Indicia title is "BRAVE EAGLE, No. 816." Code number is B.E.O.S. #816-577. Copyright 1957 by Roy Rogers--Frontiers, Inc. Based on the 1955-56 CBS TV series "Brave Eagle." Third of five Brave Eagle Four Color issues.
Cover
Search for the Sun / 1 page
Feature
Brave Eagle
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Brave Eagle (photo of Keith Larsen)
Comic Story
Apology for Warpaint (1 page)
Synopsis
Retelling of an incident in 1843 in which Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors attacked a group of troops, then abruptly called off the attack when they realized that the troops weren't tribal enemies.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Characters
Lt. John C. Fremont
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Craftint shading. Panels with typeset text underneath.
Comic Story
Search for the Sun (20 pages)
Synopsis
Keena, Brave Eagle's adopted son, overhears him talking to a brave whose son had joined a group of renegades to steal gold in exchange for rifles. Brave Eagle has left the brave's son at the fort to pay for his crimes. Keena thinks Brave Eagle should not have left the youth and decides to return to the Lotas, his original tribe. There Keena finds the white gun traders have set up camp to await the return of the council to determine if the tribe will trade its gold for guns.
Feature
Brave Eagle
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Brave Eagle; Smokey; Keena; Morning Star, White Cloud (horse)
Pencils
Dan Spiegle
Inks
Dan Spiegle
Comic Story
The Iron Trail (12 pages)
Synopsis
The crew boss of workers laying railroad tracks through Cheyenne territory hatches a scheme to steal the payroll and make it look like it was the work of the Cheyenne.
Feature
Brave Eagle
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Brave Eagle; Smokey; Keena; White Cloud (horse)
Pencils
Dan Spiegle
Inks
Dan Spiegle
Notes
The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
Comic Story
Choosing of the Chief (1 page)
Synopsis
Method of choosing a new chief of the Cheyenne Indians.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white; craftint shading. Panels with typeset text underneath.
Comic Story
Pride of the Bow (1 page)
Synopsis
Facts about the arrows used by the Cheyenne Indians.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Notes
Back cover. Craftint shading with monochrome color for each panel. Panels with text underneath.
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