(November 1958-January 1959)

Dell, 1951 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
quarterly
Indicia Publisher:
Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
Brand:
Dell
Editing:
George T. Delacorte (Publisher); Helen Meyer (President); Paul R. Lilly (Executive Vice President); Harold Clark (Vice President-Advertising Director); Albert P. Delacorte (Treasurer)
Format:
Standard Silver Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; was On-Going Series

Issue Notes

last Dell issue


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Tonto / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
? (painting)
Inks:
? (painting)
Colors:
? (painting)

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Tonto; Puma
Synopsis:
Full-page color illustration depicts Tonto confronting a snarling puma.

Indexer Notes

front cover


[Subscription Offer] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
? (ad copy)
Pencils:
? (spot illustrations)
Inks:
? (spot illustrations)
Colors:
? (spot illustrations)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:
Full-page subscription offer for various Dell comic books ($1.20) from Dell Publishing Co., Inc. of New York, N. Y.. A toy space satellite and launching platform are offered as a premium.

Indexer Notes

inside front cover


Suspicion (Table of Contents)

Tonto / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Paul Newman
Pencils:
Alberto Giolitti
Inks:
Alberto Giolitti
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
Job Number:
TONTO #33-5811

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Tonto; Scout; Stone Bear; Elk Horn (Crow); Crow Braves; Stone Bear's Braves; Indian Children
Synopsis:
A Crow exile is given refuge in Stone Bear's camp but is suspected of being a thief when several items are found missing.

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Steinar Ådland December 2010


The Peace Pipe Warpath (Table of Contents)

Tonto / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Paul Newman
Pencils:
Alberto Giolitti
Inks:
Alberto Giolitti
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Tonto; Scout; Stone Bear; Standing Tree (Blackfoot brave); Standing Tree's Companion; Deer Horn; Running Horse (Deer Horn's brother); Blackfoot Chief
Synopsis:
After Deer Horn is attacked by Standing Tree and his companion, Stone Bear sends Tonto and Running Horse to a sacred quarry to make a peace pipe.

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Steinar Ådland December 2010


Battleground (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
? (header illustration)
Inks:
? (header illustration)
Colors:
? (header illustration)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
White Wolf (chief); Indian Braves; Palefaces
Synopsis:
Indian braves and palefaces are prepared to do battle until a prairie fire forces them to reconsider.

The Challenger Comes (Table of Contents)

The Painted Pony / text story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Paul Newman
Pencils:
Tom Gill
Inks:
Tom Gill
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
animal; western
Characters:
Painted Pony; Red Stallion; Painted Pony's Herd of Mares, Colts, and Bachelor Stallions
Synopsis:
The Red Stallion challenges The Painted Pony's leadership of the herd.

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Steinar Ådland December 2010


Fear of the Puma (Table of Contents)

Tonto / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Paul Newman
Pencils:
Alberto Giolitti
Inks:
Alberto Giolitti
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Tonto; Stone Bear; Old Fox; Pumas
Synopsis:
The youthful Tonto conquers his fear of pumas by standing his ground when one attacks and slaying the animal with his knife.

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Steinar Ådland December 2010


[Toy Offer] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
? (ad copy)
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:
Full-page color ad offering 150 molded plastic Civil War soldiers ($1.49) from Josely Company of Long Islamd, N. Y..

Indian Bowl Game (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Alberto Giolitti
Inks:
Alberto Giolitti
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
fact
Synopsis:
Article with five black and white illustrations about an Indian game played with a bowl, painted fruit pits, and pebbles.

Indexer Notes

inside back cover
Art identification by Steinar Ådland December 2010


[Toy Offer] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
? (ad copy)
Pencils:
? (photos)
Inks:
? (photos)
Colors:
? (photos)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:
Full-page color ad offering a variety of toy guns from Mattel, Inc. of Los Angeles, California.

Indexer Notes

back cover


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. [Subscription Offer]
  2. 2. Suspicion
    Tonto
  3. 3. The Peace Pipe Warpath
    Tonto
  4. 4. Battleground
  5. 5. The Challenger Comes
    The Painted Pony
  6. 6. Fear of the Puma
    Tonto
  7. 7. [Toy Offer]
  8. 8. Indian Bowl Game
  9. 9. [Toy Offer]
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  • Kathryn Wright
  • Steinar Ådland
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
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