Indicia title is "WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE, No. 1164." Code number is WANTED DEAD O.A.O.S. #1164-615. Copyright 1960 by Four Star-Malcom. Based on the "Wanted: Dead or Alive!" TV series. There is an exclamation point on the title logo everywhere except in the indicia.
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.
Cover
Wanted: Dead or Alive! / 1 page
Feature
Wanted: Dead or Alive!
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Josh Randall (photo of Steve McQueen)
Foreword/Afterword
The Trail of the Bear / The Carved Bullet (1 page)
Synopsis
Previews of the stories in the issue.
Feature
Wanted: Dead or Alive!
Pencils
?; ? (photo)
Inks
?; ? (photo)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Josh Randall (photo of Steve McQueen)
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Photo and two-panel previews of the stories.
Comic Story
The Carved Bullet (16 pages)
Synopsis
Randall finds a man in an abandoned shack, delirious from blood poisoning after shooting himself in the foot. During the man's raving, Randall learns of a meeting of the gang of "Doc Cole, the most wanted man in California." Randall decides to go to the meeting and capture Cole.
Feature
Wanted: Dead or Alive!
Genre
Western-frontier
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Notes
Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 199, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott. Gaylord Du Bois script identification by David Porta (October 2013).
Comic Story
The Trail of the Bear (16 pages)
Synopsis
Randall and his friend Jase track Bear-Tracks Borrman through Apache territory. Borrman captures them and takes them to a cavern full of gold nuggets.
Feature
Wanted: Dead or Alive!
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Jase Nichols
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Notes
Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 198, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott. Gaylord Du Bois script identification by David Porta (October 2013).
Comic Story
Famous Wanted Men (1 page)
Synopsis
Brief biographies of six famous criminals of the old West.
Feature
Wanted: Dead or Alive!
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Characters
Joaquin Murieta; Tiburcio Vasquez; Bill Miner; Sam Bass; John Wesley Hardin; William P. Longley
Notes
Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 199, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott, which states: "Famous Wanted Men. Cover #3 for Wanted, Dead or Alive, February issue. Sent August 20, 1960." Cover #3. Gaylord Du Bois script identification by David Porta (October 2013).
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath. The "Wanted: Dead or Alive!" logo in on the sequence, but no characters appear.
Advertisement
This is a Beaverbear (1 page)
Feature
Kraft Caramels
Letters
typeset
Notes
Back cover. Part of series of "hybrid animals" ads for Kraft Caramels candy.
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