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| Of the all fine comics Alberto Giolitti drew for Dell, this is one of my favorites. The first story about the forest of abandoned ships overflows with great artwork. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | October-December 1959 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Cover | The Missing Man |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Colors:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Paladin (photo of Richard Boone) |
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| Foreword/Afterword | The Missing Man / The Reluctant Rustler (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Previews of the two stories in the issue. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Paladin (photo of Richard Boone) |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. One photo. Two panels for each story with text underneath. |
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| Comic Story | The Missing Man (16 pages) |
| Synopsis | A wealthy scrap and junk dealer's daughter defies her father and hires Paladin to find her missing fiancé. Paladin finds him held captive in the midst of a fleet of abandoned ships in San Francisco Bay. |
| Credits | Job #: H.G.W.T.O.S. #1044-5910 |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Paladin |
| Notes | Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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| Comic Story | The Reluctant Rustler (16 pages) |
| Synopsis | Paladin is summoned to help a lady rancher who is having small numbers of cattle stolen on a regular basis. Paladin recognizes her foreman as a former rustler and has to decide if he's gone straight, as he claims, or is part of the gang of rustlers. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Paladin |
| Notes | Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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| Comic Story | Rustler's Paradise: Hole in the Wall (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Facts about a remote Wyoming valley used as a hideout by outlaws. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Western-frontier | Characters: Butch Cassidy (cameo) |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with text underneath. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
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| Comic Story | San Francisco's Ships (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Facts about ships left abandoned in San Francisco Bay when sailors jumped ship during the 1849 Gold Rush. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History |
| Notes | Back cover. Panels with text underneath. |
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