Indicia title is "THE REBEL, No. 1138." Code number is THE REBEL O.S. #1138-6010. Copyright 1960 by The Rebel Company. Second of four The Rebel Four Colors. Based on "The Rebel" TV series. On-sale date from Bestsellers Vol15 #8 October 1960.
Cover
Black Eagle / 1 page
Feature
The Rebel
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Johnny Yuma (photo of Nick Adams)
Notes
Cover subtitle is "Johnny Yuma's Journal."
Foreword/Afterword
Black Eagle / Johnny Yuma's Orphan (1 page)
Synopsis
Previews of the stories in the issue.
Feature
The Rebel
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
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. Photo and two-panel previews of the stories. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
Black Eagle (16 pages)
Synopsis
Three outlaws try to get Johnny Yuma to join them. When he refuses, they become bitter enemies. Yuma goes to a ranch where he finds a teen girl who is badly treated by her uncle and aunt. The outlaws happen upon the ranch and set the rest of the story in motion.
Feature
The Rebel
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Johnny Yuma
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Mike Peppe
Notes
Script submitted on March 16, 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
Johnny Yuma's Orphan (16 pages)
Synopsis
Johnny rescues an Apache boy from bullying cowboys, but doesn't know what to do with the boy.
Feature
The Rebel
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Johnny Yuma
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Mike Peppe
Notes
The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Script submitted on February 16, 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
Quantrill's Raiders (1 page)
Synopsis
Overview of Quantrill's Raiders, a band of Confederate guerrillas, some of whom later became an outlaw gang.
Feature
The Rebel
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Characters
Jesse James; William Clarke Quantrill
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Mike Peppe
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. "The Rebel" logo is on the sequence, but no characters appear. Script submitted on April 11, 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
Meat Hunters (1 page)
Synopsis
How the railroads provided meat to their track-laying crews in the Old West.
Feature
The Rebel
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Mike Peppe
Notes
Back cover. "The Rebel" logo is on the sequence, but no characters appear. Script submitted on April 11, 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).
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