Western Roundup
#19
(July-September 1957)
Dell,
1952 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Beginning this issue, only the features are listed on the cover. Portrait shots of the features no longer appear on the cover.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Sam Savitt (painting)
- Inks
- Sam Savitt (painting)
- Colors
- Sam Savitt (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Keywords
- horses
Cowboy Crossword
activity / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Western-theme crossword puzzle.
Indexer Notes
inside front cover
The Shadow of Totem Rock
Roy Rogers; Trigger / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier; drama; animal
- Characters
- Roy Rogers; James King; Gil Burns
- Synopsis
- Roy helps a young man regain ownership of a silver mine.
The Fabulous Wind-Wagon
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Synopsis
- The story of the trial run of a covered wagon with sails.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010).
Log Jam
Buffalo Bill Jr. / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Buffalo Bill Jr.; Calamity; Hank (a stage robber); Ed (another stage robber)
- Synopsis
- Calamity overhears two men planning a stage holdup, but Bill thinks she's telling a tall tale.
Indexer Notes
Lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010).
Trail to the Clouds
Gene Autry's Champion / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier; animal
- Characters
- Champion; herd of goats
- Synopsis
- A herd of goats helps Champion survive when he is lost in the mountains.
Indexer Notes
Lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010).
Ladies' Day
Dale Evans / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Dale Evans; Peggy Leeds; Trey Sutter
- Synopsis
- Dale and the ladies of Sandgrass capture a band of outlaws while the men of the town are battling a prairie fire.
Reach!
A Western Vignette / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Synopsis
- How the revolver was developed and how it changed the west.
Indexer Notes
Inks confirmed + lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010).
This is the only appearance of the "A Western Vignette" feature.
Hidden Danger
Rex Allen / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Rex Allen; Sheriff Keene; Sol Evans; Sheriff Trent
- Synopsis
- Rex encounters a crooked sheriff when he tries to help the drvier of a chuck wagon.
Indexer Notes
Lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010).
The Grizzly Tamers
text story / 3 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Miguel Cota; Grizzly Latham
- Synopsis
- A man fails to live up to his namesake when he encounters a group of vaqueros who trap gtizzly bears for a living.
Third Time Out
Days of Wells Fargo / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Marshal Andy Grant; John Stone; Matt Barker
- Synopsis
- Marshal Grant goes after a road agent known as The Dude because of the way he dresses.
- Reprints
-
in Tales of Wells Fargo Comic Album (World Distributors, 1959 series) #1 (1959), #1 (1959)
-
Indexer Notes
Art is reminiscent of Alex Toth, but it isn't Toth. Looks like it might be Vic Carrabotta. Alberto Becattini agrees it might be Vic Carrabotta.
This is the only appearance of the "Days of Wells Fargo" feature.
Jacob van Renssler
The Frontiersmen / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier; non-fiction
- Synopsis
- An ice skater uses his skills to escape when he is captured by a band on Indians.
Indexer Notes
New art + lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010).
The Pronghorn Racing Riddle of the Prairie
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; animal
- Synopsis
- A brief study of the pronghorn.
Indexer Notes
New art identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010).
The Talking Rope
Johnny Mack Brown / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Johnny Mack Brown; Dave Sims; Gray Rain (an Indian chief)
- Synopsis
- Johnny helps the sheriff track a gang of thieves that are trying to sabotage the telegraph line and blame the indians for the damage.
The Ghost Raiders
The Flying A's Range Rider / comic story / 9.67 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Range Rider; Dick West; Pax Shanley (a miner); Stark
- Synopsis
- Ranger Rider and Dick track a group of outlaws who manage to steal money without being seen.
Indexer Notes
New art + lettering identification by Alberto Becattini (December 2010).
Answers to Cowboy Crossword
activity / 0.165 page
- Synopsis
- Answers to the puzzle on inside front cover.
Dell Pledge to Parents
public service announcement / 0.165 page
- Synopsis
- It's the Dell pledge that appears in almost every Dell comic.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Cowboy Crossword
-
2.
The Shadow of Totem Rock
Roy Rogers; Trigger -
3.
The Fabulous Wind-Wagon
-
4.
Log Jam
Buffalo Bill Jr. -
5.
Trail to the Clouds
Gene Autry's Champion -
6.
Ladies' Day
Dale Evans -
7.
Reach!
A Western Vignette -
8.
Hidden Danger
Rex Allen -
9.
The Grizzly Tamers
-
10.
Third Time Out
Days of Wells Fargo -
11.
Jacob van Renssler
The Frontiersmen -
12.
The Pronghorn Racing Riddle of the Prairie
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13.
The Talking Rope
Johnny Mack Brown -
14.
The Ghost Raiders
The Flying A's Range Rider -
15.
Answers to Cowboy Crossword
-
16.
Dell Pledge to Parents
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17.
["Dad (mother, too) read why Daisy is the right gun..."]
Daisy Manufacturing Company -
18.
Gopher Gold Strike
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19.
Summer Fun
Daisy Manufacturing Company
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Chris Boyko
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Tristan Lapoussière
- Clint Maxwell
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
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