Indicia title is "LARAMIE, No. 1125." Code number is LARAMIE O.S. #1125-608. Copyright 1960 by Revue Studios. Based on the "Laramie" TV series. On-sale date from 1960 Books and Pamphlets, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Cover
The Stage Frame-Up / 1 page
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Slim Sherman (photo of John Smith); Jess Harper (photo of Robert Fuller); Jonesy (photo of Hoagy Carmichael); Andy Sherman (photo of Robert Crawford, Jr.)
Foreword/Afterword
The Stage Frame-Up / The Passenger / Laramie (1 page)
Synopsis
Previews of the two stories in the issue. Kane inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Russ Heath.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Slim Sherman (photo of John Smith); Andy Sherman (photo of Robert Crawford, Jr.); Jess Harper; Jonesy
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Gil Kane
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Photo and two-panel previews of the stories. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
The Stage Frame-Up / Laramie (16 pages)
Synopsis
A runaway stage shows up at the swing station with no trace of the driver and its strongbox missing. The next morning the Sheriff and Mr. Dyke, who had $10,000 in the missing strongbox, come to the station and find the body of the missing driver and an empty strongbox in the station's barn. Slim and Jess are charged with murder and robbery and have to prove their innocence.
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Slim Sherman; Andy Sherman; Jess Harper; Jonesy
Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Russ Heath
Letters
John Duffy
Notes
Script submitted on January 25, 1960. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records (November 2007). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
The Passenger / Laramie (16 pages)
Synopsis
Carlos, a witness in a murder trial, disappears during a stop at the swing station. Slim and Jess have to rescue Carlos from three gunmen who have him trapped in a cave.
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Slim Sherman; Andy Sherman; Jess Harper; Jonesy
Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Russ Heath
Letters
John Duffy
Notes
The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Script submitted on February 20, 1960. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records (November 2007). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
The Stage Comes of Age (1 page)
Synopsis
Comparison of the Conestoga Wagon and the Concord stagecoach.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Gil Kane
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records (November 2007). Kane inks per Nick Caputo. Alberto Becattini credited Kane on pencils and Heath on inks(May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
The Swing Station (1 page)
Synopsis
Description of "swing stations," stagecoach stops where passengers could buy food, rest and stretch their legs.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Gil Kane
Notes
Back cover. Panels with typeset text underneath. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records (November 2007). Kane inks per Nick Caputo. Alberto Becattini credited Kane on pencils and Heath on inks (May 14, 2007).
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