Four Color
#372 - Zane Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage
(February-April 1952)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
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A Dell Comic
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "Zane Grey's RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE, No. 372." Code number is Z.G.O.S. #372-522. Copyright 1951 by Zane Grey, Inc. 14th of 26 Zane Grey Four Colors.
Zane Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Sam Savitt (painting)
- Inks
- Sam Savitt (painting)
- Colors
- Sam Savitt (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Pencils, inks, and colors credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Fast on the Draw
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Facts about "quick-draw holsters" and a description of the action of "fanning the Colt."
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Two illustrations with hand-lettered text. A sign in the background says "B. Spaulding," which may be a clue to the artist.
Zane Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage
comic story / 32 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Jenney
- Inks
- Bob Jenney
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Lassiter; Jane Withersteen; Bern Venters; Bess; Nathan Tull (villain); Oldring (villain)
- Synopsis
- Widow Jane Withersteen is being harassed by an unwanted suitor. She is protected when the gunfighter Lassiter shows up. Bern Venters, one of Withersteen's men, tracks a rustled herd into a canyon and shoots a masked rider, who turns out to be a young woman. Beset by guilt for shooting a woman, Venters takes the wounded woman, Bess, to a remote valley to recuperate. Eventually Venters returns to the ranch, only to find that Withersteen's enemies are planning an attack. Withersteen, Venters, and Lassiter escape, but the gang follows them.
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the 1912 novel "Riders of the Purple Sage" by Zane Grey. The adaptation is fairly faithful to the original, but all references to Mormons and religious conflict have been removed.
The Old Chisholm Trail
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Lyrics to the traditional cowboy song "The Old Chisholm Trail."
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. One illustration with typeset lyrics. The lyrics match a 1913 version of the song, though some stanzas have been omitted, either because of language ("whiskey," "hell") or for space.
Editing
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Table of Contents
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Zane Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage
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Fast on the Draw
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Zane Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage
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The Old Chisholm Trail
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[The Old Chisholm Trail]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Valmiki Annamanthadoo
- Dwayne Best
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Ramon Schenk
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