(November 1958-January 1959)
Dell,
1951 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell
- Editing
- George Delacorte (credited as George T. Delacorte) (publisher); Helen Meyer (credited) (president); Paul R. Lilly (credited) (Executive Vice President); Harold Clark (credited) (Vice President-Advertising Director); Albert P. Delacorte (credited) (treasurer)
Issue Notes
last Dell issue
[no title indexed]
Tonto / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Morris Gollub (painting)
- Inks
- Morris Gollub (painting)
- Colors
- Morris Gollub (painting)
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Tonto; Puma
- Synopsis
- Full-page color illustration depicts Tonto confronting a snarling puma.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
This cat is in the very same pose as the tiger in Jungle Jim 14. The Jungle Jim cover was from an issue published in December of 1957, a year later the artist flipped the pose horizontally for this Tonto cover and changed it into a Puma. Note the cat is unusually thick for a mountain lion.
[Subscription Offer]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ? (ad copy)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ? (spot illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Full-page subscription offer for various Dell comic books ($1.20) from Dell Publishing Co., Inc. of New York, N. Y.. A toy space satellite and launching platform are offered as a premium.
Indexer Notes
inside front cover
Suspicion
Tonto / comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- TONTO #33-5811
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Tonto; Scout; Stone Bear; Elk Horn (Crow); Crow Braves; Stone Bear's Braves; Indian Children
- Synopsis
- A Crow exile is given refuge in Stone Bear's camp but is suspected of being a thief when several items are found missing.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Steinar Ådland December 2010
The Peace Pipe Warpath
Tonto / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Tonto; Scout; Stone Bear; Standing Tree (Blackfoot brave); Standing Tree's Companion; Deer Horn; Running Horse (Deer Horn's brother); Blackfoot Chief
- Synopsis
- After Deer Horn is attacked by Standing Tree and his companion, Stone Bear sends Tonto and Running Horse to a sacred quarry to make a peace pipe.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Steinar Ådland December 2010
Battleground
text story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ? (header illustration)
- Inks
- ? (header illustration)
- Colors
- ? (header illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- White Wolf (chief); Indian Braves; Palefaces
- Synopsis
- Indian braves and palefaces are prepared to do battle until a prairie fire forces them to reconsider.
The Challenger Comes
The Painted Pony / text story / 4 pages
- Genre
- animal; western-frontier
- Characters
- Painted Pony; Red Stallion; Painted Pony's Herd of Mares, Colts, and Bachelor Stallions
- Synopsis
- The Red Stallion challenges The Painted Pony's leadership of the herd.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Steinar Ådland December 2010
Fear of the Puma
Tonto / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Tonto; Stone Bear; Old Fox; Pumas
- Synopsis
- The youthful Tonto conquers his fear of pumas by standing his ground when one attacks and slaying the animal with his knife.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Steinar Ådland December 2010
[no title indexed]
150 Civil War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Full-page color ad offering 150 molded plastic Civil War soldiers ($1.49) from Josely Company of Long Island, N. Y..
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Tonto -
1.
[Subscription Offer]
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2.
Suspicion
Tonto -
3.
The Peace Pipe Warpath
Tonto -
4.
Battleground
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5.
The Challenger Comes
The Painted Pony -
6.
Fear of the Puma
Tonto -
7.
[no title indexed]
150 Civil War Soldiers -
8.
Indian Bowl Game
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9.
[no title indexed]
Mattel Toys
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Donald Dale Milne
- Richard Richmond
- Kathryn Wright
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