Indicia title is "STEVE DONOVAN WESTERN MARSHAL, No. 768." Code number is S.D.O.S. #768-572. Copyright 1957 by National Broadcasting Company, Inc. Based on the 1955 NBC TV series "Steve Donovan Western Marshal."
Cover
1 page
Feature
Steve Donovan Western Marshal
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Marshal Steve Donovan (photo of Douglas Kennedy)
Foreword/Afterword
No Title (1 page)
Synopsis
Introduction to series.
Feature
Steve Donovan Western Marshal
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Marshal Steve Donovan (photos of Douglas Kennedy); Deputy Marshal Rusty Lee (photos of Eddy Waller)
First Line
I'm Steve Donovan, Western Marshal.
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Four photos from the TV series with typeset text.
Comic Story
White Cloud (17 pages)
Synopsis
When White Cloud is unable to obtain a loan from a prejudiced banker, he asks his friend Steve Donovan to come to help convince the banker to make the loan. Meanwhile, a shady real estate broker is offering to buy the Indian land and when his offer is refused, he sends his men to make sure that Donovan and his deputy Rusty don't finish their trip.
Feature
Steve Donovan Western Marshal
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Marshal Steve Donovan; Deputy Rusty Lee; White Cloud
Pencils
Everett Kinstler
Inks
Everett Kinstler
Notes
A sign in the next to last panel of the story says "Kinstler Saloon." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
Two Men Out (17 pages)
Synopsis
Trig Markham and Case Davis break out of the territorial prison and head to an old way station to recover $80,000 in loot from a bank robbery. Steve Donovan and Rusty are sent to find them.
Feature
Steve Donovan Western Marshal
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Marshal Steve Donovan; Deputy Rusty Lee
Pencils
Everett Kinstler
Inks
Everett Kinstler
Notes
Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on back cover in color. Panel four of the last page is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents," in the middle of the story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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