 series) #4 (February-April 1960). Based on the "Colt .45" TV series.
[Preview]
Colt .45 / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
- Pencils:
- ? (photos)
- Inks:
- ? (photos)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Chris Colt (photo of Wayde Preston)
- Synopsis:
- Preview of first story.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Three photos with typeset text. Script credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Search at Sunrise Spring
Colt .45 / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
- Pencils:
- Dan Spiegle
- Inks:
- Dan Spiegle
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Chris Colt
- Synopsis:
- An Army supply wagon disappears between Fort Davis and Sunrise Spring, a rest area owned by Sam Dawson. Dawson owns the land and water and charges high prices for use of the camp and for water. Capt. Chris Colt goes to Sunrise Spring to investigate.
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Sharpshooter
Colt .45 / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
- Pencils:
- Dan Spiegle
- Inks:
- Dan Spiegle
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Chris Colt
- Synopsis:
- A number of post offices have been robbed at the same time a traveling circus has been in town. Chris Colt and Lt. Conners go undercover as a sharpshooting act in that circus to solve the robberies.
Indexer Notes
Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Freighting West
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
- Pencils:
- Dan Spiegle
- Inks:
- Dan Spiegle
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Synopsis:
- Facts about the freight haulers who brought supplies to the outposts and settlements of the West.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
No Waste of Water
comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
- Pencils:
- Dan Spiegle
- Inks:
- Dan Spiegle
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Synopsis:
- Facts about the use of scarce water in the old West.
Indexer Notes
Back cover; color. Panels with typeset text underneath. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Table of Contents
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1.
[Preview]
Colt .45 -
2.
Search at Sunrise Spring
Colt .45 -
3.
Sharpshooter
Colt .45 -
4.
Freighting West
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5.
No Waste of Water
- Katie
- 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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