(March-May 1961)
- Price:
- 0.15 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell Western Adventure
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE, No. 1164." Code number is WANTED DEAD O.A.O.S. #1164-615. Copyright 1960 by Four Star-Malcom. Based on the "Wanted: Dead or Alive!" TV series. There is an exclamation point on the title logo everywhere except in the indicia.
The Trail of the Bear / The Carved Bullet
Wanted: Dead or Alive! / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?; ? (photo)
- Inks:
- ?; ? (photo)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Josh Randall (photo of Steve McQueen)
- Synopsis:
- Previews of the stories in the issue.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Photo and two-panel previews of the stories.
The Carved Bullet
Wanted: Dead or Alive! / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Josh Randall
- Synopsis:
- Randall finds a man in an abandoned shack, delirious from blood poisoning after shooting himself in the foot. During the man's raving, Randall learns of a meeting of the gang of "Doc Cole, the most wanted man in California." Randall decides to go to the meeting and capture Cole.
The Trail of the Bear
Wanted: Dead or Alive! / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- Josh Randall; Jase Nichols
- Synopsis:
- Randall and his friend Jase track Bear-Tracks Borrman through Apache territory. Borrman captures them and takes them to a cavern full of gold nuggets.
Famous Wanted Men
Wanted: Dead or Alive! / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; western
- Characters:
- Joaquin Murieta; Tiburcio Vasquez; Bill Miner; Sam Bass; John Wesley Hardin; William P. Longley
- Synopsis:
- Brief biographies of six famous criminals of the old West.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath. The "Wanted: Dead or Alive!" logo in on the sequence, but no characters appear.
This is a Beaverbear
Kraft Caramels / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Part of series of "hybrid animals" ads for Kraft Caramels candy.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
The Trail of the Bear / The Carved Bullet
Wanted: Dead or Alive! -
2.
The Carved Bullet
Wanted: Dead or Alive! -
3.
The Trail of the Bear
Wanted: Dead or Alive! -
4.
Famous Wanted Men
Wanted: Dead or Alive! -
5.
This is a Beaverbear
Kraft Caramels
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- 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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