(September-November 1954)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- Quarterly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell Comic
- Editing:
- George T. Delacorte, Jr. (president); Helen Meyer (vice-president); Albert P. Delacorte (vice-president)
- Format:
- standard newsstand comic
Issue Notes
Designed, produced, and copyright 1954, by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.
Winter Hunt
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Tom Gill
- Inks:
- Tom Gill
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- western-frontier
- Synopsis:
- Trapping has been poor for Wandering Spirit of the Abenaki tribe. His people need meat badly. If he can just capture this moose.
Indexer Notes
This story is printed on the inside front and back covers.
Indian Chief White Eagle: the Treacherous Mission
White Eagle / comic story / 22 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- John Daly
- Inks:
- John Daly
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western-frontier
- Characters:
- Chief White Eagle (Sioux); Chief Gray Wolf (Winnebago)
- Synopsis:
- Winnebagoes attack the Sioux, but they are supposed to be at peace. Gray Wolf asks for a peace powwow, but has evil plans.
Indexer Notes
John Daly is credited on Indian Chief by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. This artwork compares best with his signed story "Poison Allard's Last Draw" in Western Fighter #2, with the thin cheekline in profile, eyes that really don't look at anything. Also similar to DC's early Aquaman stories on the faces. He changed much from his early drawing in True Comics, but his faces can be recognised, like the Indian on page 34 in True Comics #1.
Red Wing, Son of the Chief: the Raid
Red Wing / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- John Daly
- Inks:
- John Daly
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western-frontier
- Characters:
- Chief Bright Feather; Red Wing; White Faun; Swift Deer (Navaho)
- Synopsis:
- Red Wing's friends are captured by the Hopi.
Indexer Notes
Notes as for first story.
[free pen for subscribing to Indian Chief]
advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jon Small
- Inks:
- Jon Small
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Indexer Notes
Ad for an "Official Dell Comics Club Ball Point Pen" with your subscription to Indian Chief comics.
Heavy inklines on face, and many thin lines on cheeks and upper lip points to Small.
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Indian Chief -
1.
Winter Hunt
-
2.
Indian Chief White Eagle: the Treacherous Mission
White Eagle -
3.
Red Wing, Son of the Chief: the Raid
Red Wing -
4.
[free pen for subscribing to Indian Chief]
- Terry Vraspir
- Steinar Ådland
- Gregory Fischer
- Bob Klein
- Lou Mougin
- Terry Vraspir
- Jerry Hillegas
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