Sam Savitt on the outside,
Jerry Robinson on the inside.
Who could ask for anything more!
Additional Information
Name
0835 - Max Brand's Silvertip | Published
Publication
Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36
Notes
Indicia title is "Max Brand's SILVERTIP, No. 835: The False Rider." Code number is SILVERTIP O.S. #835-579. Copyright 1957 by Dodd, Mead, & Company, Inc. "Picturized edition based upon "The False Rider" by Max Brand, copyright 1933 by Dorothy Faust." Eighth of nine Silvertip Four Color issues.
Cover
The False Rider / 1 page
Feature
Silvertip
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Silvertip
Pencils
Sam Savitt (painting)
Inks
Sam Savitt (painting)
Colors
Sam Savitt (painting)
Notes
Cover art credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Foreword/Afterword
Preview (1 page)
Synopsis
Preview of story in comic form.
Feature
Silvertip
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Silvertip; Duff Gregor; Parade (horse)
Pencils
Mort Meskin
Inks
Jerry Robinson
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Pencil credit from Martin O'Hearn. Formerly credited to Jerry Robinson.
Comic Story
The False Rider (32 pages)
Synopsis
Duff Gregor camps with Silvertip and both men notice how much they look alike. Gregor later meets up with Barry Christian, Silvertip's greatest enemy, and the pair come up with a plan where Gregor will disguise himself as Silvertip and fool the people of Crow's Nest before robbing their bank. Silvertip then rides into town, not knowing what has happened, and gets a hostile reception.
Feature
Silvertip
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Silvertip; Taxi; Parade (horse); Barry Christian (villain); Duff Gregor (villain)
Pencils
Mort Meskin
Inks
Jerry Robinson
Notes
Based on the 1933 story "The False Rider" by Max Brand. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). A sort of sequel to this story is in Silvertip Four Color #898, when the ending scenes of this story become the beginning scenes of that one. Duff Gregor returns, but Silvertip's arch-enemy is called Sam Fisk, not Barry Christian.
Pencil credit by Martin O'Hearn. Formerly credited to Jerry Robinson.
Comic Story
Trail Driving (1 page)
Synopsis
Facts about trail-driving cattle to market.
Feature
Silvertip
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Characters
Silvertip (cameo)
Pencils
Jerry Robinson
Inks
Jerry Robinson
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Sequence is "narrated" by Silvertip with a headshot. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
Banking in the Early West (1 page)
Synopsis
Various ways miners stored their gold in the early West.
Feature
Silvertip
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Characters
Silvertip (cameo)
Pencils
Jerry Robinson
Inks
Jerry Robinson
Notes
Back cover. Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Sequence is "narrated" by Silvertip with a head shot. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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