Indicia title is "JOHNNY MACK BROWN, No. 541." Code number is J.M.B.O.S. #541-543. Copyright 1954 by Johnny Mack Brown. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1954 Books and Pamphlets, page 98. Fourth of 13 Johnny Mack Brown Four Colors. This would be #13 if the numbering had continued from the Johnny Mack Brown (Dell, 1950 series).
Cover
Johnny Mack Brown / 1 page
Pencils
?; ? (photo)
Inks
?; ? (photo)
Colors
?; ? (photo)
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Johnny Mack Brown (photo)
Notes
Cover is cropped photo with drawn background.
Text Article
Western Songs (1 page)
Synopsis
Facts about the history of western songs.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Pencils
August Lenox (signed)
Inks
August Lenox (signed)
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Three illustrations with typeset text.
Comic Story
Johnny Mack Brown and the Disappearing Cattle / Johnny Mack Brown (18 pages)
Synopsis
Johnny saves an Indian, Green Tree, and his wife from a pair of cowboys. Later the Indians help Johnny as he investigates the rustling of cattle from the Henderson ranch.
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Johnny Mack Brown; Rebel (horse); Green Tree; Luke Henderson; Larry Henderson
Script
Philip Evans
Pencils
Sparky Moore
Inks
Sparky Moore
Notes
Script, pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
The Rimrock Robbery / Johnny Mack Brown (16 pages)
Synopsis
Johnny rides the stage to Cottonbluff with Paul Jonathon's daughter Peggy as she goes to make a payment on the mortgage. On the way two fellow passengers pull guns, rob them, and shoot the driver. Johnny and Peggy trail the robbers to a cabin and are able to overcome them and get the mortgage money to the bank at the last minute.
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Johnny Mack Brown; Rebel (horse)
Script
Philip Evans
Pencils
Sparky Moore
Inks
Sparky Moore
Notes
Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on back cover in color. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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