(June - August 1956)

Dell, 1955 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell
Editing
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Dude Rancher (Table of Contents)

Zane Grey's Stories of the West / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (painting)
Inks
? (painting)
Colors
? (painting)
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
A picturized edition of "The Dude Ranger"
Reprints
Keywords
carpetbags; pistols

Another Outstanding Award for Dell Comics (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Another Outstanding Award for Dell Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Dude Rancher (Table of Contents: 2)

Zane Grey's Stories of the West / comic story / 27 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Al Micale
Inks
Al Micale
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
Z.G. # 30 - 566
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Ernest Selby ["Ioway"]; Anne Hepford; Nebraskie Kemp; John Hepford; Bud Miller; Dude Hyslip
Synopsis
Uncle died, young Iowan Ernest Selby inherits the ranch in Arizona, where twenty thousand cattle have become only six thousand. To investigate, Ernest goes undercover, hiring on at his own ranch, as a greenhorn dude. He makes allies, enemies, and courts the thief foreman's daughter, Anne Hepford. Selby takes to cowboy life, persists in his investigation, and befriends Miss Hepford in her distress.

Indexer Notes

Adapts Zane Grey's novel "The Dude Ranger" first published as a serial novel beginning in the October 1930 issue of McCall's.

Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 182, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott. Gaylord Du Bois script identification and Albert Micale art identification by David Porta (October 2013).

The Wrath of Mehitabel (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Mehitabel Rush ["Aunt Hetty"]; Red Hawk Joe; three train robbers
Synopsis
Red Hawk Joe collapses, tells spinster Aunt Hetty he witnessed three men rob a train, and they shot him. She tracks the robbers and puts an arrow in each one's arm.

The Charmed Life of Elfego Baca (Table of Contents: 4)

True Western Adventures / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Al Micale
Inks
Al Micale
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier; non-fiction
Characters
Elfego Baca; McCarty; Mr. Perham; deputy Ross; Naranjo
Synopsis
Elfego Baca makes citizen's arrest of cowboy McCarty for shooting up the place, locks him in the jail at Frisco, New Mexico. foreman Perham of the Slaughter ranch where McCarty is a hand, demands his release. Baca refuses. A mob of eighty cowboys and ranchers ride on the little Latin-American settlement. Baca insists on taking the prisoner to the county seat in Soccoro, the mob lays siege a mud-plastered jacal, or shack, where Baca takes refuge. The thirty-three hour siege of bullets leaves Baca unharmed. Baca is twice acquitted of the shooting incident, and becomes a well-known lawyer.

Indexer Notes

Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 190, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott. Gaylord Du Bois script identification and Albert Micale art identification by David Porta (October 2013).

The Cowboy is an Athlete (Table of Contents: 5)

The Cowboy – at Work – at Play / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier; non-fiction
Synopsis
Cowboys must be hard-muscled, enduring, and have physical skills. Examples.

Indexer Notes

Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 183, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott. Gaylord Du Bois script identification by David Porta (October 2013).

John Slaughter (Table of Contents: 6)

Heroes of the West / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier; non-fiction
Synopsis
Crime plagued Cochise County, so Tombstone drafted cattleman John Slaughter for sheriff. With deputy John Alovord he cleaned Cochise County of badmen

Indexer Notes

Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 183, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott. Gaylord Du Bois script identification by David Porta (October 2013).

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Dude Rancher
    Zane Grey's Stories of the West
  2. 1. Another Outstanding Award for Dell Comics
    Another Outstanding Award for Dell Comics
  3. 2. Dude Rancher
    Zane Grey's Stories of the West
  4. 3. The Wrath of Mehitabel
  5. 4. The Charmed Life of Elfego Baca
    True Western Adventures
  6. 5. The Cowboy is an Athlete
    The Cowboy – at Work – at Play
  7. 6. John Slaughter
    Heroes of the West
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Dave Porta
  • Warren Zeigler