Indicia title is "TALES OF WELLS FARGO, No, 1113." Code number is WELLS F.O.S. #1113-607. Copyright 1960 by Overland Productions, Inc. Based on the "Tales of Wells Fargo" TV series. On-sale date from 1960 Books and Pamphlets, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Cover
1 page
Feature
Tales of Wells Fargo
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Jim Hardie (photo of Dale Robertson)
Foreword/Afterword
The Trail of "Burro Sam" / Avalanche Pass (1 page)
Synopsis
Previews of the stories in the issue.
Feature
Tales of Wells Fargo
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Jim Hardie (photo of Dale Robertson)
Pencils
Alberto Giolitti
Inks
Alberto Giolitti
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Photo and two-panel previews of the stories.
Comic Story
The Trail of "Burro Sam" (16 pages)
Synopsis
When a stage is robbed and the driver killed, all the evidence points to an old prospector named Burro Sam. Hardie thinks the evidence is too obvious and does his own investigation.
Feature
Tales of Wells Fargo
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Jim Hardie; Jubilee (horse)
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Alberto Giolitti
Inks
Alberto Giolitti
Notes
Script submitted on October 9, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
Avalanche Pass (16 pages)
Synopsis
Hardie is helping guard a shipment of old currency that is being sent back to the mint to be destroyed. The train carrying the shipment is partially buried in an avalanche and then is attacked by robbers.
Feature
Tales of Wells Fargo
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Jim Hardie; Jubilee (horse)
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Alberto Giolitti
Inks
Alberto Giolitti
Notes
The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Script sent November 14, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
Stagecoach Hazards (1 page)
Synopsis
Hazards of stagecoach travel in the old West.
Feature
Tales of Wells Fargo
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Alberto Giolitti
Inks
Alberto Giolitti
Notes
Script submitted on November 30, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
How Wells Fargo Captured Black Bart (1 page)
Feature
Tales of Wells Fargo
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Notes
Back cover. Script submitted on November 30 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies. See Sequence 6.
Advertisement
New and First Air Rifle Shooting "Ricochet Sound" / Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns (1 page)
Letters
typeset
Notes
Back cover. Ad for Daisy Air Rifles. Models No. 95 and 97 for $9.95 and model No. 99 for $14.95 are depicted. Daisy Manufacturing Co., Rogers, Ark. This ad replaces Sequence 5 in some copies.
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