Four Color
#1223 [ad] - Laramie
(September-November 1961)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1961
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell [stamp]
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "LARAMIE, No. 1223." Code number is LARAMIE #1223-618. Copyright 1961 by Revue Studios. This version of the issue has five pages of ads and promos that are not in the non-ad issue and also has different cover copy.
[The Missing Man]
Laramie / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Jess Harper (photo of Robert Fuller); Slim Sherman (photo of John Smith)
Indexer Notes
Ad edition cover features promo text above the logo and the text in the white box in the lower right corner is different than the non-ad version.
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The Missing Man / The Deadly Payload
Laramie / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Jess Harper (photo of Robert Fuller); Slim Sherman (photo of John Smith)
- Synopsis
- Preview of the two stories in the issue.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Photo and two-panel previews of the stories. Art identification by Merlin Haas (December 2010).
The Missing Man
Laramie / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Jess Harper; Slim Sherman; Jeff Dawkins; Eagle Claws
- Synopsis
- An Indian agent is traveling by stagecoach to warn an Army post of an impending Sioux uprising. Slim and Jess must make sure he makes it through.
Indexer Notes
The story has one page deleted from the non-ad version. Pencils credit from Gary Brown, Alan Hutchinson, and Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (December 2010).
The Deadly Payload
Laramie / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Jess Harper; Slim Sherman
- Synopsis
- A gang steals a payroll from the stagecoach and hides out in an abandoned mine under a ghost town.
Indexer Notes
Pencils credit from Gary Brown, Alan Hutchinson, and Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (December 2010).
Indian Agent
Laramie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Description of the Indian agent's job on the reservation.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with text underneath. The Laramie logo is on the sequence but no characters appear. Art identification by Gary Brown, Alan Hutchinson, and Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (December 2010).
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[The Missing Man]
Laramie -
1.
The Missing Man / The Deadly Payload
Laramie -
2.
The Missing Man
Laramie -
3.
Color This Picture and You Can Win
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4.
Start Trading Now
Dell Trading Post -
5.
The Deadly Payload
Laramie -
6.
Special Offer from Pop-Ice!
Pop-Ice -
7.
Indian Agent
Laramie -
8.
204 Revolutionary War Soldiers Only $1.98
Revolutionary War Soldiers
This issue was modified by
- Merlin Haas
- Donald Dale Milne
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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