(January-February 1961)

Dell, 1955 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1960-11-10
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell Exciting Adventure
Editing
George Delacorte (president); Helen Meyer (vice-president); Albert P. Delacorte (vice-president)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Dell Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Up a tree about Christmas gifts?

Indexer Notes

Subscription Form for Dell Comics

The Jaguar Hunt (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Nat Edson
Inks
Nat Edson
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
R.R.#141-611
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Roy Rogers; Dusty; Carlos del Monte; Maria del Monte; Champari; Mota (dies); Parare; Iye Marangui
Synopsis
Roy and his son Dusty are on a jaguar hunt in Peru with Don Carlos.
Keywords
Campa (Asháninka); crocodile; obada (dugout canoe); Ucayli River

A Bad Day for Santa Claus (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Roy Rogers (signed)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Roy Rogers; Dusty; Sandy
Synopsis
Roy and his kids meet Santa Claus.

A Job for Hiram (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Dale Evans; Hiram; Curley; Fred; Bank Robbers
Synopsis
Hiram is a messed up house painter, and the bankrobbers find out how bad he is.

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Steinar Ådland December 2010

Day of the Cannon (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Nat Edson
Inks
Nat Edson
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Roy Rogers; Trigger (horse); Bo Judson; Sheriff; Dugan Gang
Synopsis
Bo Judson had been in the army and could put his old cannon to good use.

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Steinar Ådland December 2010

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Roy's Mailbox / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Roy Rogers

Indexer Notes

Letters from Terry H., Tom K., Lewis D., Rebecca S., and Nancy W.

Transplanting Roots (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Homesteaders heading west

My Best Friends (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Rogers (signed)
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Trigger; Bullet

Indexer Notes

Story about Trigger and Bullet

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?; ? (photo)
Inks
?; ? (photo)
Colors
?; ? (photo)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
My Christmas gift to you is training in marksmanship...

Indexer Notes

Back cover

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Roy Rogers and Trigger
  2. 1. ["Up a tree about Christmas gifts?"]
    Dell Comics
  3. 2. The Jaguar Hunt
    Roy Rogers
  4. 3. A Bad Day for Santa Claus
    Roy Rogers
  5. 4. A Job for Hiram
    Dale Evans
  6. 5. Day of the Cannon
    Roy Rogers
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Roy's Mailbox
  8. 7. Transplanting Roots
    Roy Rogers
  9. 8. My Best Friends
  10. 9. ["My Christmas gift to you is training in marksmanship..."]
    Daisy Manufacturing Company
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Darci
  • Katie
  • Steinar Ådland
  • Chris Boyko
  • Steve Coates
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Nuno Miranda