Rin Tin Tin #18 [10¢]
(April-May 1957)

Dell, 1954 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1957-02-14
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 B655735. Copyright 1957 by Screen Gems, Inc.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Genre
animal; western-frontier
Characters
Rusty (photo of Lee Aaker); Rin Tin Tin
Reprints
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Trading Treasure (Table of Contents: 1)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sparky Moore
Inks
Sparky Moore
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Synopsis
Trading in the Navaho reservation.

Ramrod (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Sparky Moore
Inks
Sparky Moore
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
animal; western-frontier
Characters
Rusty; Rin Tin Tin; Sergeant O'Hara; Lt. Ripley 'Rip' Masters; General Cummings
Synopsis
A new general is arriving and he doesn't seems to like dogs and boys, or anything else.
Reprints

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

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., young woodsman...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Paul Bunyan, Jr.; Captain Gerard; McGregor
Synopsis
Paul captures a would-be robber on the keelboat by hauling him straight up by the halyard.

Indexer Notes

Same art as in the other in the series, by Lenox. Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011

The Trail of Crafty Joe (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Red Hawkins; Crafty Joe; Sheriff
Synopsis
Crafty Joe and Red are out of jail and Red is going straight, but Crafty Joe thinks he is too smart for that. He is so smart he tricks himself back to jail.
Reprints

Mirage (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Sparky Moore
Inks
Sparky Moore
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
animal; western-frontier
Characters
Rusty; Rin Tin Tin; Sergeant O'Hara; Lt. Ripley 'Rip' Masters; Corporal Hall (outlaw); Butch (prisoner)
Synopsis
Outlaws dressed up as soldiers are trying to bust Butch out of jail in Fort Apache.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Jumping-Jacks / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Gunsight Assay (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Spiegle
Inks
Dan Spiegle
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Characters
George Dennis
Synopsis
How a rich silver vein called Gunsight Vein was found in the desert by George Dennis in 1860. Later he could not find his way back to it.

Free Snap-Pets (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Scotch 3M / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Rin Tin Tin and Rusty
  2. 1. Trading Treasure
  3. 2. Ramrod
    Rin Tin Tin
  4. 3. ["Paul Bunyan, Jr., young woodsman..."]
    Paul Bunyan, Jr.
  5. 4. The Trail of Crafty Joe
  6. 5. Mirage
    Rin Tin Tin
  7. 6. ["Can you name these Jumping-Jack shoes?"]
    Jumping-Jacks
  8. 7. Gunsight Assay
  9. 8. Free Snap-Pets
    Scotch 3M
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Steinar Ådland
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Bill Devine
  • Katy Hayhurst
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