([September] 1955)
Dell,
1955 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Copyright 1955 by Walt Disney Productions.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
![Cover Thumbnail for Walt Disney's Davy Crockett King of the Wild Frontier (1955 series) #1 [Canadian]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/842/w100/842766.jpg?5163845110217115831)
Old Betsy
filler / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Facts about flintlock rifles.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Text and illustrations.
Young Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- biography; history
- Characters
- Davy Crockett; John Crockett; Tom Crockett; Jacob Siler; Jeb Dunn; Hi Kitchner; Job Higgins; Jesse Cheek; Adam Myers; John Kennedy
- Synopsis
- Anecdotes from Davy Crockett's youth.
- Reprints
-
in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Western, 1968 series) #28 (April 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Steinar Ådland and Lambiek website (September 22, 2010). Panels with text at the bottom.
Davy Crockett Dictionery
Davy Crockett / filler / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Davy Crockett
- Synopsis
- A list of words that Davy Crockett is said to have coined.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Text and illustration.
Frontier Fashions
filler / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Description of the clothing worn by men and women on the frontier.
Indexer Notes
Text and illustration.
Cherokee Justice
Davy Crockett / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- historical
- Characters
- Davy Crockett; George Russel; Red Eagle; Quick Fox; Chief Watami; Long Knife
- Synopsis
- After saving two young Cherokee boys from a bear, Davy Crocket and George Russel take them home to their village. The men become the enemies of Long Knife, who is banished from the tribe and later returns to seek revenge on the white men and the Cherokee villagers.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Steinar Ådland. (Error Report 5037, September 22, 2010). Script identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).
How Davy Talked to the Indians
Davy Crockett / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; historical
- Characters
- Davy Crockett
- Synopsis
- Phrase by phrase explanation of a sign language conversation between Davy and a Cheyenne Indian.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Panels with text at bottom. Art and lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).
Survival in the Wilds
text article / 3 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Tips for survival if lost in the wilderness.
Indexer Notes
Text and illustrations.
Pioneer Homes
filler / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Facts about the construction of pioneer homes.
Indexer Notes
Text and illustration.
Frontier Forts
filler / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Facts about forts on the frontier.
Indexer Notes
Text and illustration.
Davy Crockett Goes to Washington
Davy Crockett / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- historical
- Characters
- Davy Crockett; George Russel; Major Norton; Andrew Jackson
- Synopsis
- Andrew Jackson talks Davy into running for Congress. Davy wins the election and goes to Washington.
Indexer Notes
Lyrics to "Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier" song are used in the story. Art identification by Steinar Ådland. (Error Report 5037, September 22, 2010)
Pioneer Transportation
text article / 3 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Methods of transportation on the frontier.
Indexer Notes
Text and illustrations.
Davy Crockett's Dinner
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Types of food eaten on the frontier.
Indexer Notes
Text and illustration.
Other Frontier Heroes
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Characters
- John Colter; Daniel Boone; Kit Carson; James Bowie
- Synopsis
- Brief text biographies of four famous frontiersmen as an introduction to a series of more extensive biographies in comic form.
Indexer Notes
Text and illustrations.
James Bowie
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- James Bowie; Jeff Lattimore; Black Jack Sturdivant
- Synopsis
- The story of how James Bowie invented the knife that bears his name.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Steinar Ådland (Error Report 5138, attachment 179, October 8, 2010)
John Colter
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- John Colter; Potts
- Synopsis
- John Colter's runs for his life after being captured by Blackfeet Indians in 1823.
Indexer Notes
Art identification from Lambiek website. Also from from Steinar Ådland (GCD Error Report 5139, attachment 180, October 10, 2010)
Kit Carson
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Kit Carson
- Reprints
- in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Western, 1968 series) #25 (October 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Art identification from Steinar Ådland (GCD Error Report 5141, attachment 182, October 10, 2010)
Daniel Boone
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Daniel Boone
- Reprints
- in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Western, 1968 series) #20 (February 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Art identification from Steinar Ådland (GCD Error Report 5140, attachment 181, October 10, 2010)
The Fall of the Alamo
text article / 3 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- William Barrett Travis; General Santa Anna; Col. Albert Martin; Davy Crockett (cameo mention); James Bowie (cameo mention)
- Synopsis
- Account of the siege of the Alamo during the Mexican-American War in 1836.
Indexer Notes
Text and illustrations. Davy Crockett and James Bowie are only mentioned in passing.
Name the States
activity / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Facts about nine states with their border outlines, which the reader is supposed to name.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Illustrations and text.
Pioneer Pastimes
text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Social activities on the frontier.
Indexer Notes
Text and illustrations.
Davy Crockett and Ol' Three Claws
Davy Crockett / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- historical
- Characters
- Davy Crockett; Georgie Russel; Jed Wills; Hank Binns; Rafe Dodd
- Synopsis
- Davy makes an enemy in Hank Binns by besting him in a knife-throwing contest in a tavern. When Davy and Georgie Russel track a bear named Ol' Three Claws, Binns seeks revenge.
Indexer Notes
Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Art identification by Steinar Ådland. (Error Report 5037, September 22, 2010)
Loading and Firing the Flintlock
filler / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- How to load and fire a flintlock rifle.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Text and illustration.
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Table of Contents
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0.
King of the Wild Frontier
Davy Crockett -
1.
Old Betsy
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2.
Young Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett -
3.
Davy Crockett Dictionery
Davy Crockett -
4.
Frontier Fashions
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5.
Cherokee Justice
Davy Crockett -
6.
How Davy Talked to the Indians
Davy Crockett -
7.
Survival in the Wilds
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8.
Pioneer Homes
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9.
Frontier Forts
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10.
Davy Crockett Goes to Washington
Davy Crockett -
11.
Pioneer Transportation
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12.
Davy Crockett's Dinner
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13.
Other Frontier Heroes
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14.
James Bowie
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15.
John Colter
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16.
Kit Carson
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17.
Daniel Boone
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18.
The Fall of the Alamo
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19.
Name the States
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20.
Pioneer Pastimes
-
21.
Davy Crockett and Ol' Three Claws
Davy Crockett -
22.
Loading and Firing the Flintlock
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23.
Be Sure You're Right...Then Go Ahead
Davy Crockett
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