Indicia title is "LARAMIE, No. 1223." Code number is LARAMIE O.S. #1223-618. Copyright 1961 by Revue Studios. Based on the "Laramie" TV series.
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.
Ad and non-ad versions exist. For an index to the ad version see Four Color #1223 [ad].
Cover
The Missing Man / The Deadly Payload / 1 page
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Jess Harper (photo of Robert Fuller); Slim Sherman (photo of John Smith)
Foreword/Afterword
The Missing Man / The Deadly Payload / Laramie (1 page)
Synopsis
Preview of two stories in the issue.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Jess Harper (photo of Robert Fuller); Slim Sherman (photo of John Smith)
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Gil Kane
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Photo and two-panel previews of the stories. Art identification by Merlin Haas and Alan Hutchinson (December 2010).
Comic Story
The Missing Man / Laramie (15 pages)
Synopsis
An Indian agent is traveling by stagecoach to warn an Army post of an impending Sioux uprising. Slim and Jess must make sure he makes it through.
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Jess Harper; Slim Sherman; Jeff Dawkins; Eagle Claws
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Frank Giacoia ?
Letters
John Duffy
Notes
One page of this sequence is replaced by a promo in the ad version. See the index for Four Color #1223 [ad]. Pencils credit from Gary Brown, Alan Hutchinson, and Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (December 2010). Possible Giacoia inks per Nick Caputo, January 2016.
Comic Story
Relief Driver / Laramie (2 pages)
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Jess Harper; Slim Sherman
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Letters
John Duffy
Notes
This sequence is replaced by a promo in the ad version. See the index for Four Color #1223 [ad]. Pencils identification by Alan Hutchinson (December 2010).
Giacoia inks per Nick Caputo, January 2016.
Comic Story
The Deadly Payload / Laramie (14 pages)
Synopsis
A gang steals a payroll from the stagecoach and hides out in an abandoned mine under a ghost town.
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Jess Harper; Slim Sherman
Pencils
Gil Kane
Letters
John Duffy
Notes
Pencils credit from Gary Brown, Alan Hutchinson, and Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (December 2010).
Comic Story
Western Fences (1 page)
Synopsis
Development of fences in the Old West
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Pencils
Jack Sparling
Inks
Jack Sparling
Letters
John Duffy
Notes
This sequence is replaced by an ad in the ad version. See the index for Four Color #1223 [ad]. Pencils identification by Alan Hutchinson (December 2010).
Comic Story
The Indian Agent / Laramie (1 page)
Synopsis
Description of the Indian agent's job on the reservation.
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Gil Kane
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with text underneath. Art identification by Gary Brown, Alan Hutchinson, and Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (December 2010).
Comic Story
Wyoming's Ghost Town (1 page)
Synopsis
The history of the Dillon, Wyoming, ghost town.
Genre
Non-fiction; History; Western-frontier
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Gil Kane
Letters
John Duffy
Notes
This sequence is replaced by an ad in the ad version. See the index for Four Color #1223 [ad]. Art identification by Alan Hutchinson (December 2010).
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