Indicia title is "JOHNNY MACK BROWN, No. 584." Code number is J.M.B. #584-549. (No O.S. in code number.) Copyright 1954 by Johnny Mack Brown. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1954 Books and Pamphlets, page 966. Fifth of 13 Johnny Mack Brown Four Colors. Would be Johnny Mack Brown #14 if regular series had continued.
Cover
1 page
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Johnny Mack Brown (photo)
Text Article
Retribution for Horse Thieves (1 page)
Synopsis
Brief history of vigilante justice for horse thieves in the Old West.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Pencils
August Lenox
Inks
August Lenox
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Two illustrations with typeset text.
Lenox had many fillers in western titles for Dell, and he can be spotted by his inking and horses with a marked line along the side of the nostrils. Also their broad, rounded chest.
Comic Story
The Killer's Trail / Johnny Mack Brown (18 pages)
Synopsis
Arriving in Grande Mesa late at night, Johnny pays a visit to an old friend, Jim Murdock, who is managing a theatre. Two robbers break in to steal the payroll, shoot Jim, and knock Johnny unconscious. When Johnny recovers consciousness in the doctor's office, he finds that Jim is dead. The next morning, Johnny and Tom Murdock, Tom's son and town sheriff, ride out to pick up the trail of the killers.
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Johnny Mack Brown; Rebel (horse)
Pencils
John Ushler
Inks
John Ushler
Notes
Art identification by Hames Ware and Mike Barrier (March 2011).
Originally credited to "Sparky Moore ?" and "John Ushler ?". The first panel points to both pencils and ink by Ushler because of the very high hatbrim with flat underside in level with the eyebrows. This is a sure sign of Ushler's pencil layout, and also the horse with rounded neck, almost like a chess piece Knight. Faces and action are Ushler too. He had many western stories for Dell on Roy Rogers and Rex Allen. There is nothing of Sparky Moore in the pencilwork.
Comic Story
The Avenging Avalanche / Johnny Mack Brown (16 pages)
Synopsis
Johnny interrupts a stage coach robbery, but the guard is shot. Spike Nash, the driver, and Johnny take the wounded man to a nearby Navajo village, where Spike is well-known. The bandits sneak up on the village and kill a Navajo. Johnny trails the bandits to a box canyon.
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Johnny Mack Brown; Rebel (horse)
Pencils
Sparky Moore
Inks
Sparky Moore
Notes
Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on back cover in color. Navajo sand-painting ceremonies and burial customs are presented in a respectful manner. Art identification by Hames Ware and Mike Barrier (March 2011).
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