Indian Chief
#9
(January-March 1953)
Dell,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1952-11-10
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell Comic
- Editing
- Matt Murphy (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date per Catalog of Copyright Entries 1953 Periodicals Jan-Dec 3D Ser Vol 7 Pt 2.
Editor inferred from page 281, Michael Barrier's "Funnybooks" (UC Press, Oakland, 2015): "[Lebeck] was still working for Western in March 1951 ... but he left sometime soon after that. ... His successor, George Brenner, ... held the job only briefly before his death in March 1952. He was succeeded by Matthew H. Murphy."
Designed, produced, and copyright 1952, by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.
Editor inferred from page 281, Michael Barrier's "Funnybooks" (UC Press, Oakland, 2015): "[Lebeck] was still working for Western in March 1951 ... but he left sometime soon after that. ... His successor, George Brenner, ... held the job only briefly before his death in March 1952. He was succeeded by Matthew H. Murphy."
Designed, produced, and copyright 1952, by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.
[no title indexed]
Indian Chief / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Sam Savitt (credited) (painting)
- Inks
- Sam Savitt (credited) (painting)
- Colors
- Sam Savitt (credited) (painting)
- Job Number
- I.C. #9-5212
- Genre
- western-frontier
Indexer Notes
Art credit from "Sam Savitt Checklist" in Illustration Magazine Vol 1, #4, August 2002.
The Rock Dam
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Chief Leaping Deer; Indian Agent; Crazy Jack (trader)
- Synopsis
- Crazy Jack helps a band of Indians re-channel the only river on their new reservation so that they will be able to plant crops in the Spring.
Indexer Notes
Two drawings. The inking of the faces is identical to the signed stories by Jon Small in this series, and in this issue.
The Haunted Pueblo
Indian Chief / comic story / 16 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Cloud; Aster (both Taos tribe)
- Synopsis
- Several Taos Indians brave a haunted pueblo to learn that it is only haunted by Apaches.
The Trapper
Indian Chief / comic story / 16 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Turtle; Pale Moon; Black Bear (all Chippewa)
- Synopsis
- Several Sauk warriors are captured spying near the Chippewa camp. Turtle is tasked to watch over them. When they escape, his trapping skills are put to the test.
Indexer Notes
The artwork here is identical to Jon Small's signed stories in this series, Four Color #290, The Chief #2, and Indian Chief #3. The best clue is the heavy inking, and the close up faces, especially of the chiefs, with many thin inklines along the cheekbones and upper lip. Also the scenery, and movement of the figures are similar.
The Last Cavalier
illustration / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Frederic Remington (credited as Frederick Remington) (painting)
- Inks
- Frederic Remington (credited as Frederick Remington) (painting)
- Colors
- Frederic Remington (credited as Frederick Remington) (painting)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Reproduction of painting with this commentary: "The Last Cavalier" by Frederick Remington portrays excellently the feeling most people have about the frontiersman. He was the last of the race of gallant, mounted fighters. The artist included his foe, the Indian, among the riders in the picture.
Indexer Notes
This is the back cover.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Indian Chief -
1.
The Rock Dam
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2.
The Haunted Pueblo
Indian Chief -
3.
The Trapper
Indian Chief -
4.
The Last Cavalier
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Josh Blair
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Gregory Fischer
- Simone Nardi
- Dave Porta
- Tony R. Rose
- Terry Vraspir
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