| Additional Information |
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| Publication | September-November 1961 | Price: 0.15 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Cover | The Missing Man / The Deadly Payload |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Colors:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Jess Harper (photo of Robert Fuller); Slim Sherman (photo of John Smith) |
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| Foreword/Afterword | The Missing Man / The Deadly Payload (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Preview of two stories in the issue. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Jess Harper (photo of Robert Fuller); Slim Sherman (photo of John Smith) |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Photo and two-panel previews of the stories. Art identification by Merlin Haas and Alan Hutchinson (December 2010). |
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| Comic Story | The Missing Man (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | An Indian agent is traveling by stagecoach to warn an Army post of an impending Sioux uprising. Slim and Jess must make sure he makes it through. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Jess Harper; Slim Sherman; Jeff Dawkins; Eagle Claws |
| Notes | One page of this sequence is replaced by a promo in the ad version. See the index for Four Color #1223 [ad]. Pencils credit from Gary Brown, Alan Hutchinson, and Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (December 2010). Possible Giacoia inks per Nick Caputo, January 2016. |
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| Comic Story | Relief Driver (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Jess Harper; Slim Sherman |
| Notes | This sequence is replaced by a promo in the ad version. See the index for Four Color #1223 [ad]. Pencils identification by Alan Hutchinson (December 2010).
Giacoia inks per Nick Caputo, January 2016. |
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| Comic Story | The Deadly Payload (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | A gang steals a payroll from the stagecoach and hides out in an abandoned mine under a ghost town. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Jess Harper; Slim Sherman |
| Notes | Pencils credit from Gary Brown, Alan Hutchinson, and Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (December 2010). |
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| Comic Story | Western Fences (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Development of fences in the Old West |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Western-frontier |
| Notes | This sequence is replaced by an ad in the ad version. See the index for Four Color #1223 [ad]. Pencils identification by Alan Hutchinson (December 2010). |
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| Comic Story | The Indian Agent (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Description of the Indian agent's job on the reservation. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Western-frontier |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with text underneath. Art identification by Gary Brown, Alan Hutchinson, and Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (December 2010). |
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| Comic Story | Wyoming's Ghost Town (1 page) |
| Synopsis | The history of the Dillon, Wyoming, ghost town. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History; Western-frontier |
| Notes | This sequence is replaced by an ad in the ad version. See the index for Four Color #1223 [ad]. Art identification by Alan Hutchinson (December 2010). |
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