Indicia title is "BEN BOWIE AND HIS MOUNTAIN MEN, No. 443." Code number is M.MEN O.S. #443-531. Copyright 1952 by Western Printing and Lithographing. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1953 Pamphlets, page 568.
First of six Ben Bowie Four Colors.
Cover
1 page
Pencils
? (painting)
Inks
? (painting)
Colors
? (painting)
Genre
Historical
Characters
Ben Bowie
Text Article
The Beaver Trapper (1 page)
Synopsis
Facts about beaver trappers.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Two illustrations and typeset text.
Comic Story
Hostage of the Huron / Ben Bowie and his Mountain Men (16 pages)
Synopsis
Ben Bowie and young Jim Prentice find a burned wilderness cabin, reminding Ben of the circumstances in which he found Jim three years earlier. After finding a woman and her young child alive in a hidden cellar in the ruins of the cabin, the four take off in pursuit of Huron Indians who killed the woman's brother and captured her husband. On the way they meet up with trapper Zeke Moss and his blood brother Nakah, an Iroquois Indian. The group finds the Huron camp and after rescuing the captive, Ben, Jim, Zeke, and Nakah decide to stay together.
Genre
Historical
Characters
Ben Bowie; Jim Prentice; Zeke Moss; Nakah
Pencils
Jon Small ? Bill Overgard ?
Inks
Jon Small
Notes
Introduction of main characters. Overgard pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (2007-05-14); Small pencils credit by Hames Ware (2011-06-20). Inks credit by Merlin Haas (2007-07-14) and Hames Ware (2011-06-20).
Comic Story
Trapped / Ben Bowie and his Mountain Men (8 pages)
Synopsis
Jim is cornered by a bear in the forest, but manages to escape. With Ben's help he tracks the bear to its den.
Genre
Historical
Characters
Jim Prentice; Ben Bowie
Pencils
Jon Small
Inks
Jon Small
Notes
Pencils and inks credits from Hames Ware (2011-06-20).
Comic Story
The Mission / Ben Bowie and his Mountain Men (10 pages)
Synopsis
Zeke and Nakah make a dangerous run with a wagon of ammunition to a fort under siege by Algonquin Indians.
Genre
Historical
Characters
Ben Bowie; Zeke Moss; Nakah; Jim Prentice (cameo)
Pencils
Jon Small
Inks
Jon Small
Notes
Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on back cover in color. Pencils and inks credits from Hames Ware (2011-06-20).
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