Cheyenne #15
(April-May 1960)

Dell, 1957 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1960-02-25
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell Western Adventure
Editing
Helen Meyer (editor)

Issue Notes

"Copyright © 1960, by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc." Editing credit from Statement of Ownership. On-sale date from 1960 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:

[The Cattle Buyer] (Table of Contents)

Cheyenne / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Cheyenne Bodie (photo of Clint Walker)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Photo cover featuring Clint Walker as Cheyenne Bodie from the "Cheyenne" TV series.

Cooking on the Trail (Table of Contents: 1)

Cheyenne / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom Gill ?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Synopsis
Facts about cooking for cattle drives.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover, black and white. Feature title is "Cheyenne" but the character does not appear.

The Cattle Buyer (Table of Contents: 2)

Cheyenne / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom Gill; ? (assistants)
Inks
Tom Gill; ? (assistants)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
Cheyenne #15-604
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Cheyenne Bodie
Synopsis
Cattle buyer Jim Collins is traveling to Mexico to buy a large herd and hires Cheyenne as a body guard to protect the cash he is carrying.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).

The Deception (Table of Contents: 3)

Small Bear / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rex Maxon
Inks
Rex Maxon
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Small Bear; Long Lance
Synopsis
Looking for food to feed their starving village, Small Bear and Long Lance must fight a Crow hunting party for a small herd of buffalo.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

New art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).

The Rifle Shipment (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Dace Evans; Lt. Blake; Red Tongue
Synopsis
Lt. Blake uses six wagon loads of Army supplies to trick a renegade Cheyenne chief into surrendering.
Keywords
Cheyenne

Indexer Notes

Text story with 1/4 page illustration.

Little Brother (Table of Contents: 5)

Cheyenne / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom Gill; ? (assistants)
Inks
Tom Gill; ? (assistants)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Cheyenne Bodie; Jake Norris
Synopsis
Jake Norris hires Cheyenne to help him find his brother, who was taken by Cheyennes in a wagon train attack 12 years ago.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Last panel is Dell's "Pledge to Parents.". Art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).

[Statement of Ownership] (Table of Contents: 6)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of Ownership for Oct. 1, 1959. No circulation figures are given.

This Magnifying Glass Free! (Table of Contents: 7)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Promo for subscriptions to Dell comics. Premium is Free pocket magnifying glass. 12 issues for $1.20.

This is a Beaverbear (Table of Contents: 8)

Kraft / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Illustrated ad for Kraft Caramels candy. One of a series.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [The Cattle Buyer]
    Cheyenne
  2. 1. Cooking on the Trail
    Cheyenne
  3. 2. The Cattle Buyer
    Cheyenne
  4. 3. The Deception
    Small Bear
  5. 4. The Rifle Shipment
  6. 5. Little Brother
    Cheyenne
  7. 6. [Statement of Ownership]
  8. 7. This Magnifying Glass Free!
  9. 8. This is a Beaverbear
    Kraft
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen