Indicia title is "WAGON TRAIN, No. 895." Code number is W.T.O.S. #895-583. Copyright 1958 by Revue Productions, Inc. Based on the 1957-65 NBC/ABC TV series "Wagon Train." First of three Wagon Train Four Color issues.
Cover
1 page
Feature
Wagon Train
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Colors
? (photos)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Major Seth Adams (photo of Ward Bond)
Foreword/Afterword
No Title (1 page)
Synopsis
Short introduction to series.
Feature
Wagon Train
Pencils
?; ? (photos)
Inks
?; ? (photos)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Major Seth Adams (photo of Ward Bond); Flint McCullough (photo of Robert Horton)
First Line
The Wagons Roll On...
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Three photos, one illustration, and brief typeset text.
Comic Story
Fury at Blue River (17 pages)
Synopsis
Major Adams' wagon train comes under attack by outlaws at a ford at Blue River. An old man, a former marshal, goes by himself to find the outlaw's hideout.
Feature
Wagon Train
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Major Seth Adams; Flint McCullough
Script
Eric FreiwaldRobert Schaefer
Pencils
Nicholas Firfires
Inks
Nicholas Firfires
Letters
Nicholas Firfires
Notes
Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
Sioux Ambush (15 pages)
Synopsis
A school teacher is forced to bury the textbooks for her school when the wagon train is attacked by a band of renegade Sioux Indians and is forced to flee to the Army fort. The Major and Flint end up accompanying the teacher back to the spot where she buried the books in order to protect her from the Sioux.
Feature
Wagon Train
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Major Seth Adams; Flint McCullough
Script
Eric FreiwaldRobert Schaefer
Pencils
Nicholas Firfires
Inks
Nicholas Firfires
Letters
Nicholas Firfires
Notes
The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
The Scout (1 page)
Synopsis
Duties of the scout for a wagon train.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Script
Eric FreiwaldRobert Schaefer
Pencils
Nicholas Firfires
Inks
Nicholas Firfires
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
The Wagon Master (1 page)
Synopsis
Duties of the wagon master of a wagon train.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Script
Eric FreiwaldRobert Schaefer
Pencils
Nicholas Firfires
Inks
Nicholas Firfires
Notes
Back cover. Panels with typeset text underneath. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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