0961 - Jake Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers | Published
Publication
Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36
Notes
Indicia title is "JACE PEARSON'S TALES OF THE TEXAS RANGERS, No. 961." Code number is J.P.O.S. #961-5812. Copyright 1958 by General Mills, Inc. Based on the "Tales of the Texas Rangers" TV series. This issue follows "Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers" (Dell, 1955 series) #20 (June-August 1958).
Cover
Trail to Sierra Verde / 1 page
Feature
Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Jace Pearson (photo of Willard Parker)
Illustration
Willard Parker pinup (1 page)
Synopsis
Medium shot of Willard Parker, as Jace Pearson, handling his six-gun.
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Characters
Jace Pearson (photo of Willard Parker)
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Full-page photo.
Comic Story
Trail to Sierra Verde (16 pages)
Synopsis
Bandits rob a train of $100,000 in gold pieces. The pieces are marked, so they leave a trail as they spend them. Jace Pearson and Clay Morgan go to Starkton to try to intercept the gang.
Feature
Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Jace Pearson; Clay Morgan; Joe "The Actor" Barker; Grubstake [Charlie Walters]
Pencils
Dan Spiegle (signed)
Inks
Dan Spiegle (signed)
Notes
Initials "DS" are in the first panel.
Text Story
The Barren Land (1 page)
Synopsis
A husband and wife from Maryland are sold some worthless land in the west by a land agent. They are able to turn the tables on the swindler.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Herman Bumble; Rosie Bumble
Notes
Text story with 1/6 page illustration.
Comic Story
Captain Richard King, Founder of an Empire (4 pages)
Synopsis
How Capt. Richard King was able to acquire enough land and cattle in Texas to build an empire so large that no one could afford to buy it.
Feature
Famous Texans
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Characters
Capt. Richard King
Pencils
Dan Spiegle
Inks
Dan Spiegle
Comic Story
Terror at Canyon Crossing (10 pages)
Synopsis
Zeke Bragan tries to sabotage the railroad after it puts his freight line out of business.
Feature
Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Jace Pearson; Clay Morgan; Zeke Bragan; Martha Bragan; Dave
Pencils
Dan Spiegle (signed)
Inks
Dan Spiegle (signed)
Notes
Initials "DS" are in the first panel.
Comic Story
A Treaty on Horseback (1 page)
Synopsis
How a treaty between the Mexicans and the Texas Rangers was signed on horseback in the middle of the Rio Grande river.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Pencils
Dan Spiegle
Inks
Dan Spiegle
Notes
Panels with typeset text underneath. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.27).
Comic Story
The Texas Rangers Today and Yesterday (1 page)
Synopsis
The differences between the Texas Rangers of the old West and their modern-day counterparts.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Pencils
Dan Spiegle
Inks
Dan Spiegle
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath.
Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.27).
Comic Story
The Seagoing Rangers (1 page)
Synopsis
How the Texas Rangers won a battle at sea in 1836.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Pencils
Dan Spiegle
Inks
Dan Spiegle
Notes
Back cover. Panels with typeset text underneath.
Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.27).
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