Lobo
#1
(December 1965)
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1965-08-03
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
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Dell [rectangle]
- Editing
- D. J. Arneson (editor)
Issue Notes
[no title indexed]
Lobo / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Branded for life!
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Lobo
- Keywords
- gunfight; Old West; wanted poster
Indexer Notes
12-439-512
Lobo
Lobo / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Lobo
- Synopsis
- "Following the tragic war between the states thousands of ex-soldiers left the war-torn east and headed west. Cowboys came in all shapes, sizes, and temperaments... and they created all sorts of legends. Some were good, some were bad and some were indifferent. Whatever they were...Lobo could have been one of them"
- Keywords
- Old West
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Lobo
Lobo / comic story / 32 pages
- Script
- D. J. Arneson; Tony Tallarico ? (plot (see notes))
- Pencils
- Bill Fraccio
- Inks
- Tony Tallarico
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Tony Tallarico ?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Lobo; Midnight (Lobo's horse); Ace; Smoker; Red Carson; Mr. Tompkins (prospector); Johnson
- Synopsis
- Lobo is a Union soldier who goes west after the Civil War ends. He hires as a ranch hand who gets wrongly blamed for killing the boss. He sets out to clear his name with good deeds. He saves a miner's life and the miner gives him his gold mine.
- Keywords
- American Civil War; cattle drive; gold; Old West
Indexer Notes
There is a dispute over the creation of Lobo. Tony Tallarico stated that he created and character and plotted the story. D. J. Arenson claims he created, plotted and wrote the strip. Interviews with both men can be read here:
http://jamiecoville.com/blog/blog/2016/08/17/lobo-creators-interview-dj-ar…
I listed Lobo as the title because the character is actually un-named. He is dubbed Lobo the lone wolf by the men against him. He adopts the Lobo title and his real name is never revealed. It is very interesting that color is not mentioned in the story and people do not react to the fact that Lobo is black.
Story is comprised of six chapters. Part 1 "April, 1965" 4 pages; Part 2 "First Signs of Trouble....." 4 pages; Part 3 "On the Trail" 6 pages; Part 4 "The Brand Sticks" 6 pages; Part 5 "An Old "Friend"" 9 pages;
Part 6 "A Sad Ending" 3 pages.
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- Bruno Andreacchi
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- James Ludwig
- Donald Dale Milne
- Derek Reinhard
- Steven Rowe
- Per Sandell
- LongBox.com Staff
- Jim Van Dore
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