(April-June 1958)
Dell,
1954 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1958
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell
- Editing
- Helen Meyer (credited) (editor, president, business manager); George Delacorte (credited as George T. Delacorte Jr.) (publisher); Paul R. Lilly (credited) (executive vice-president)
Issue Notes
Helen Meyer identified as editor in the Statement of Ownership
Keywords cowgirl; movie tie-in; TV tie-in; western
[no title indexed]
Dale Evans / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Dale Evans; Bullet
- Synopsis
- Dale Evans with drawn six-gun, accompanied by Bullet (German shepherd)
- Keywords
- cowgirl; dog; German shepherd; revolver; six-gun; six-shooter; western
Unsung Heroine
Famous Women of the West / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier; biography
- Characters
- pioneer wife; Indian attackers; Indian chief
- Synopsis
- A woman in a wagon train uses a tent pole to beat off Indians trying to steal quilts and pans. An admiring chief offers to buy her for $500.
- Keywords
- American Indian; frontier; Native American; wagon train
Indexer Notes
The inside-front cover.
Muley and the Mirage
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Muley Salton; Grandfather
- Synopsis
- Grandfather tells the tale of stubborn old prospector Muley Salton, and how the Salton Sea was named for him.
- Keywords
- California; frame story; mirage; prospector; Salton Sea
Indexer Notes
Color illustration of Grandfather (in his youth) and Muley.
Western Vignettes: A Lucky Break
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Skeets; Wally; Jeff
- Synopsis
- Two bank robbers steal retired fire horses for their getaway. Jeff foils them by luring the horses back with the fire bell.
- Keywords
- bank robber; bank robbery; fire horse; horse thief; horse thieves
The Girl From Thunder River
Dale Evans / comic story / 12.67 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Dale Evans; Kate Linton; Pat Brady; Chad Hume; bank robbers
- Synopsis
- Dale Evans befriends Kate Linton, who has run away from an orphanage to join her reclusive uncle Chad Hume. Hume turns out to be concealing bank robbers on his property. Dale frees Kate and captures the criminals.
- Keywords
- bank robber; bank robbery; cowgirl; orphan; orphanage
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Script
- Helen Meyer (credited) (business manager)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912
- Synopsis
- Statement of Ownership
Clown of the Desert
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; animal; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Describes the life of the kangaroo rat
- Keywords
- desert; educational; fact; kangaroo rat
Indexer Notes
This page includes the Dell Comic Pledge to Parents
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Dale Evans -
1.
Unsung Heroine
Famous Women of the West -
2.
The Legend of Lost Valley
Dale Evans -
3.
Muley and the Mirage
-
4.
Western Vignettes: A Lucky Break
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5.
The Girl From Thunder River
Dale Evans -
6.
["Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912"]
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7.
Clown of the Desert
-
8.
["Free Wallet With Your Subscription"]
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- Kirk House
- Len Wolinsky
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