Four Color #935 - King of the Royal Mounted
(September 1958)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1958
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "KING of the ROYAL MOUNTED, No. 635." Code number is KING O.S. #935-589. Copyright 1958 by Stephen Slesinger. Data from work compiled by David Porta (August 11, 2005). Gaylord Du Bois writing credits from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title" compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott, 1985.

Trouble at Avalanche Pass (Table of Contents)

King of the Royal Mounted / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
adventure; detective-mystery; western-frontier
Characters
King of the Royal Mounted
Reprints
Keywords
Mounties; Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Cumberland House (Table of Contents: 1)

Famous Places of the Northwest / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Bob Fujitani
Inks
Bob Fujitani
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Description of Cumberland House, a Hudson's Bay trading post in Saskatchewan built in 1774.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Panels with text underneath. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

The Vanishing Herd (Table of Contents: 2)

King of the Royal Mounted / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Bob Fujitani
Inks
Bob Fujitani
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; detective-mystery; western-frontier
Characters
King of the Royal Mounted; Moos-Toos
Synopsis
King and the Cree tracker Moos-Toos investigate reports of poachers shooting buffalo in protected areas.

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Alberto Becattini, added October 2006.

The Helping Hand (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure
Characters
Bruce Larkin; Jane Larkin; Jake Le Mieux
Synopsis
A doctor has trouble being accepted by the locals after taking over a practice in the remote northern territories of Canada.

Indexer Notes

Text story with small illustration.

The Last of Her Tribe (Table of Contents: 4)

True Northern Adventures / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Bob Fujitani
Inks
Bob Fujitani
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; non-fiction
Characters
Pa-Pas-Ku [Little Bird]; Bellerose
Synopsis
Story of the survival of Assiniboin Indian girl Pa-Pas-Ku, who survived by herself in the wilderness after her tribe was massacred by Snake Indians in the Canadian Rockies about 1840.

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Alberto Becattini, added October 2006.

Trouble at Avalanche Pass (Table of Contents: 5)

King of the Royal Mounted / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Bob Fujitani
Inks
Bob Fujitani
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; detective-mystery; western-frontier
Characters
King of the Royal Mounted; Starfire (horse)
Synopsis
King tricks a robber into helping him rescue a pair of stranded prospectors from a ledge.

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Alberto Becattini, added October 2006.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Night Stealers
Genre
adventure

Indexer Notes

Promo for Dell's Turok, Son of Stone comic. Line drawing of painted cover to Turok, Son of Stone (Dell, 1956 series) #13 (September-November 1958) is depicted.

The Sled Dog (Table of Contents: 7)

Eskimo Ways / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Bob Fujitani
Inks
Bob Fujitani
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Facts about Eskimo sled dogs.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with text underneath. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

The Eskimo's Kayak (Table of Contents: 8)

Eskimo Ways / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Bob Fujitani
Inks
Bob Fujitani
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Back cover. This sequence is replaced by a Juicy Fruit chewing gum ad in some issues. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Trouble at Avalanche Pass
    King of the Royal Mounted
  2. 1. Cumberland House
    Famous Places of the Northwest
  3. 2. The Vanishing Herd
    King of the Royal Mounted
  4. 3. The Helping Hand
  5. 4. The Last of Her Tribe
    True Northern Adventures
  6. 5. Trouble at Avalanche Pass
    King of the Royal Mounted
  7. 6. ["The Night Stealers"]
    Turok
  8. 7. The Sled Dog
    Eskimo Ways
  9. 8. The Eskimo's Kayak
    Eskimo Ways
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Valmiki Annamanthadoo
  • Josh Blair
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Terry Vraspir