Boys' and Girls' March of Comics #127 [No Ad]

Blank Pages (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 2 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover and inside back cover are blank.

The Black Stone (Table of Contents: 2)

Indian Chief / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

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Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Tall Buck (a Delaware youth); Red Hawk, (a Delaware youth); four enemy Iroquois braves; an elderly Iroquois warrior; a skunk; an Iroquois dog; Delaware tribe villagers

Synopsis

Tall Buck and Red Hawk, two Delaware youths searching for good arrow-stone, head into enemy Iroquois territory across Lake Champlain. Beset by enemy braves in a four-man canoe, Red Hawk takes an arrow in the shoulder, but the wind hastens escape. Overlooking an Iroquois village, Red Hawk sees an elderly warrior outside his lodge chipping arrowheads from a shining block of black stone. Red Hawk, skunk-sprayed, deceives the enemy into thinking their dogs are barking at a skunk. He steals into the lodge at night and takes the block of arrow-stone, which the two deliver to their Delaware tribe.

Keywords

arrow-stone; arrowhead; deer antler; Delaware Indians; dogs; Iroquois Indians; Lake Champlain; skunk; wickiup

Indexer Notes

Script credit : Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "The Black Stone. 10p. For War Eagle. Sent February 3, 1953." ~Dave Porta.
Dave Porta suggests that the art may Jon Small with Rex Maxon. It is the same artist as March of Comics #170.

The Luck of Step-and-a-Half (Table of Contents: 3)

Indian Chief / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Gaylord Du Bois

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western-frontier

Characters

Step-and-a-Half (crippled old Adirondack Indian); Dancing Wave (Adirondack maiden, Step-and-a-Half's girl); Little Owl (Dancing Wave's brother); a prowling Abenaki; a buck deer; Tall Heron (young Adirondack man)

Synopsis

Of the Adirondack tribe, grandfather Step-and-a-Half of a crippled knee, and his girl the maiden Dancing Wave and her brother Little Owl hide out on an island from Chief Bear Foot and his braves. If the young man, Tall Heron, had been home, Chief Bear Foot would not have dared to claim Dancing Wave in marriage. An Abenaki is out hunting and threatens Step-and-a-Half, but Tall Heron returns and defeats the Abenaki. Tall Heron informs Step-and-a-Half that Chief Bear Foot is dead of a snake bite, and he has come to take Step-and-a-Half, Dancing Wave and Little Owl back to their village.

Keywords

Abenaki; Adirondack tribe; blunt arrow; bow and arrow; buck deer; canoe; crippled knee; hatchet; marriage claim; snake bite; spear; spear fishing

Indexer Notes

Script credit: Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "Wisdom of Step-and-a-Half. 10p. For War Eagle, stock. Sent April 16, 1950." ~Dave Porta.

Indian Quiz (Table of Contents: 4)

activity / 2 pages (report information)

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Text and illustrations.

[Indian on horseback with lance] (Table of Contents: 5)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Bottom right square is March of Comics logo in white on red. Upper right square is black ink illustration of Indian with lance and shield astride pony, on pink background. Center and left 2/3 of cover is white blank, for advertising.