Four Color #648 - Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers
(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
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Issue Notes

Indicia title is "JACE PEARSON OF THE TEXAS RANGERS, No. 648." Code number is J.P.O.S. #648-559. Copyright 1955 by Stacy Keach. This Four Color issue comes after "Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers" (Dell, 1953 series) #9 (February-April 1955) and before "Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers" (Dell, 1955 series) #11 (November 1955-February 1956), so it was apparently intended to be #10 of one of the series. Based on the 1950-52 NBC "Tales of the Texas Rangers" radio series.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (art); ? (photo)
Inks
? (art); ? (photo)
Colors
? (art); ? (photo)
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Jace Pearson (photo of Joel McCrea)

Indexer Notes

Cover is a cropped photograph with drawn background.

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A Pledge to Parents (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Full page reproduction of Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."

Trouble on Wings (Table of Contents: 2)

Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Jace Pearson; Clay Morgan
Synopsis
Will Fife's house sits on the county line between Cahoga County and Mesa County and he uses the difference in jurisdiction between the two counties to avoid answering to either county's sheriff when he's accused of smuggling and murder. Pearson and Morgan are assigned to investigate.

Escape (Table of Contents: 3)

Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Jace Pearson; Clay Morgan
Synopsis
Pearson is visiting an state penitentiary when three convicts try to escape. When Pearson leaves the prison he finds that one of the escapees was hiding in the back seat of his car. The convict changes clothes with Pearson, slugs him and leaves him along the side of the road.

The Acid Test (Table of Contents: 4)

Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Jace Pearson
Synopsis
Pearson has to find out why a couple of robbers are only stealing silver.

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."

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers
  2. 1. A Pledge to Parents
  3. 2. Trouble on Wings
    Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers
  4. 3. Escape
    Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers
  5. 4. The Acid Test
    Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers
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  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Alan Hutchinson
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