Indicia title is "THE REBEL #1207." Code number is THE REBEL #1207-618. Copyright 1961 by The Rebel Company. Cover is subtitled "Johnny Yuma's Journal." Third of four "The Rebel" Four Colors. Based on "The Rebel" TV series.
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Cover
1 page
Feature
The Rebel
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Johnny Yuma (photo of Nick Adams)
Foreword/Afterword
The Martinet / The Exiles (1 page)
Synopsis
Previews of the two stories in the issue.
Feature
The Rebel
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Johnny Yuma (photo of Nick Adams)
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Mike Peppe
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Cropped photo of Nick Adams plus two-panel previews of the two stories in the issue. Script submitted on January 4, 1961. 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 Martinet (15 pages)
Synopsis
Johnny Yuma helps a 14-year-old boy rescue his sister who was kidnapped by Apaches, despite interference from a stubborn Calvary officer.
Feature
The Rebel
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Johnny Yuma
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Mike Peppe
Letters
John Duffy
Notes
Script submitted on December 24, 1960. 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
Spanish California (2 pages)
Synopsis
Description of life in Spanish California.
Feature
The Rebel
Genre
Non-fiction; History; Western-frontier
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Mike Peppe
Letters
John Duffy
Notes
Sequence has "The Rebel" logo, but no characters appear. Script submitted on January 3, 1961. 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
The Exiles (15 pages)
Synopsis
Johnny Yuma helps prevent an attempt by a gang of saddle tramps to take a California ranch from its Mexican owners.
Feature
The Rebel
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Johnny Yuma
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Mike Peppe
Letters
John Duffy
Notes
Script submitted on December 29, 1960. 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
Emigrants to California (1 page)
Synopsis
Description of events in California in the 1840s.
Feature
The Rebel
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Mike Peppe
Letters
John Duffy
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Sequence has "The Rebel" logo, but no characters appear. Script submitted on January 3, 1961. 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
The Alien Flood (1 page)
Synopsis
Description of the conflict between English-speaking emigrants and Spanish settlers in California after the area was taken over by the United States.
Feature
The Rebel
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Mike Peppe
Letters
John Duffy
Notes
Back cover. Script submitted on January 3, 1961. 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). This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies. See Sequence 7.
Advertisement
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Letters
typeset
Pencils
Russ Heath (signed)
Inks
Russ Heath (signed)
Notes
Back cover. Ad for 204 piece set of plastic Revolutionary soldiers and equipment for $1.98 from a post office box in Carle Place, Long Island, N.Y. This sequence replaces Sequence 6 in some copies.
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