(May-June 1956)

Dell, 1954 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1956-04-03
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell
Editing
Helen Meyer (vice-president); Albert P. Delacorte (vice-president); George T. Delacorte Jr. (president)

Issue Notes

On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1956, page 132, registration number B597945. Copyright 1956 by Screen Gems, Inc.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Rin Tin Tin / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Colors
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure; animal
Characters
Rin Tin Tin (photograph)
Reprints

Another Outstanding Award for Dell Comics (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Award from the Civil Air Patrol to Dell Comics.

Stampede (Table of Contents: 2)

Rin Tin Tin / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sparky Moore
Inks
Sparky Moore
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
R.T.T. # 13-565
Genre
adventure; animal
Characters
Rin Tin Tin; Red Johnson; Mukluk; Black Eagle; Mr. Adams; Rod (villain); Vince (villain); Gunsmoke (horse)
Synopsis
At the rodeo two men are trying to steal the best race horse, Gunsmoke.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Most of the faces are unmistakably Sparky Moore, ears with few lines, frowning eyebrows, close up panels with heads in backview. And movement of horses ans people. Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011.

The Heirloom (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Mary Franklin; Shaman
Synopsis
A Nootka Indian Shaman has seen a cuckoo bird and makes an astounding speech about the magic wooden bird.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Paul Bunyan, Jr. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
August Lenox
Inks
August Lenox
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Paul Bunyan, Jr., and Buddy, his cub, have left the north woods...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Paul Bunyan, Jr.
Synopsis
Paul makes his canoe and ends up in a forest-fire, rescuing several small animals.

Indexer Notes

Not signed Lenox, but many clues points to him from the whole series, horses with broad chest, building details of wigwams, boats and other artifacts, and some faces. Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011

The Deserted Lake (Table of Contents: 5)

Rin Tin Tin / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sparky Moore
Inks
Sparky Moore
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; animal
Characters
Rin Tin Tin; Red Johnson; Mukluk; Pete French; Blake (gunman); Billy (boyscout)
Synopsis
Landing on a lake in Canada, Red and friends find a deserted village at the shore with a shotgunman claiming to own the place and the lake.

Indexer Notes

The face on page 12, with big eyes and frowning eyebrows is very Sparky. Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011. Story continues on back cover.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Rin Tin Tin
  2. 1. Another Outstanding Award for Dell Comics
    Dell Comics
  3. 2. Stampede
    Rin Tin Tin
  4. 3. The Heirloom
  5. 4. ["Paul Bunyan, Jr., and Buddy, his cub, have left the north woods..."]
    Paul Bunyan, Jr.
  6. 5. The Deserted Lake
    Rin Tin Tin
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steinar Ådland
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Bill Devine
  • Merlin Haas