Western Roundup
#21
(January-March 1958)
Dell,
1952 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Sam Savitt (painting)
- Inks
- Sam Savitt (painting)
- Colors
- Sam Savitt (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Keywords
- horses
Lone Star Puzzler
activity / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Crossword puzzle in the shape of Texas.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Roundup at Redrock
Roy Rogers / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Roy Rogers; Sheriff Jim Jackson; Lucky Long; Seth Brown
- Synopsis
- Roy goes against a gambler who has organized a Citizens Protection Committee.
Marksmanship
Western Roundup / text story / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Short story about the importance of being able to hit what you shoot at.
The Silver Saddle
Buffalo Bill Jr. / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Buffalo Bill Jr.; Calamity; Gordy Lee
- Synopsis
- BIll enters a shooting to win a silver saddle for Calamity and discovers that one of his opponents isn't playing fair.
The Coyote Vagabond Singer
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Synopsis
- A story about coyotes and their habits.
Snowbound
Gene Autry's Champion / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier; animal
- Characters
- Sam Harris; Sigmund Harris (Sam's grandson)
- Synopsis
- When an old man is trapped under a fallen wagon, Champion saves the old man from freezing to death while the grandson rides for help.
Early Postal Offices
Western Roundup / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- A short article about the development of the railroad postal car.
Hidden Gold
The Flying A's Range Rider / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Range Rider; Dick West; Sam Bates; Hank Thorpe; Gold Dust Sutton;
- Synopsis
- An old prospector helps Range Rider and Dick capture a gang that has been robbing post offices in the territory.
Navaho Blankets
Western Roundup / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- How Navaho blankets were marketed in the Old West.
The Tip Off
Rex Allen / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Rex Allen; Minnie Little Feather; Chaff Mullin (an outlaw); Art Palmer (another outlaw); Strong Elk
- Synopsis
- Rex and the sheriff chase Chaff and Art to an Indian village where Rex uses a Navaho blanket to help capture them.
- Reprints
-
in Aventura (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #439 (7 de junio de 1966)
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Indexer Notes
This story uses the subject of the previous text article as a prop.
White Hawk's Challenge
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Crooked Nose; White Hawk
- Synopsis
- A young brave challenges an old chief for leadership of the tribe.
Pony Express Girl
Tales of the Roaring West / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Jeb Davis (Pony Express Station Manager); Bill Jenks; Bobby Carlisle
- Synopsis
- A young girl proves to her adopted grandpa that she can ride as well as the regular Pony Express rider.
- Reprints
- in Aventura (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #409 (9 de noviembre de 1965)
-
John Colter the Dread of the Blackfeet
The Frontiersmen / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier; non-fiction
- Characters
- John Colter; Manuel Lisa
- Synopsis
- John Colter fails in his attempt to make a peace treaty with the Blackfeet tribe.
Frontier Courts
Western Roundup / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- A short article about frontier courts.
Indexer Notes
This article serves as a lead for the following story.
The Brothers
Johnny Mack Brown / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Johnny Mack Brown; Pete Norton; Andy Baker; Nance Daggett
- Synopsis
- Johnny testifies in a murder trial.
- Reprints
- in Aventura (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #409 (9 de noviembre de 1965)
-
Claim Jumping
Western Roundup / text story / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Synopsis
- How prospectors battled claim jumpers.
Indexer Notes
The story following this one centers around claim jumping.
Harvest of Hate
Dale Evans / comic story / 9.834 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Dale Evans; Claude Gates
- Synopsis
- A man arrives in Mineral City with a wagon load of trees and triggers a gold rush when it's discovered that he has concealed gold nuggets in the bag surrounding the roots of one of the trees.
Answers to Lone Star Puzzle
activity / 0.166 page
- Synopsis
- Answers to puzzle on inside front cover.
Indexer Notes
This feature is the last panel on the last page of the Dale Evans story.
Animal Weathermen
comic story / 0.834 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- How various animals detect and signal changes in the weather.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Demon Horses
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan Spiegle
- Inks
- Dan Spiegle
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Synopsis
- How the Indians reacted when they saw Spanish explorers riding horses.
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Lone Star Puzzler
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2.
Roundup at Redrock
Roy Rogers -
3.
Marksmanship
Western Roundup -
4.
The Silver Saddle
Buffalo Bill Jr. -
5.
The Coyote Vagabond Singer
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6.
Snowbound
Gene Autry's Champion -
7.
Early Postal Offices
Western Roundup -
8.
Hidden Gold
The Flying A's Range Rider -
9.
Navaho Blankets
Western Roundup -
10.
The Tip Off
Rex Allen -
11.
White Hawk's Challenge
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12.
Pony Express Girl
Tales of the Roaring West -
13.
John Colter the Dread of the Blackfeet
The Frontiersmen -
14.
Frontier Courts
Western Roundup -
15.
The Brothers
Johnny Mack Brown -
16.
Claim Jumping
Western Roundup -
17.
Harvest of Hate
Dale Evans -
18.
Answers to Lone Star Puzzle
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19.
Animal Weathermen
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20.
Dell Pledge to Parents
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21.
Demon Horses
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Clint Maxwell
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
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