Indicia title is "TALES OF WELLS FARGO, No. 1023". Code number is WELLS FARGO O.S. #1023-598. Copyright 1959 by Overland Productions, Inc. Third of seven Tales of Wells Fargo Four Colors. Based on the 1957-62 NBC TV series "Tales of Wells Fargo". On-sale date from 1959 Books and Pamphlets, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Cover
1 page
Feature
Tales of Wells Fargo
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Jim Hardie (photo of Dale Robertson)
Notes
Cover is photo with background cropped out.
Foreword/Afterword
Jim Hardie (1 page)
Synopsis
Previews of the two stories in the issue.
Feature
Tales of Wells Fargo
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Jim Hardie (photo of Dale Robertson)
Pencils
Alberto Giolitti
Inks
Alberto Giolitti
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Photo and four illustrations with typeset text.
Comic Story
The Man They Couldn't Drown (16 pages)
Synopsis
Jim Hardie is caught off guard by outlaws while swimming is a beaver pond. He escapes the ambush by surfacing in the beaver's lodge and then goes on to foil the robber's attempt to rob the Bitter Creek Stage of $100,000.
Feature
Tales of Wells Fargo
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Jim Hardie
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Alberto Giolitti
Inks
Alberto Giolitti
Notes
Script submitted on February 20, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).
Comic Story
The Skeleton Cave (16 pages)
Synopsis
A stage carrying a strongbox, a case of dynamite, and an Army officer's wife is ambushed by Apaches. Hardie uses the dynamite to hold off the Apaches while the driver and woman go to the Army fort for help.
Feature
Tales of Wells Fargo
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Jim Hardie
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Alberto Giolitti
Inks
Alberto Giolitti
Notes
Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Script submitted on February 18, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).
Comic Story
The Miner's Friend (1 page)
Synopsis
Facts about the Wells Fargo express service in the old West.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Alberto Giolitti
Inks
Alberto Giolitti
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Script submitted on February 14, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).
Comic Story
The Concord Coach (1 page)
Synopsis
Facts about the design of the Concord stage coaches used by Wells Fargo.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Alberto Giolitti
Inks
Alberto Giolitti
Notes
Back cover. Script submitted on February 14, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).
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