His backgrounds are a bit sparse, but Gollub did nice work on this story. I like the extended fight scene; it was cut like a movie, something uncommon in comics at the time.
Additional Information
Publication
March 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1
Cover
Zane Grey's Drift Fence
Credits
Letters: typeset
Content
Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Jim Traft
Text Article
The Chuck Wagon (1 page)
Synopsis
Facts about the chuck wagons used to feed cowboys on the range.
Content
Genre: Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Text and illustrations.
Comic Story
Drift Fence (48 pages)
Synopsis
At his uncle's request, Jim Traft comes to the Diamond Outfit, where he is to be in charge of building one hundred miles of fence to keep the ranch's cattle from straying. He has to win the respect of his men while fending off those who don't want the free range fenced.
Credits
Script:? (comic adaptation)
Content
Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Big Jim Traft; Jim Traft (his nephew); Molly Dunn; Slinger Dunn; Hack Jocelyn
Notes
Adapted from the 1929 novel, "The Drift Fence," by Zane Grey. A sequel to this story, "Hash Knife Outfit," was adapted as "Range War" in Four Color #555 (May-July 1954).
Gollub Illustrated the main story and used many of his wrestling moves in the fight scene panels. It is also his habit on interior panels to show the direction of the movement with curved lines. I concur that both front cover and back cover are his work as well. Rick Richmond.
Text Article
Horse-Breaking Rigs (1 page)
Synopsis
Facts about the "Hackamore" and "Snaffle Bit," harnesses used while breaking horses.
Content
Genre: Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Text and illustrations.
Illustration
Drift Fence (1 page)
Synopsis
A girl cringes against a saddle on a fence, with the shadow outline of the two cowboys fighting (image from the front cover) in the background.
Credits
Letters: typeset
Content
Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Molly Dunn
Notes
Back cover. Promo for the story. Same artist as front cover.
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