Indicia title is "BAT MASTERSON, No. 1013". Code number is B.M.O.S. #1013-598. Copyright 1959 by Ziv Television Programs, Inc. First and only Bat Masterson Four Color. Becomes Bat Masterson (Dell, 1960 series) with #2 (February-April 1960). Based on the "Bat Masterson" TV series. On-sale date from 1959 Books and Pamphlets, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Cover
1 page
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Bat Masterson (photo of Gene Barry)
First Line
They called him a dude... until he used his cane against the tough crew!
Story
Bat Masterson (1 page)
Synopsis
Preview of first story, "The Tough Crew".
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Bat Masterson (photo of Gene Barry)
Pencils
Jerry Robinson
Inks
Jerry Robinson
First Line
Defending an orphan from a brutal bully...
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Five panels with text underneath plus photo of Gene Barry as Bat Masterson. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
The Tough Crew / Bat Masterson (16 pages)
Synopsis
Bat stops a gang of bullies from harrasing an orphan boy. Later the boy tells Bat that the gang is the same one that robbed a railroad payroll and killed his father. Bat leaves town and has the boy keep a lookout on the bank. That night the boy spots the gang breaking into the bank and at the same time Bat comes back into town to disrupt the operation.
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Bat Masterson; Terence O'Rourke
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Jerry Robinson
Inks
Jerry Robinson
Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Script submitted on February 5, 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).
Comic Story
The Treasure Hole / Bat Masterson (16 pages)
Synopsis
June Borden comes west only to find her father murdered in a tussle over a gold nugget. Bat has been entrusted with a map to the gold that the prospector drew while dying. She and Bat go to the prospector's camp, but are followed by a pair of claim jumpers. Bat overcomes them and after they leave, he and the girl find a large bag of gold that was stored at the bottom of a seep-spring.
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Bat Masterson; June Borden; Shifty Means (villain)
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Jerry Robinson
Inks
Jerry Robinson
Notes
Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Script submitted on February 7, 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
Apache Pass (1 page)
Synopsis
Events at Apache Pass.
Feature
Landmarks of the Old West
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Jerry Robinson
Inks
Jerry Robinson
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with text underneath. Script submitted March 2, 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).
Comic Story
Tombstone (1 page)
Synopsis
Some of the more famous events that happened in Tombstone, Arizona.
Feature
Roaring Towns of the Old West
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Characters
Wyatt Earp (cameo); Doc Holiday (cameo); John Slaughter (cameo)
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Jerry Robinson
Inks
Jerry Robinson
Notes
Back cover; color. Panels with text underneath. Script submitted March 2, 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).
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