The Rifleman
#10
(January-March 1962)
Dell,
1960 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1961-11-02
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell [stamp]
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
One of a handful of comic book covers that are considered to have unintended sexual connotations. On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
The Rifleman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Lucas McCain (photo of Chuck Connors); Mark McCain (photo of Johnny Crawford)
- Reprints
in 
Winter's Harvest
comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Story of ice harvesting in the Old West
A Stranger Comes to North Fork
The Rifleman / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Marshall Micah Torrance; Lucas McCain; Mark McCain; Nell Dorne; Pete the Hotel/Saloon Keeper; Doctor; Dan Dorne
- Synopsis
- Lucas sees a woman from his past, Nell Dorne, enter town. Lucas was best friends with her husband Dan Dorne, who has turned outlaw. Nell befriends Mark and subsequently ends up being shot in her hotel room. Her bag is missing which holds the money from Dan's bank robbery. Dan Dorne arrives and threatens Lucas and Mark after Lucas would not hide him from the law.
The Winner
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Brad Mason; Jonas Clark; Lem Camp
- Synopsis
- Rancher Jonas Clark threatens Brad Mason for refusing to sell his homestead with a spring to him. Brad stands up to him and wins.
Proof of Guilt
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Tad Stone; Jerry Reed; Sheriff; Marshall from Montana
- Synopsis
- Bounty Hunter Jerry Reed is ambushed by outlaw Tad Stone. Stone tells the Sheriff that he is Jerry Reed and that he captured outlaw Stone. The real Reed convinces the Sheriff to jail them both until the Marshall from Montana can get there. Reed goes along with a ruse to help Stone break out of jail but turns on him and tells the Sheriff where the money was hidden.
The Young Runaway
The Rifleman / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Lucas McCain; Mark McCain; Polly Burt (Wiley); Marshall Micah Torrance; Wagon Train Master Wheeler; Sam Morgan; John and Mary Wiley; Morgan's wife
- Synopsis
- A little girl (Polly Burt) turns up at the McCain ranch and Mark takes her in. Later two riders approach and ask if Mark had seen a little girl who has run away from their wagon train. Mark keeps quiet about Polly. In town Wheeler has brought Sam Morgan to Sheriff Torrance and is asking for help in finding Polly, who is Morgan's adopted daughter. Mark tells Lucas about Polly and takes her to town where he meets the Wileys who love Polly. It's discovered that Morgan bought Polly for fifty dollars from her uncle. Polly is adopted by the Wileys.
Getting Started
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Synopsis
- two panel description of what ranchers had to do when getting started by themselves.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Rifleman -
1.
Winter's Harvest
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2.
A Stranger Comes to North Fork
The Rifleman -
3.
The Winner
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4.
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Dell Trading Post -
5.
Proof of Guilt
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6.
The Young Runaway
The Rifleman -
7.
Getting Started
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8.
Meet Tubby, the Whale
Tubble -
9.
Runaway from Somewhere
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10.
["Brand new! The most thrilling new bike you've ever seen!"]
Schwinn Bicycles
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Chris Boyko
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Banks S. Robinson
- Jim Stangas
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