Indicia title is "BUFFALO BILL, JR., No. 828." Code number is B.BILL,JR. O.S. #828-578. Copyright 1957 by Flying A Productions. Based on the 1955 "Buffalo Bill Jr." syndicated TV series. Fifth of six Buffalo Bill Jr. Four Color issues.
Dell address: 261 Fifth Avenue, New York 16, New York. Designed and produced by Western Printing and Lithographing Company. Printed in U.S.A.
Comic is 36 pages, but has variant editions with different back covers, either Juicy Fruit Gum Safety Quiz or Weather in the West.
Cover
Redskin Gap / 1 page
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Buffalo Bill Jr. (photo of Dickie Jones)
Story
Buffalo Bill Jr. (1 page)
Synopsis
Intro to series.
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Buffalo Bill Jr. (photo of Dickie Jones); Judge Wiley (photo of Harry Cheshire)
First Line
The Judge is real good...
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Three photos from the TV series with brief typeset text.
Comic Story
The Rain Wagon / Buffalo Bill Jr. (16 pages)
Synopsis
In the midst of a drought, conmen use a "rainmaking machine" to provide cover when they rob the express office.
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Buffalo Bill Jr.; Judge Wiley; Calamity Jane
Pencils
Bob Correa
Inks
Bob Correa
Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
Redskin Gap / Buffalo Bill Jr. (16 pages)
Synopsis
A bandit hijacks a stage, not knowing that a marshal is sleeping inside. The marshal handcuffs himself to the bandit, but the bandit slugs him. He takes his star and pretends to be the marshal and has the unconscious man locked up by Buffalo Bill Jr. When the ruse is found out, Bill and Calamity follow the bandit and his gang to a border crossing called "Redskin Gap".
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Buffalo Bill Jr.; Calamity Jane; Judge Wiley
Pencils
Bob Correa
Inks
Bob Correa
Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
Signals Across the Plains (1 page)
Synopsis
Forms of communication used before the telegraph came to the Old West.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white.
Advertisement
Juicy Fruit Gum Safety Quiz (1 page)
Synopsis
One large "find the mistakes" illustration featuring a beach scene.
Feature
Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Gum
Letters
typeset
Notes
Back cover. Illustrated ad for Wrigley's Juicy Fruit chewing gum. Part of a "Summer Safety" series.
Comic Story
Weather in the West (1 page)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Notes
Variant back cover. Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents".
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