(June 1955)

Dell, 1948 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell Comic [sans serif]
Editing
Helen Meyer (vice-president); Albert P. Delacorte (vice-president); George Delacorte (president)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Roy Rogers / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Roy Rogers
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Photo cover

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Roy Rogers comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Race with Doom (Table of Contents: 2)

Roy Rogers / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
Mario Acquaviva
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Roy Rogers
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The art infos come from the John Buscema checklist compiled by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr and Michel Maillot.
The Writer infos come from the book "Roy Rogers: a biography, radio history, television career chronicle ..." by Robert W. Phillips.

Roy Rogers King of the cowboys and the Lost Spinster (Table of Contents: 3)

Roy Rogers / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
Mario Acquaviva
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Roy Rogers
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The art infos come from the John Buscema checklist compiled by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr and Michel Maillot.
The Writer infos come from the book "Roy Rogers: a biography, radio history, television career chronicle ..." by Robert W. Phillips.

The Return of Jesse Baker (Table of Contents: 4)

Breed of the Pioneers / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (3 illustrations)
Inks
? (3 illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier; war
Characters
Jesse Barker
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Chuckwagon Charley's Tales / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Ray Thayer
Inks
Ray Thayer
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Charley! Wh-what's that --?
Genre
western-frontier
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Script credit from "Roy Rogers: A Biography, Radio History, Television Career Chronicle, Discography, Filmography, Comicography, Merchandising and Advertising History, Collectibles Description, Bibliography and Index" by Robert W. Phillips.

In Jerry Bails' Who's Who, Thayer is credited with Zane Grey FC#449 Tappan's Burro. Using that as a start, it is easy to pick out the rest of his work in the 50's, and this is one.

Interesting Tribal Names (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Red Thundercloud (credited as Chief Red Thunder Cloud of the Catawbas)
Pencils
? (3 illustrations)
Inks
? (3 illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Lower half of page with cover of Dale Evans Comics.

Rocky Mountain Canary (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
August Lenox (signed) (illustrations)
Inks
August Lenox (signed) (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Reprints

blank page (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Roy Rogers
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Roy Rogers comics
  3. 2. Race with Doom
    Roy Rogers
  4. 3. Roy Rogers King of the cowboys and the Lost Spinster
    Roy Rogers
  5. 4. The Return of Jesse Baker
    Breed of the Pioneers
  6. 5. ["Charley! Wh-what's that --?"]
    Chuckwagon Charley's Tales
  7. 6. Interesting Tribal Names
  8. 7. Rocky Mountain Canary
  9. 8. blank page
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Steinar Ådland
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Peter Croome
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Rodney Hinkle
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Michel Maillot
  • Nuno Miranda
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk