Four Color
#890 - Wyatt Earp
(February 1958)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
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Dell
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "WYATT EARP, No. 890." Code number is W.EARP O.S. #890-582. Copyright 1958 by Wyatt Earp Enterprises, Inc. Based on the "Wyatt Earp" TV series.
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The Twelve-Inch Law
Wyatt Earp / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Characters
- Wyatt Earp (photo of Hugh O'Brian)
- Synopsis
- How Wyatt Earp received his special gun from writer Ned Buntline.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Photo and typeset text.
Tin Star Trouble
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp / comic story / 16 pages
- Script
- Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
- Pencils
- Russ Manning
- Inks
- Russ Manning
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Russ Manning
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Wyatt Earp; Hal; Jeff Moore
- Synopsis
- Deputy Marshal Jeff Moore, who is looking to make a name for himself, is sent to Dodge City for some training under Wyatt Earp.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Script credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Last of the Buffalo Hunters
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp / comic story / 16 pages
- Script
- Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
- Pencils
- Russ Manning
- Inks
- Russ Manning
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Russ Manning
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Wyatt Earp; Hal
- Synopsis
- Three former buffalo hunters are trying to start a freight line in Dodge, but a competitor tries to frame them as arsonists and vandals in order to force them out of business.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Sign in panel three of page five of the story says "Manning Freight Co."
Fire!
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- How fires were fought in the Old West.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Three illustrations with typeset text. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Buntline Special
The Man Behind the Gun / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Characters
- Ned Buntline; Buffalo Bill Cody (cameo)
- Synopsis
- The varied careers of Ned Buntline, whose dime novels made Wyatt Earp and Buffalo Bill famous.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Panels with typeset text underneath. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Table of Contents
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0.
Tin Star Trouble
Wyatt Earp -
1.
The Twelve-Inch Law
Wyatt Earp -
2.
Tin Star Trouble
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp -
3.
The Last of the Buffalo Hunters
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp -
4.
Fire!
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5.
The Buntline Special
The Man Behind the Gun
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Alberto Becattini
- Dwayne Best
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Michael Hoskin
- Keith Alan Morgan
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