The Chief #2

([April-June] 1951)

Indian Sign Language (Table of Contents)

filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

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Inks:

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Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

How to say 6 different words in Indian Sign Language (including season, woman and white man).

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover and inside back cover. Includes indicia.

The Captive of the Mountain Makers (Table of Contents)

The Chief / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils:

Jon Small (signed)

Inks:

Jon Small (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Job Number:

The Chief #2-512

Content Information

Genre:

historical; western-frontier

Characters:

Young Otter; Prairie Dove

Synopsis:

Young Otter saves Prairie Dove from being sacrificed to the sun god upon the altar atop the pyramid by the sun priests of the tribe who live in the walled city.

Keywords:

human sacrifice; pagan priests; sun god

Indexer Notes

Script credit source (Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott) states: "The Captive of the Mountain Makers (synopsis). 14p. For War Eagle. Sent March 5, 1950. NOTE: Parenthetical 'synop' is lined out in red." ~Dave Porta

The Exile (Table of Contents)

Indian Chief / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils:

Alberto Giolitti

Inks:

Alberto Giolitti

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

historical; western-frontier

Characters:

Fleet Hawk

Synopsis:

Fleet Hawk fails the manhood initiation of the Wolf Clan. He is exiled for a season. A wolf pack attacks him in his exile. He kills the huge wolf leader by knife in mortal combat, skins it, wears its pelt as a wolf's head hood, undertakes many anonymous heroics for his clan. He finally unmasks himself. Denouement: "We who sent you out in scorn, admired you unknowingly and called you the Wolf God! We who sent you forth in shame welcome back The Exile!"

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Golden Comics Digest (Western, 1969 series) #31 (August 1973)

Indexer Notes

Script credit source (Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott) states: "The ‘Big Wolf' (synopsis). 16p. For War Eagle. Sent February 26, 1950." Someone changed the title from "The 'Big Wolf'" to "The Exile." ~Dave Porta

This is the same artist as on Tonto and Sergeant Preston.
Notice the accuracy of the posed figures and details of objects. That is because Giolitti took pictures of himself and his friends dressed like the characters of the strip, and used it as a guideline for the final drawing. He had photographs, books, magazines and objects used for backgrounds and artifacts. He also had models of real weapons.
Informations from Angelo Toredo
Art identification by Steinar Ådland December 2010

Squaw Man (Table of Contents)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jon Small (signed)

Inks:

Jon Small (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

historical; western-frontier

Characters:

Stone Hawk

Synopsis:

Stone Hawk is driven out of the tribe and told to "live like a woman", but proves himself to be a man when he kills a demon bear.

White Wolf and the Pelt Robber (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

historical; western-frontier

Characters:

White Wolf; Moon Maiden

Synopsis:

Marriage is a partnership. Onondaga bride Moon Maiden and her Pawnee husband White Wolf leave for new hunting grounds; she teaches him the hunting and trapping secrets. He is hurt in a fight with a wolverine. Her skill and love bring him back from death. She exults that the Great Spirit is filling their snares with game. White Wolf redounds the praise to her, declaring the Great Spirit has given her strong "medicine." She remarks that they shall be rich when they return to her father's wickiup, but even if they were poor, she should still feel rich with her husband! He feels likewise.

Keywords:

family; God; mixed marriage

Indexer Notes

Script credit source (Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott) states: "White Wolf and The Pelt Robber. 8p For War Eagle, stock. Sent April 2, 1950." ~Dave Porta

["This famous painting shows a Minatree "Dog Soldier"..."] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (painted)

Inks:

? (painted)

Colors:

? (painted)

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

historical; western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Backcover of comic.