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| Publication | 1958 | Price: 0.00 FREE | Pages: 1 |
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| Synopsis | Rancher and small boy string barbed wire; cattle drive in background; montage teaser for interior content |
| Credits | Pencils: Al Avison? | Inks: Al Avison? | Letters: Joe Rosen |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Rancher; small boy; John "Bet-a-Million" Gates; Little Barb |
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| Synopsis | Americans try many types of fences over 250 years, but can't find one suitable to the west. Glidden and Haish independently conceive double-strand barbed wire. Glidden partners with Ellwood and sells out to Washburn. The Glidden interests successfully defend their patents in court. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Little Barb [teaching/advertising character]; Joseph F Glidden; Jacob Haish; Isaac L Ellwood; Charles Washburn |
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| Comic Story | The Story of John Bet-a-Million Gates (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Frustrated trying to sell barbed wire in Texas (1877), John Gates makes and wins large bets on the product's usefulness, resulting in huge orders. When his boss refuses a raise John forms his own company and breaks the Elwood-Glidden patents. Ruined by fire, he starts again, then moves into running steel companies. He finally forms a steel and wire company with $90,000,000 in capitalization. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Western-frontier | Characters: John Gates; Isaac Elwood; Little Barb |
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| Publisher advertisement | American Barb (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Promo (in comic story form) on the usefulness of American Barb ("barbed wire made by the American Steel & Wire Division, United States Steel Corporation." |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Rancher; American Barb [advertising character] |
| Notes | Artwork in a cartoon style |
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| Comic Story | The Story of Woven Wire Fence (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Page develops woven wire and demonstrates it at county fairs. His manufacturing catches the eye of John W Gates, who buys the Gates patents. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: J Wallace Page; AJ Bates; John W Gates |
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| Publisher advertisement | Cousin Woven Wire (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Promo in comic story form. Little Barb persuades Farmer Brown to see if Woven Wire can control the livestock. He does! Woven Wire represents American Woven Wire Fence product. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Woven Wire [advertising character]; Little Barb [advertising character]; Farmer Brown |
| Notes | Artwork in a cartoon style |
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| Comic Story | Fence Facts |
| Synopsis | Facts about fencing, particularly barbed wire |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Little Barb [advertising/educational character]; Ira Aten |
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| Synopsis | US Steel/American Steel & Wire seal; space for name and contact information of local vendor |
| Credits | Letters: typeset;? lettering |
| Notes | Lower right corner marked ADASW-6656-58 |
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