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.
Additional Information
Name
1044 - Have Gun, Will Travel | Published
Publication
Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36
Notes
Indicia title is "HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL, No. 1044." Code number is H.G.W.T.O.S. #1044-5910. Copyright 1959 by Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. Third of three Have Gun, Will Travel Four Colors. Continues as Have Gun, Will Travel (Dell, 1960 series) #4 (January-March 1960). Based on the 1957-63 CBS TV series "Have Gun, Will Travel." On-sale date from 1959 Books and Pamphlets, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Cover
The Missing Man / 1 page
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Paladin (photo of Richard Boone)
Foreword/Afterword
The Missing Man / The Reluctant Rustler / Have Gun, Will Travel (1 page)
Synopsis
Previews of the two stories in the issue.
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Paladin (photo of Richard Boone)
Pencils
Alberto Giolitti
Inks
Alberto Giolitti
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. One photo. Two panels for each story with text underneath.
Comic Story
The Missing Man / Have Gun, Will Travel (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.
Job #
H.G.W.T.O.S. #1044-5910
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Paladin
Pencils
Alberto Giolitti
Inks
Alberto Giolitti
First Line
Would you show Miss Scrapp my card, please? She sent for me!
Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
The Reluctant Rustler / Have Gun, Will Travel (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.
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Paladin
Pencils
Alberto Giolitti
Inks
Alberto Giolitti
Notes
Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
Rustler's Paradise: Hole in the Wall (1 page)
Synopsis
Facts about a remote Wyoming valley used as a hideout by outlaws.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Non-fiction; Western-frontier
Characters
Butch Cassidy (cameo)
Pencils
Alberto Giolitti
Inks
Alberto Giolitti
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with text underneath. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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.
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