(November-December 1956)

Dell, 1954 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1956-10-04
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell
Editing
George Delacorte (president); Helen Meyer (vice-president); Albert P. Delacorte (vice-president)

Issue Notes

On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1957, page 131, registration number B628615. Copyright 1956 by Screen Gems, Inc.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)

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

Operation Survival (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
How reindeer saved the Eskimos from extinction.

The Ghost Camp (Table of Contents: 2)

Rin Tin Tin / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
R.T.T. #16-5611
Genre
adventure; animal
Characters
Rin Tin Tin; Red Johnson; Mukluk; Mr. Frisbee; Pete
Synopsis
It used to be a successful mine, shipped millions in gold. But then strange things started happening, strange lights in the mines, strange noises and weird unexplainable accidents. Soon the miners quit, they refused to work in a haunted mine.

Indexer Notes

Faces, close ups and movement are Sparky Moore. Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011

Ordeal by Fire (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure
Characters
Charlie Anson; Yukon Kelly; Lobo (half-wolf)
Synopsis
Charlie is caught in a forest fire and has to save old Kelly, but Kelly's dog, Lobo, was dangerous to come near.
Reprints

[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
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Paul Bunyan, Jr., and his pet cub...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Paul Bunyan, Jr; Hank (ox-driver); McGregor (agent)
Synopsis
Paul has a fight with an angry ox-driver.

Indexer Notes

Artwork similar to most of the other stories in this series, and by Lenox. Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011.

The Flight of the Deer (Table of Contents: 5)

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

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

Genre
adventure; animal
Characters
Rin Tin Tin; Red Johnson; Mukluk; Tokoot (reindeer herder); Slade (crook)
Synopsis
Red, Mukluk and Rinty are helping to round up reindeer and sort them out from the herd of the crooked Slade.

Indexer Notes

Many close up faces, and way of walking and running are clues to Sparky Moore. Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011. Last panel a pledge to parents from Dell Comics.

Klondike Piano (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Characters
Mike Mahoney
Synopsis
How to carry a piano up the Chilkoot Pass.

Have Mom and Dad Take You Down to See the Keen New Toys in Toyland! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Monsanto / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Rin Tin Tin
  2. 1. Operation Survival
  3. 2. The Ghost Camp
    Rin Tin Tin
  4. 3. Ordeal by Fire
  5. 4. ["Paul Bunyan, Jr., and his pet cub..."]
    Paul Bunyan, Jr.
  6. 5. The Flight of the Deer
    Rin Tin Tin
  7. 6. Klondike Piano
  8. 7. Have Mom and Dad Take You Down to See the Keen New Toys in Toyland!
    Monsanto
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Steinar Ådland
  • Chris Boyko
  • Bill Devine
  • Merlin Haas