(August-October 1956)
Dell,
1952 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- qarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell
- Editing
- George Delacorte (president); Helen Meyer (vice-president); Albert P. Delacorte (vice-president)
in 
The Seal
Sergeant Preston's Arctic Diary / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; animal
- Synopsis
- Life of the seal in the Arctic.
Indexer Notes
Frank Thorne has signed artwork in this series, so this is very likely him. with heavy inklines. Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011.
The Fire at Level Landing
Sergeant Preston / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Sergeant Preston; Yukon King (dog); Trader Thompson; Varney (crooked trader); Dotor Lewis
- Synopsis
- Trader Thompson will set up a real store with fair prices at Level Landing, but Varney's Mercantile House is trying to blow him up before he starts.
Indexer Notes
Alberto Giolitti drew most of the Preston stories, and he did not use assistants, but did both pencil and inking himself. He used much photos of people and backgrounds for his drawings. Info from interview on Angelo Todaro's web site.
The Rabbit's Foot
Sergeant Preston / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Sergeant Preston; Yukon King (dog); John Lawton; Dave Martin (crook); Slade (crook); Red (crook); Corporal Owen; Greer (storekeeper)
- Synopsis
- John Lawton har come to Dawson City to make up a score with the man who framed him.
Indexer Notes
Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011.
[no title indexed]
Gray Wolf Leader of the Wolf Pack / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Winter months...
- Genre
- animal
- Characters
- Gray Wolf (wolf)
- Synopsis
- A hungry wolf pack stalking caribou.
Indexer Notes
Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011
Open House
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Jerry Adams (riverman)
- Synopsis
- Nothing ever worried Jerry Adams, riverman and bachelor homesteader, not even the two weeks of steady rain which had gullied his fields on the banks of the Athabasca.
The Price of Greed
Sergeant Preston / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Sergeant Preston; Yukon King (dog); Mrs. Handley (storekeeper); Riggs (freight-line owner, crook); Dave Darwin; Bill Darwin; Gridley (crook); Jake (crook)
- Synopsis
- The cash for the pelt shipments is stolen and the dog team driver wounded. The man behind it all is the owner of the freight-line.
Indexer Notes
Art ID by Steinar Ådland January 2011. Lower third has a cover of the Dell Comic, Indian Chief for July-September.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Price of Greed
Sergeant Preston Of The Yukon -
1.
The Seal
Sergeant Preston's Arctic Diary -
2.
The Fire at Level Landing
Sergeant Preston -
3.
The Rabbit's Foot
Sergeant Preston -
4.
["Winter months..."]
Gray Wolf Leader of the Wolf Pack -
5.
Open House
-
6.
The Price of Greed
Sergeant Preston -
7.
Wisdom of the Hunter
The Eskimo -
8.
["Play it smart – play safe when you go swimming"]
Wrigley's Juicy Fruit
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Steinar Ådland
- Chris Boyko
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