(January-February 1957)

Dell, 1954 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1956-12-04
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 B639583. 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)
Letters
? (photo)
Genre
adventure; animal
Characters
Rin Tin Tin (photo)
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Rin Tin Tin (Dell, 1954 series) #17
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Lincoln on a Totem Pole (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Abraham Lincoln
Synopsis
Let Tleda, the Alaskan Tlingit sculptor, made a wooden statue of Lincoln.
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Rin Tin Tin and the Gold Rush (Table of Contents: 2)

Rin Tin Tin / comic story / 13.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sparky Moore
Inks
Sparky Moore
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; animal
Characters
Rin Tin Tin; Red Johnson; Mukluk; Scotty MacLean; Wicox
Synopsis
Scotty MacLean have some gold nuggets, and everybody believe he has found gold. He denies it, but the rush is on.

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Helen Meyer
Letters
typeset

Refuge (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
adventure
Characters
Clam Streeter
Synopsis
It was no use. Not an ounce of gold after a whole week o panning the stream. Then the huge black bear came.

"Paul Bunyan, Jr., born and raised in the wilderness..." (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Pencils
August Lenox
Inks
August Lenox
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Paul Bunyan, Jr.; McGregor; Hank
Synopsis
Paul has another showdown with Hank, the sacked 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.

Rin Tin Tin and the Wolf-Dog (Table of Contents: 6)

Rin Tin Tin / comic story / 12.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sparky Moore
Inks
Sparky Moore
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
animal; western-frontier
Characters
Rin Tin Tin; Red Johnson; Mukluk; Mr Stewart; Little Bear; Crowfoot
Synopsis
A big wolf is killing cattle, or is it just a starving dog?

Indexer Notes

Many close up faces, and way of walking and running are clues to Sparky Moore. Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011.

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Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Dell Comics Christmas Gift Subscriptions Bring Joy All Year! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

Have Mom and Dad Take You Down to See the Keen New Toys in Toyland! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Monsanto / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Rin Tin Tin
  2. 1. Lincoln on a Totem Pole
  3. 2. Rin Tin Tin and the Gold Rush
    Rin Tin Tin
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
  5. 4. Refuge
  6. 5. "Paul Bunyan, Jr., born and raised in the wilderness..."
    Paul Bunyan, Jr.
  7. 6. Rin Tin Tin and the Wolf-Dog
    Rin Tin Tin
  8. 7. ["We love those cough drops..."]
    Smith Brothers Cough Drops
  9. 8. Dell Comics Christmas Gift Subscriptions Bring Joy All Year!
    Dell Comics
  10. 9. Have Mom and Dad Take You Down to See the Keen New Toys in Toyland!
    Monsanto
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  • Steinar Ådland
  • Chris Boyko
  • Bill Devine
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