0648 - Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers | Published
Publication
Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36
Notes
Indicia title is "JACE PEARSON OF THE TEXAS RANGERS, No. 648." Code number is J.P.O.S. #648-559. Copyright 1955 by Stacy Keach. This Four Color issue comes after "Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers" (Dell, 1953 series) #9 (February-April 1955) and before "Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers" (Dell, 1955 series) #11 (November 1955-February 1956), so it was apparently intended to be #10 of one of the series. Based on the 1950-52 NBC "Tales of the Texas Rangers" radio series.
Cover
1 page
Feature
Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers
Pencils
? (art); ? (photo)
Inks
? (art); ? (photo)
Colors
? (art); ? (photo)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Jace Pearson (photo of Joel McCrea)
Notes
Cover is a cropped photograph with drawn background.
Publisher advertisement
A Pledge to Parents (1 page)
Letters
typeset
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Full page reproduction of Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
Comic Story
Trouble on Wings (14 pages)
Synopsis
Will Fife's house sits on the county line between Cahoga County and Mesa County and he uses the difference in jurisdiction between the two counties to avoid answering to either county's sheriff when he's accused of smuggling and murder. Pearson and Morgan are assigned to investigate.
Feature
Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Jace Pearson; Clay Morgan
Comic Story
Escape (10 pages)
Synopsis
Pearson is visiting an state penitentiary when three convicts try to escape. When Pearson leaves the prison he finds that one of the escapees was hiding in the back seat of his car. The convict changes clothes with Pearson, slugs him and leaves him along the side of the road.
Feature
Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Jace Pearson; Clay Morgan
Comic Story
The Acid Test (10 pages)
Synopsis
Pearson has to find out why a couple of robbers are only stealing silver.
Feature
Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Jace Pearson
Notes
Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on the back cover in color. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
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