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Issue Details

Issue #1077
Published February-April 1960
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "THE DEPUTY, No. 1077". Code number is DEPUTY.O.S. #1077-602. Copyright 1960 by Top Gun Co. First of two The Deputy Four Colors. Based on the 1959-61 NBC TV series "The Deputy".

Cover Details

Characters Henry Fonda (as Marshal Simon Fry, photo); Allen Case (as Clay McCord, photo)
Genre western
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Colors ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Indicia title is "THE DEPUTY, No. 1077". Code number is DEPUTY.O.S. #1077-602. Copyright 1960 by Top Gun Co. First of two The Deputy Four Colors. Based on the 1959-61 NBC TV series "The Deputy".

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "The Deputy"

Characters Henry Fonda (as Marshal Simon Fry, photo); Allen Case (as Clay McCord, photo)
Synopsis Previews of the two stories in the issue.
Genre western
Pencils John Buscema; ? (photo)
Inks John Buscema; ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Four panels with text underneath and one photo.

16 page The Deputy story "Pursuit"

Characters Marshal Simon Fry; Clay McCord; Fran McCord; Brandy McCord
Synopsis When stage robbers pay storekeeper Clay McCord with stolen silver, Marshal Fry appoints him a temporary deputy to help trail and identify the crooks. The pair find the robbers in the ruins of an old Pueblo village and have an long gunfight.
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils John Buscema
Inks John Buscema
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Script written in August 1959. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records. (August 4, 2007)

16 page The Deputy story "The Treasure Trail"

Characters Marshal Simon Fry; Clay McCord; Fran McCord; Brandy McCord
Synopsis After breaking out of prison, a gang of train robbers heads for their loot. Marshal Fry and Clay McCord trail them to the treasure, where they and the robbers settle into an extended siege.
Genre western
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils John Buscema
Inks John Buscema
Notes Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Script written in August 1959. Script credit from Robin Snyder, taken from Paul S. Newman's personal records. (August 4, 2007)

1 page The Deputy story "Arizona Treasure"

Synopsis Facts about treasure lost in Skeleton Canyon in the Peloncillo Mountains of Arizona.
Genre fact; western
Pencils John Buscema
Inks John Buscema
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. "The Deputy" logo is on the story, but no characters appear.

1 page Frisky Fudgie; Kraft Fudgies advertisement "Five Seconds to Play!"

Characters Frisky Fudgie
Synopsis Frisky Fudgie helps Billy sink the winning shot in the big basketball game.
Genre sports
Notes Back cover. Ad in comic form for Kraft Fudgies candy. Part of Frisky Fudgie series.