Apache Trail
#1
(September 1957)
Farrell,
1957 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Steinway Pub. Inc.
- Brand
-
AB America's Best
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Entire contents copyrighted 1957.
Apache Attack!
Swift Arrow / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Swift Arrow; Crooked Antler; Red Eagle; Colonel Moresby
- Synopsis
- Swift Arrow warns the fort of Red Eagle's attack.
- Reprints
-
from The Lone Rider (Farrell, 1951 series) #23 (December 1954-January 1955) [retitled] -
in Kid Colt Outlaw (Thorpe & Porter, 1950 ? series) #39
-
Indexer Notes
Original title: "War Whoop!"
A Date With Effie
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
- Synopsis
- Stan works as a hospital volunteer
Indexer Notes
This sequence falls between pages 1 and 2 of sequence 1. This PSA also appears in Strange Journey (Steinway, 1957 series) #1 September 1957. This is possible evidence of business ties between Steinway and DC.
The Sheriff's Return!
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; western-frontier
- Characters
- Debbie Dexter; Joe Dexter; Noonan; Louie; Sheriff Dexter's ghost
- Synopsis
- Joe Dexter surprises his wife Debbie by taking her to camp in the ghost town of Salt Flats. Leaving Debbie in their camper to wander around, Joe goes exploring. The ghost of his grandfather, Sheriff Dexter, appears and warns Joe to leave. Joe passes it off as a hallucination.
Two armed bank robbers, Louie and Noonan, arrive in Salt Flats. They tell the Dexters to stay in the trailer and lock them in. The ghost of Sheriff Dexter shows up and tells the gangsters to leave. When they try to fire at the ghost, it fires back. In the morning, the unconscious gangsters are found by police. - Reprints
Take My Word For It...
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- animal
Indexer Notes
First page is between pages 1 and 2 of sequence 6 and second page is between pages 1 and 2 of sequence 9
Triple Twist!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Jim Hager; Mrs. Hager; Sheriff Dan Caldwell; Bill Benson; Judge Peabody; Howard Webb; Hank Benson; Prudence Lawlor; Marshal Petrie
- Synopsis
- Identical twins use their resemblance to commit crimes but are foiled by a blind woman.
- Reprints
- from Death Valley (Comic Media, 1953 series) #4 (April 1954) [retitled]
- in Kid Colt Outlaw (Thorpe & Porter, 1950 ? series) #39
-
Indexer Notes
Original title: "Blameless Killer."
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Apache Attack!
-
1.
["How to gain up to 50 lbs. of mighty muscles!"]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
2.
Apache Attack!
Swift Arrow -
3.
A Date With Effie
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4.
12 Real Dolls
House of Dolls -
5.
100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
100 Toy Soldiers -
6.
The Sheriff's Return!
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7.
Take My Word For It...
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8.
["Mystery! Magic! Science! Fun!"]
Honor House Products -
9.
Triple Twist!
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10.
Amazing Precision Miniature Camera
Honor House Products -
11.
Automatic Tripod Firing Machine Gun
Honor House Products -
12.
A Tribe Betrayed!
Lone Eagle -
13.
["Start to play real music on the harmonica in 15 minutes flat!"]
Tim Calhoun -
14.
["Skinny?"]
Add-a-Pound Company -
15.
["Everything you need to enjoy stamp collecting..."]
Zenith Stamps -
16.
["Yogi Berra homers in the 9th..."]
Cloverine Brand Salve
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Darrel McCann
- Donald Dale Milne
- Kevin Olson
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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