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Publication | August-October 1960 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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Cover | The Winter Fight |
Featuring | Boots and Saddles The Story of the Fifth Cavalry |
Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Colors:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Captain Shank Adams (photo of Jack Pickard); Luke Cummings (photo of Michael Hinn) |
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Foreword/Afterword | The Winter Fight / Gunshy (1 page) |
Synopsis | Previews of two stories in the issue. |
Featuring | Boots and Saddles The Story of the Fifth Cavalry |
Credits | Pencils:? (photos) | Inks:? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Capt. Shank Adams (photo of Jack Pickard) |
Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Photo with two-panel previews of each story. |
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Comic Story | The Winter Fight (12 pages) |
Synopsis | Riding to help an ambushed detail, Captain Adams falls for a clever Indian trick that leaves the fort almost defense-less against an all-out attack. |
Featuring | Boots and Saddles The Story of the Fifth Calvary |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Captain Shank Adams; Luke Cummings; Sargent Bullock |
Notes | Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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Comic Story | Gunshy (10 pages) |
Synopsis | An untried officer turns coward in an Apache attack, then finds courage to fight and redeem himself. |
Featuring | Boots and Saddles The Story of the Fifth Cavalry |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Captain Shank Adams |
Notes | Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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Comic Story | The Perfect Soldier (10 pages) |
Synopsis | A soldier spends much time studying Army tactics, then turns traitor to join the Apaches in an attack on the fort. |
Featuring | Boots and Saddles The Story of the Fifth Cavalry |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Captain Shank Adams; Sargent Bullock |
Notes | The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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Comic Story | Winter at the Fort (1 page) |
Synopsis | How Army posts prepared for severe winter weather. |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Western-frontier |
Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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Comic Story | Army Surveyors (1 page) |
Synopsis | How Army-trained surveyors helped explore the western United States. |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Western-frontier |
Notes | Back cover. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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