Indicia title is "THE TEXAN, No. 1096." Code number is THE TEXAN #1096-605. Copyright 1960 by Rorvic Productions, Inc. and Desilu Productions, Inc. Second and final The Texan Four Color. Based on the 1958-60 CBS TV series "The Texan." On-sale date from 1960 Books and Pamphlets, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Cover
The Texan / 1 page
Feature
The Texan
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Bill Longley (photo of Rory Calhoun)
Foreword/Afterword
Ambush Alibi (1 page)
Synopsis
Preview of first story in issue.
Feature
The Texan
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Bill Longley (photo of Rory Calhoun)
Pencils
Dan Spiegle ?
Inks
Dan Spiegle ?
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Photo and illustration with typeset text.
Comic Story
Ambush Alibi (17 pages)
Synopsis
Whit and Zane Reagan save Bill Longley's life after a trail accident. Longley finds the two are on the run after being accused of murder when they shot back in self-defense in an ambush. Longley knows the father of the accuser, B.J. Weston, from his service in the Civil War, and goes to talk with him to find out the truth.
Feature
The Texan
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Bill Longley
Pencils
Dan Spiegle
Inks
Dan Spiegle
Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
Gunfight In Fury Falls (15 pages)
Synopsis
Gunman Mark Danson is on his way to Fury Falls to have a shootout with the sheriff for jailing his brother. The townspeople ask Bill Longley for help because the sheriff's vision is failing and he is too proud to step down or ask for help.
Feature
The Texan
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Bill Longley
Pencils
Dan Spiegle
Inks
Dan Spiegle
Notes
Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
Artist in Disguise (1 page)
Synopsis
Bill Longley recognizes the new guest at the hotel as an outlaw after seeing a boy draw a beard on a wanted poster.
Feature
The Texan
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Bill Longley
Pencils
Dan Spiegle
Inks
Dan Spiegle
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Feature
American Geographical Society
Letters
typeset
Notes
Back cover. Illustrated ad for "guidebook album" on Russia. Part of "Around the World" program by American Geographical Society, Garden City, N.Y.
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