Four Color #197 - Zane Grey's Spirit of the Border
(September 1948)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1948-08-13
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
A Dell Comic
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
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Issue Notes

Indicia title is "Zane Grey's 'SPIRIT OF THE BORDER,' No. 197". Code number is S.B.O.S. #197-489. Copyright 1948 by Zane Grey.

Publication date as per Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1948 Pamphlets, page 445.

Zane's Grey's Spirit of the Border (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Morris Gollub (painting)
Inks
Morris Gollub (painting)
Colors
Morris Gollub (painting)
Letters
?
Genre
historical
Reprints
Keywords
arrows; Indians; Native Americans; war bonnets

Indexer Notes

Art identification from Richard Richmond via GCD Error List 2012-05-16.

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Some Weapons and Useful Gear of the Eastern Woodland Indians (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Morris Gollub
Inks
Morris Gollub
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Facts about Eastern Woodland Indians' weapons, ceremonial items and garments.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover and inside back cover; black, red, and white. Illustrations with hand-lettered text. Art identification from Richard Richmond via GCD Error List 2012-05-16.

The Spirit of the Border (Table of Contents: 2)

Zane Grey's / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois (adaptation); Zane Grey (novel)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
historical
Characters
Lew Wetzel; Simon Girty; Jim Girty; Joe Downs; Jim Downs
Synopsis
Set in the Ohio Valley in the late 18th century, the story features Lew Wetzel, who has dedicated his life to the destruction of Indians and to the protection of white settlements. Two brothers, Jim and Joe Downs, arrive with a party of Moravian missionaries, who are attempting to convert the Indians. The brothers' lives take different paths but they eventually meet again as captives in a Delaware Indian village.

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the 1906 novel "The Spirit of the Border" by Zane Grey. This is the second of a trilogy which begins with "Betty Zane" and concludes with "The Last Trail."

Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 181, 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).

The "Zane Grey's" feature began here, ran for 26 Four Color issues (18 scripted by Du Bois who was often given adaptation script assignments). When the "Zane Grey's Stories of the West" series (scripted entirely by Du Bois) debuted with #27, the feature continued there.

[Frontiersman] (Table of Contents: 3)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Morris Gollub (painting)
Inks
Morris Gollub (painting)
Colors
Morris Gollub (painting)
Genre
historical
Synopsis
A kneeling frontiersman of the late 18th Century, with rifle and powder horn.

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Art identification from Richard Richmond via GCD Error List 2012-05-16.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Zane's Grey's Spirit of the Border
  2. 1. Some Weapons and Useful Gear of the Eastern Woodland Indians
  3. 2. The Spirit of the Border
    Zane Grey's
  4. 3. [Frontiersman]
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