Indicia title is "BROKEN ARROW, No. 947." Code number is B.ARROW.O.S. #947-5811. Copyright 1958 by Elliot Arnold. Based on the "Broken Arrow" TV series.
Cover
1 page
Feature
Broken Arrow
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Tom Jeffords (photo of John Lupton); Cochise (photo of Michael Ansara)
Foreword/Afterword
Vengeance Trail (1 page)
Synopsis
Preview of the second story in the issue.
Feature
Broken Arrow
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Tom Jeffords (as played by John Lupton, photo); Cochise (as played by Michael Ansara, photo)
Script
Otto Binder
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Four photos from the TV series with brief typeset text. Script credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
Desert Ordeal (12 pages)
Synopsis
Jeffords and Cochise capture a killer in the desert. They must return him to Tucson or an Apache will hang for murder. However Cochise has been shot and they have lost their horses.
Feature
Broken Arrow
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Tom Jeffords; Cochise
Script
Otto Binder ?
Pencils
Tom Gill ?
Inks
John Tartaglione ?
Letters
Ben Oda
Notes
Script for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Martin O'Hearn, at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2018/09/some-leo-dorfman-tv-westerns.html , argues for Leo Dorfman instead.
Possible Gill pencils and Tartaglione inks per Nick Caputo. Becattini previously credited Howard Purcell.
Comic Story
Vengeance Trail (10 pages)
Synopsis
Lack of communication causes an Army patrol to attack a band of Apaches who have been given permission to camp by the fort. The women and children of the Apache band are captured, but the Chief and his warriors begin a series of raids on the white men. Jeffords and Cochise have to try to stop the bloodshed.
Feature
Broken Arrow
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Tom Jeffords; Cochise
Script
Otto Binder ?
Pencils
Tom Gill ?
Inks
John Tartaglione ?
Letters
Ben Oda
Notes
Script credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Martin O'Hearn, at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2018/09/some-leo-dorfman-tv-westerns.html , argues for Leo Dorfman instead.
Possible Gill pencils and Tartaglione inks per Nick Caputo. Becattini previously credited Howard Purcell.
Comic Story
Trackdown (10 pages)
Synopsis
An Apache messenger thinks he killed a white man and Cochise and Jeffords must track him down, all the while dodging the threat of Geronimo's raiders.
Feature
Broken Arrow
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Tom Jeffords; Cochise; Geronimo
Script
Otto Binder ?
Pencils
Tom Gill ?
Inks
John Tartaglione ?
Letters
Ben Oda
Notes
The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
Script credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Martin O'Hearn, at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2018/09/some-leo-dorfman-tv-westerns.html , argues for Leo Dorfman instead.
Possible Gill pencils and Tartaglione inks per Nick Caputo. Becattini previously credited Howard Purcell.
Comic Story
The Stronghold (1 page)
Synopsis
The Chiricahua strongholds, mountain passages that let the Apaches keep enemies at bay with only a few men.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Howard Purcell ?
Inks
Howard Purcell ?
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
Indian Agent (1 page)
Synopsis
Duties of Indian agents in the old West.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Howard Purcell ?
Inks
Howard Purcell ?
Notes
Back cover. Panels with typeset text underneath.
Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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