| Additional Information |
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| Publication | February-April 1962 | Price: 0.15 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Cover | The Doomed Captive |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Colors:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Slim Sherman (photo of John Smith); Jess Harper (photo of Robert Fuller) |
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| Foreword/Afterword | Snowbound / The Doomed Captive (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Preview of two stories in the issue. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Slim Sherman (photo of John Smith); Jess Harper (photo of Robert Fuller) |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Photo from TV series plus two panel preview for each main story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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| Comic Story | The Doomed Captive (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | Stage driver Johnny Feather, an Indian, is captured by renegade Indians who plan to take him back to Indian territory to kill him for working for the white man. Slim and Jess rescue him from an underground cavern. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Slim Sherman; Jess Harper; Johnny Feather |
| Notes | Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
On page 4, in the first story, the large bottom panel shows Slim's horse has an "RH" brand on his flank. Dell didn't like the artists signing their work, so this was Russ Heath's way around it. |
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| Comic Story | A Lame Excuse (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jess opts out of helping unload a stage due to sprained wrists; but they don't hurt enough to keep him from helping a pretty young lady down from the stage. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Slim Sherman; Jess Harper |
| Notes | Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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| Comic Story | Snowbound (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | In the midst of a severe winter snowstorm, outlaws take over the stage stop. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Slim Sherman; Jess Harper |
| Notes | Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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| Comic Story | Western Winters (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Anecdotes about harsh winters in the Old West. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Western-frontier |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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| Comic Story | The White Man's Road (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Indians' attempts to adapt to the white man's ways. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Western-frontier | Characters: Geronimo (cameo) |
| Notes | Back cover. This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies. |
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