Four Color #1261 [ad]

(December 1961-February 1962)

Hey Kids! Trade Now! (Table of Contents)

Dell Trading Post / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Promo for premiums from the Dell Trading Post.

The Lone Rustler (Table of Contents)

Rawhide / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer

Pencils:

Dan Spiegle

Inks:

Dan Spiegle

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Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Rowdy Yates; Gil Favor; Wishbone

Synopsis:

Favor catches a young boy stealing a calf. After lecturing him, he lets him go. Later the boy repays the favor by telling Favor and Yates where three rustlers are hiding.

Indexer Notes

Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

Hard Knock Trail (Table of Contents)

Rawhide / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer

Pencils:

Dan Spiegle

Inks:

Dan Spiegle

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Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Gil Favor; Rowdy Yates; Wishbone

Synopsis:

Rancher Dave Howard sends his bull-headed son Jim on the trail drive with Favor and Yates in hopes that they'll be able to make a cattleman of him.

Indexer Notes

Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

Win this Complete Home Movie Outfit (Table of Contents)

Kool-Aid / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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Centerspread ad for Kool-Aid drink mix, with contest to win Bell & Howell 8mm home movie outfit. Ad comes after page three of Sequence 3.

Tribal Trouble (Table of Contents)

Rawhide / comic story / 7.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer

Pencils:

Dan Spiegle

Inks:

Dan Spiegle

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Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Wishbone; Rowdy Yates; Gil Favor (cameo)

Synopsis:

While returning to camp after getting supplies, Wishbone gives an Indian girl a ride to her camp. She is the chief's daughter and he declares that Wishbone must marry her. A brave challenges Wishbone to combat for the girl's hand. Rowdy tracks Wishbone to the camp and comes up with a plan to get Wishbone away without offending the Indians.

Indexer Notes

Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

Riding Your Bike Is More Fun with a Cadet Bike Speedometer (Table of Contents)

Stewart-Warner Corporation / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Illustrated ad for Cadet bicycle speedometers. Stewart-Warner Corporation, Chicago, Ill.

Broken Silence (Table of Contents)

Rawhide / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer

Pencils:

Dan Spiegle

Inks:

Dan Spiegle

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Content Information

Genre:

western; fact

Synopsis:

The ability of men to hide from the law by hiring on as help during cattle drives.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with text underneath. Sequence has the Rawhide logo, but the characters do not appear. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

204 Revolutionary War Soldiers Only $1.98 (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Russ Heath [as RH] (signed)

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Russ Heath [as RH] (signed)

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Indexer Notes

Back cover. Ad for 204 piece set of plastic Revolutionary soldiers and equipment for $1.98 from a post office box in Carle Place, Long Island, N.Y.