Colt .45
#8
(February-April 1961)
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1960-11-22
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell Western Adventure
- Editing
- George Delacorte (publisher); Helen Meyer (president); William F. Callahan Jr. (executive vice president); Paul R. Lilly (executive vice president); Harold Clark (vice president-advertising director); Bryce L. Holland (vice president); Albert P. Delacorte (treasurer)
Issue Notes
[no title indexed]
Colt .45 / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Chris Colt [as portrayed by Wayde Preston]
- Reprints
-
in Aventura (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #237 (24 de julio de 1962)
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Indexer Notes
front cover
[no title indexed]
Colt .45 / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Chris Colt [as portrayed by Wayde Preston]
- Synopsis
- Synopses of the two Colt .45 stories in the issue. Photo portrait of Chris Colt and four black and white panels.
Indexer Notes
inside front cover
Notice horse in last panel, with long ears, pointed hoove and lifing of leg and you have Nat Edson.
Showdown at Indian Rock Mesa
Colt .45 / comic story / 15 pages
- Job Number
- COLT .45 #8-612
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Chris Colt; Steve Wade; Two Outlaws; Crandall; Colonel
- Synopsis
- Colt and Wade are robbed of valuable Army information.
Indexer Notes
Squinting faces and ears with few lines are Edson faces, and also the long pointed ears of horses, and large sharp hooves. Art ID by Steinar Ådland.
The New Commander
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Colonel Bradley; Lieutenant; Orderly; Blackie (crow)
- Synopsis
- Colonel Bradley's pet crow steals his ring and watch.
Indexer Notes
Dan Spiegle is credited to Colt .45 by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and this is one of his stories. Art ID by Steinar Ådland.
Just look at the relaxed way the two men sit on their horses on the last page. His horses have rather large bodies and small heads.
Night Race
text story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ? (header illustration)
- Inks
- ? (header illustration)
- Colors
- ? (header illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- animal; western-frontier
- Characters
- Weasel; Snowshoe Rabbit; Snowy Owl
- Synopsis
- A weasel chases a rabbit through the snow.
- Reprints
-
in Golden Comics Digest (Western, 1969 series) #14 (October 1970)
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Renegade Rebels
Colt .45 / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Chris Colt; Jeff Hoyt; Commanding Officer; Denton; Dwayne Porter Jackson; Townsmen; Cafe Counterman; Two Thugs
- Synopsis
- Chris and Jeff capture a renegade Confederate General planning a revolution.
Indexer Notes
Faces on page 3, with narrow eyes and quite simple drawn ears are certain Edson work, as are the long pointed ears of horses. Also to notice is the leg movement of horses on page 10. Art ID by Steinar Ådland.
Retarded Gold Rush
Colt .45 / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Illustrated article about the gold rush in the Dakotas.
Indexer Notes
The horses gives Edson away in this one, sharp hooves and the lifting of leg.
Madstones
Colt .45 / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Illustrated article about old-time methods for treating snake bites.
Indexer Notes
inside back cover
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[no title indexed]
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[no title indexed]
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2.
Showdown at Indian Rock Mesa
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3.
The New Commander
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4.
Night Race
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5.
Renegade Rebels
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Retarded Gold Rush
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Madstones
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8.
[Daisy Rifle Ad]
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9.
Outpost Assignment
Colt .45
- Katie
- Steinar Ådland
- Chris Boyko
- Steve Coates
- Kathryn Wright
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