Zane Grey's Stories of the West #33

(March - May 1957)

Pyramid Lake (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier

Synopsis

Pyramid Lake in western Nevada. Four illustrated panels with text captions show and tell the history, evolution, composition, and fauna of the lake.

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).

Wilderness Ranch (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Gaylord Du Bois (adaptation); Zane Grey (novel)

Pencils

Al Micale

Inks

Al Micale

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Milt Dale (pioneer rancher); Moze (outlaw); Snake Anson (outlaw); Beasley (cattleman crook); Wilson (outlaw); Auchincloss; Nell Rainer; Bo

Synopsis

Beasley is going to take over the whole cattle kingdom of Auchincloss, and he has hired three outlaw gunmans to do his crooked job. But someone overheard it all.

Reprints

• in Zane Grey's Western Annual (World Distributors, 1965 series) #1966

Indexer Notes

Adapts Zane Grey's "Man of the Forest" first published as a serial novel beginning in the October 20, 1917 issue of Country Gentleman.

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).

Faces with tiny eyes, hats often with only a line for brim, and horses with heavy head and legs. You can almost feel their weight. That is Micale work. He drew many Roy Rogers and Wild Bill Elliott stories. Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011.

Surprise Party (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Sheriff Ames; Tom Stapp; Les Hardy; Cal Bruce

Synopsis

In Gulch City, the Sheriff had posted a notice that townspeople were forbidden to carry firearms. All guns must be deposited in his office. Not everybody liked it, until the surprise party for the banker.

The End of the Daltons (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

?

Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier

Characters

George; Charley; Bob Dalton; Emmet Dalton; three other Dalton Gang members; Aleck McKenna; Charlie Ball; the combatants

Synopsis

Recounts the events of the morning of October 5, 1892 in Coffeyville, Kansas. The Dalton gang (three Daltons and two others) attempted a bank robbery. Citizens took up arms against the gang, killed four, wounded Emmet, lost four of their own. The names are listed. Emmet converted in prison, later pardonded, spent the remainder of his life a crime-fighter.

Reprints

• in Zane Grey's Western Annual (World Distributors, 1965 series) #1966

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). Du Bois sent the story to his editor with the title "Citizens to Arms."

Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Blizzard

Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier

Synopsis

The cowboy and the dreaded blizzard, or the "blue norther".

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).

Henry Clay Pleasants (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; western-frontier

Characters

Henry Clay Pleasants

Synopsis

In Lampasas, Texas, Judge Henry Clay Pleasants, a hero armed only with a double-barreled shotgun and true grit, ended the Sutton-Taylor feud.

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).

Back cover.