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| Thanks for posting these "Colt .45" comics. It's always good to get new Dells into the mix.
It's funny: Wade Preston seems to have started out with a mustache which he later shaved off. Several cover photos show him with the mustache but all the interior art has him clean-shaven. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | May-July 1961 | Price: 0.15 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
| Notes | front cover |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (color photo) | Inks:? (color photo) | Colors:? (color photo) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Chris Colt [as portrayed by Wayde Preston] |
| Notes | front cover |
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| Comic Story | Six-Guns for San Rio (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | Outlaws smuggle guns to San Rio to stage a prison break. |
| Credits | Job #: COLT .45 #9-616 |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Chris Colt; Jeff Mack; Blacksmith; Swanson (baker); Dave (outlaw); Frank (outlaw); Captain Kimble; Sam Carney; Soldiers; Outlaws |
| Notes | Just by looking at the leg lifting of the horse on page 10, you have Nat Edson. Long sharp hooves. Also his faces with narrow eyes. Art ID by Steinar Ådland. |
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| Text Story | Mortgage Due (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A wealthy man pays the mortgage for an old rancher hit by hard times. |
| Credits | Colors:? (header illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Jim Morrison; Cal Everson (banker); Amos Krim (rancher) |
| Notes | Faces and hats are clues to Edson. |
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| Comic Story | Gunshot Miracle (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Red saves the stage coach from an Indian war party by setting fire to the prairie grass. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Red Kilpatrick; Lady Stage Passenger; Two Male Stage Passengers; Dave (stage driver); Stage Driver's Partner; Indian Warriors |
| Notes | Page 2 has some smiling faces with narrow eyes and horses with long sharp hooves and high lifting of legs, all signs of Edson. Art ID by Steinar Ådland. |
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| Comic Story | The Colonel's Revenge (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | A former Army Colonel and his gang of gunmen terrorize a remote community. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Chris Colt; Dan Wade; Rick Wade; Clem Brown (storekeeper); Colonel Cyrus Parker; Yancy (Colonel's gunman); Gunman; Pete (Colonel's gunman); Phil (Colonel's gunman) |
| Notes | All the narroweyed faces are signs of Edson. On page 9 are some of his very special horses with large pointed hooves, jagged manes and long pointed ears. Art ID by Steinar Ådland. |
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| Text Article | The Telltale Trail |
| Synopsis | A horse's trail tells much about its situation. |
| Credits | Colors:? (header illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Chris Colt |
| Notes | Face of Chris points clearly to Edson. |
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| Comic Story | Quick Thinking (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Two outlaws hijack Chris's Army supply wagon. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Chris Colt; Soldier; Two Outlaws |
| Notes | inside back cover
Faces and hats are all Edson, and he has illustrated the whole of this issue. |
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