Indicia title is "BUFFALO BILL, JR., No. 856." Code number is B.BILL.JR. O.S. #856-5711. Copyright 1957 by Flying A Productions, Inc. Based on the "Buffalo Bill Jr." TV series. Continues as Buffalo Bill Jr. (Dell, 1958 series) #7 (February-April 1958).
Cover
1 page
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Buffalo Bill Jr. (photo of Dickie Jones)
Foreword/Afterword
A Bronc Named Gunboat / Buffalo Bill Jr. (1 page)
Synopsis
Preview of the first story in the issue. (Note that the title does not exactly match that of the interior story.)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Buffalo Bill Jr.; Calamity Jane
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Mike Peppe
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white.
Comic Story
A Bronc Called Gunboat / Buffalo Bill Jr. (14 pages)
Synopsis
Buffalo Bill Jr. tries to ride a dangerous mustang to get money to buy the Judge a birthday present, but fails. After an outlaw takes Bill's horse, Bill again tries to ride the killer horse.
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Buffalo Bill Jr.; Judge Wiley; Calamity Jane
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Mike Peppe
Text Story
The Feud (1 page)
Synopsis
Sheriff Jim Colt tries to make two feuding cattlemen share access to a waterhole.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Jed Wayne; Pete Logan; Jim Colt
Notes
Text story with 1/4 page illustration.
Comic Story
The Big Stampede (4 pages)
Synopsis
Sandy Hill and Wise Knife survive a buffalo stampede and follow the herd to kill enough buffalo to settle a debt.
Feature
The Buffalo Hunter
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Sandy Hill; Wise Knife
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Mike Peppe
Comic Story
Pawnee Stampede / Buffalo Bill Jr. (13 pages)
Synopsis
An Indian agent extorts hides from the Pawnee in order to keep the government from opening the land to homesteaders. The townspeople get enough signatures on a petition to open the land, but the Indian agent plans on dynamiting a pass in order to claim the best land for himself and his gang.
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Buffalo Bill Jr.; Judge Wiley; Calamity Jane; Rev. Palmer
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Mike Peppe
Comic Story
Breaking a Bronc (1 page)
Synopsis
The process of breaking a wild horse to a saddle.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Mike Peppe
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text above.
Comic Story
Settling the West (1 page)
Synopsis
History of land claims in the Old West.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Characters
Abraham Lincoln (cameo)
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Mike Peppe
Notes
Back cover. Panels with typeset text above. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
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