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| Inside front and inside back pages drawn by Rex Maxon. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | April-June 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Quarterly |
| Notes | Art credit from "Sam Savitt Checklist" in Illustration Magazine Vol 1, #4, August 2002. |
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| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
| Notes | Art credit from "Sam Savitt Checklist" in Illustration Magazine Vol 1, #4, August 2002. |
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| Text Story | Magic Mirror (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Trader Joe is captured by a remote group of Indians who have never seen a white man before. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Joe Black (trader); Bear Claw (Sioux) |
| Notes | This story is printed on the inside front and back covers.
Two drawings, and faces, hairstyle, movement and inking are exactely identical to his signed work in The Chief #2 |
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| Comic Story | Arrows of Fire (16 pages) |
| Synopsis | Pawnee Indians attack the Kiowa with flaming arrows. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Chief Walk Straight; Lone Tree; Yellow Bud (all Kiowa) |
| Notes | The artwork here is identical to Jon Small's signed stories in this series, Four Color #290, The Chief #2, and Indian Chief #3. The best clue is the heavy inking, and the close up faces, especially of the chiefs, with many thin inklines along the cheekbones and upper lip. Also the scenery, and movement of the figures are similar. |
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| Comic Story | War Trail (16 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Arikara attack the village of the Mandan. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Fox; White Doe; Black Otter |
| Notes | Notes as for the first story. |
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| Illustration | The Dead Men (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Reproduction of painting with this commentary: The sense of dread that inevitably overcame some of the bravest men in our vast western lands was the subject of Remington's "The Dead Men". These trappers, dressed in buckskins, have come across evidence of what has happened to earlier travellers. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
| Notes | This is the back cover. |
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