Four Color #781 - Fury
(March 1957)

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

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "FURY, No. 781." Code number is FURY O.S. #781-573. Copyright 1957 by Vision Productions, Inc. First of nine Fury Four Colors. Based on the 1955-60 "Fury" TV series.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fury / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The stallion only an orphan boy could ride...
Genre
animal; children; western-frontier
Characters
Fury (horse) (photo of Highland); Joey Newton (photo of Bobby Diamond)
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[Introduction] (Table of Contents: 1)

Fury / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Letters
typeset

Genre
animal; children; western-frontier
Characters
Fury (horse) (photo of Highland); Joey Newton (photo of Bobby Diamond); Jim Newton (photo of Peter Graves)
Synopsis
Introduction of main characters and premise of the feature. This is kind of an "origin" story, explaining the relationship between Jim Newton, Joey, and Fury. The stories in the comic don't refer to anything promoted on the cover or this introduction.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Four photos and typeset text.

Stolen Fury (Table of Contents: 2)

Fury / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom Gill
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
animal; children; western-frontier
Characters
Fury (horse); Joey Newton; Jim Newton; Pete Wilkey
Synopsis
While Jim Newton in in the city selling 35 wild horses he has corralled, the herd is stolen by horse rustlers. When Joey tries to trail them on Fury, he is captured and taken blindfolded to the rustlers' hideout. The rustlers keep Fury, but leave Joey by a main road. Later, Joey tries to lead Pete back to the hideout by relying on the sounds he heard on the way while blindfolded.
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Indexer Notes

Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

Tall Timber (Table of Contents: 3)

Fury / comic story / 16.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom Gill
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
animal; children; western-frontier
Characters
Fury (horse); Joey Newton; Jim Newton; Pete Wilkey (cameo)
Synopsis
Tom Skobee, an old friend of Jim Newton's, asks him to come to his timber camp along Fox River and help him investigates a series of incidents that are sabotaging his logging operation. Jim takes Joey and Fury along as part of his "vacation."

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 credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

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

Indian Fighter / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The War Between the States was over...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lt. Lee Hunter (cameo); Reb Stuart (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Promo for Lee Hunter Indian Fighter Four Color #779 (March 1957). Line-drawn version of the painted cover of the comic is depicted. (A promo for this issue (FC #781) appears in the promoted issue (FC #779)). Promo is at the bottom of the last interior page in the middle of the story.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["The stallion only an orphan boy could ride..."]
    Fury
  2. 1. [Introduction]
    Fury
  3. 2. Stolen Fury
    Fury
  4. 3. Tall Timber
    Fury
  5. 4. ["The War Between the States was over..."]
    Indian Fighter
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Keith Alan Morgan