Zane Grey's Stories of the West #32

(December 1956 - February 1957)

Forests of Stone (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

typeset

Job Number

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Genre

western-frontier; non-fiction

Synopsis

The petrified forest in the desert valley surrounded by Circle Cliffs in Utah.

Indexer Notes

Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 184, 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).

Unofficially part of the Natural Wonders of the West ongoing feature, though not identified as such in the comic, nor in the Account Books.

Illustrations and design are toned in wash, shades of gray.

Cover 2, no color.

The Trail Driver (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

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Letters

typeset

Job Number

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Adam Brite, cattleman; Texas Joe Shipman, Brite's foreman; Reddie Bayne, horse wrangler; Mose the Negro cook; Hallett, a treacherous Brite drover; Ben Chandler, a doomed faithful Brite drover; Deuce Ackerman, a Brite drover; Pan Smith, a Brite drover; San Sabe, a Mexican-attired Brite drover; Comanche raiders; John Hardy; Ann Hardy; Stevens, a cattle-buyer; Wallen, a murderer; Ross Hite, Wallen's gunman confederate; Hite's crew

Synopsis

June, 1871. Cattleman Brite takes on Reddie as horse wrangler. Cattle drive. Chisholm Trail. Foreman Joe spanks Reddie, ignorant she's a girl of 16. Wallen murdered her dad. He and Hite demand to take her. Joe outguns Hite. Brite adopts Reddie. Drovers witness his will, all to her. Hite & co. take part of the herd. 20 Comanche attack emigrant wagons. Two survive: John Hardy and daughter Ann. Mose reports Hite took the cattle while the hands fought Comanche. Tex and the boys foil the villains. Hite escapes. Reddie loves Tex. Trail's end in Dodge. Hite dies drawing on Tex. Lovebirds will wed.

Indexer Notes

Adapts Zane Grey's novel "The Trail Driver" first published as a serial novel beginning in the October, 1931 issue of McCall's.

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 and Albert Micale art identification by David Porta (October 2013).

New Sheriff (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Colors

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Letters

typeset

Characters

Ex-sheriff Blake; head councilman; Sheriff Hawk Mason; Bull Barton; six gunmen

Synopsis

Blake complains he did his best, but he's no gun-hand, and that the only reason Mason could have courage against the lawless element is because he has two guns and is expert with both hands. Half the gunmen have left already. Mason arrives, ignores gunman Bull who awaits to face him. So unnerved by Mason's unconcern, Bull bolts, and the rest follow. Mason asks directions, reveals one gun is empty, and the other has temporarily blinded him when it misfired and broke. He rode in town, blinded, no bullets, knowing gunmen were looking to take him on. What courage!

The Cooney Saga (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

Mort Drucker

Inks

Mort Drucker

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

western-frontier; non-fiction

Characters

James C. Cooney; Victorio the Apache; Victorio's raiders; Roberts; 20 men; 20 women and children; Chick; Agnes Meader; the cavalry

Synopsis

Ex-Cavalry Sergeant James C. Cooney returns to Mineral Creek where he spotted silver during a cavalry detail in the 1870s. A rich strike. Word leaks. Miners stampede. Mining camp of Mogollon Springs. Apaches plan a massacre. Folks gather at settler Roberts' cabin. Cooney and Chick arrive. Apache attack is 1 or 2 days off. Agnes, a teen, sees Cooney and Chick leave to get food for the siege. Apaches cut them down. The siege ends when cavalry arrive.

Indexer Notes

Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 184, 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 Mort Drucker art identification by David Porta (October 2013).

Bottom half of last page is a 3-panel ad for Smith Brothers cough drops.

Dell comics subscription ad (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Monsanto Plastics Division ad (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)