Four Color #643 - Wild Bill Elliott
(September 1955)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1955
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "WILD BILL ELLIOTT, No. 643." Code number is B.E. #18-559 (Apparently originally intended to be Wild Bill Elliott #18 before ending up as a Four Color.) Copyright 1955 by Stephen Slesinger. Continues from Wild Bill Elliott (Dell, 1950 series) #17 (April-June 1955).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Wild Bill Elliott / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Wild Bill Elliott (photo)

Indexer Notes

Cover is collage of cropped Wild Bill Elliott photographs and painting of various rope knots.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Mystery of Furnace Valley (Table of Contents: 2)

Wild Bill Elliott / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Micale
Inks
Al Micale
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Wild Bill Elliott; Stormy (horse); Furnace Valley Scotty
Synopsis
Bill comes to Mojave to meet an old sourdough friend, Furnace Valley Scotty, who owns a ghost town called Akali. He finds that the town is now the base of an borax-hauling operation owned by Mike Gorin, a former rustler, who claims he bought the town from Scotty.

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

Peril at Sundown (Table of Contents: 3)

Wild Bill Elliott / comic story / 16.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Micale
Inks
Al Micale
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Wild Bill Elliott; Stormy (horse)
Synopsis
Bill is serving as temporary sheriff at Sundown. Meanwhile, rancher Gil Carson has an unwelcome guest in outlaw Slip Gavin. Carson was part of a bank robbery with Gavin ten years ago, but has gone straight since. Gavin threatens to expose him unless Carson allows him and his gang to stay at his ranch. While at the ranch, Gavin comes up with a scheme to fleece the local ranchers by pretending to be boss of a survey crew for a new railroad.

Indexer Notes

Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on the back cover in color. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Western Roundup / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Wild Bill Elliott
  2. 1. ["Dell is proud to present one of its many awards..."]
  3. 2. Mystery of Furnace Valley
    Wild Bill Elliott
  4. 3. Peril at Sundown
    Wild Bill Elliott
  5. 4. ["It's out now!"]
    Western Roundup
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Tony R. Rose