(November-December 1960)

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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1960-09-15
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell Exciting Adventure
Editing
?

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Roy Rogers and Trigger / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (Photo Cover)
Inks
? (Photo Cover)
Colors
? (Photo Cover)
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Roy Rogers (photo); Dusty (photo)

Test Your Talent (Table of Contents: 1)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Cover #2. Art Instruction, Inc. ad - Test Your Talent contest

Spears in the Night (Table of Contents: 2)

Roy Rogers / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Nat Edson; Pete Alvarado
Inks
Nat Edson
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Roy Rogers; Dusty; Champari (introduction); Carlos del Monte (introduction); Maria del Monte (introduction)
Synopsis
Roy saves a South American Campas Indian from another clan of the Campas who meant to kill him.
Keywords
Andes; buffo (Amazon river dolphin); Bullet; Campa (Asháninka); Cessna 172 floatplane; Tambo River; Ucayali River

Indexer Notes

Creative credits from Roy Rogers: A Biography... by Robert W. Phillips, 1995.

Script credit as per page 120 of Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott (1985). Script credit confirmation by David Porta, December 2013.

The New-Old Way of History (Table of Contents: 3)

Roy Rogers / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Nat Edson (illoes)
Inks
Nat Edson (illoes)
Colors
? (illoes)
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Synopsis
text about Ojibway pictographic records

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Roy Rogers: A Biography... by Robert W. Phillips, 1995.

The Witness (Table of Contents: 4)

Dale Evans / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Russ Manning ?
Inks
Russ Manning ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Warren Tufts was originally credited, and credits came from Roy Rogers: A Biography, Radio History, Television Career Chronicle, Discography, Filmography, Comicography, Merchandising and Advertising History, Collectibles Description, Bibliography and Index by Robert W. Phillips, 1995.

A Russ Manning art identification made by Steinar Ådland December 2010 contradicts the Warren Tufts i.d. made by Phillips in 1995.

Navajo Prize (Table of Contents: 5)

Roy Rogers / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Schaefer ?; Eric Freiwald ?
Pencils
Nat Edson
Inks
Nat Edson
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
A Navajo boy wins the horse race and the cash. Villains who persecuted him earlier rob him. Roy, a friend of the family, intercedes in both cases.

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Roy Rogers: A Biography... by Robert W. Phillips, 1995.

Roy's Mail Box (Table of Contents: 6)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Say Merry Christmas With Dell Comics (Table of Contents: 7)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Dell Comics Christmas subscription rates ad

Roy's Trophy Room (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Cover #3. Text article with photo

Kraft Peanut Brittle (Table of Contents: 9)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Cover #4

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Roy Rogers and Trigger
  2. 1. Test Your Talent
  3. 2. Spears in the Night
    Roy Rogers
  4. 3. The New-Old Way of History
    Roy Rogers
  5. 4. The Witness
    Dale Evans
  6. 5. Navajo Prize
    Roy Rogers
  7. 6. Roy's Mail Box
  8. 7. Say Merry Christmas With Dell Comics
  9. 8. Roy's Trophy Room
  10. 9. Kraft Peanut Brittle
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