Issue | #1 |
Published | September 1955 |
Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
Pages | 100 |
Editing | ? |
Notes | Copyright 1955 by Walt Disney Productions. |
Characters | Davy Crockett (as played by Fess Parker) (photo) |
Genre | period |
Pencils | ? (photo) |
Inks | ? (photo) |
Colors | ? (photo) |
Letters | typeset |
Synopsis | Facts about flintlock rifles. |
Genre | fact |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Text and illustrations. |
Characters | Davy Crockett; John Crockett; Tom Crockett; Jacob Siler; Jeb Dunn; Hi Kitchner; Job Higgins; Jesse Cheek; Adam Myers; John Kennedy |
Synopsis | Anecdotes from Davy Crockett's youth. |
Genre | period; bio |
Pencils | Tony Sgroi |
Inks | Tony Sgroi |
Notes | Art identification by Steinar Ådland and Lambiek website (September 22, 2010). Panels with text at the bottom. |
Characters | Davy Crockett |
Synopsis | A list of words that Davy Crockett is said to have coined. |
Genre | fact |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text and illustration. |
Synopsis | Description of the clothing worn by men and women on the frontier. |
Genre | fact |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text and illustration. |
Characters | Davy Crockett; George Russel; Red Eagle; Quick Fox; Chief Watami; Long Knife |
Synopsis | After saving two young Cherokee boys from a bear, Davy Crocket and George Russel take them home to their village. The men become the enemies of Long Knife, who is banished from the tribe and later returns to seek revenge on the white men and the Cherokee villagers. |
Genre | period |
Pencils | John Ushler |
Inks | John Ushler |
Notes | Art identification by Steinar Ådland. (Error Report 5037, September 22, 2010) |
Characters | Davy Crockett |
Synopsis | Phrase by phrase explanation of a sign language conversation between Davy and a Cheyenne Indian. |
Genre | fact; period |
Notes | Panels with text at bottom. |
Synopsis | Tips for survival if lost in the wilderness. |
Genre | fact |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text and illustrations. |
Synopsis | Facts about the construction of pioneer homes. |
Genre | fact |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text and illustration. |
Synopsis | Facts about forts on the frontier. |
Genre | fact |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text and illustration. |
Characters | Davy Crockett; George Russel; Major Norton; Andrew Jackson |
Synopsis | Andrew Jackson talks Davy into running for Congress. Davy wins the election and goes to Washington. |
Genre | period |
Pencils | Jesse Marsh |
Inks | Jesse Marsh |
Notes | Lyrics to "Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier" song are used in the story. Art identification by Steinar Ådland. (Error Report 5037, September 22, 2010) |
Synopsis | Methods of transportation on the frontier. |
Genre | fact |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text and illustrations. |
Synopsis | Types of food eaten on the frontier. |
Genre | fact |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text and illustration. |
Characters | John Colter; Daniel Boone; Kit Carson; James Bowie |
Synopsis | Brief text biographies of four famous frontiersmen as an introduction to a series of more extensive biographies in comic form. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text and illustations. |
Characters | James Bowie; Jeff Lattimore; Black Jack Sturdivant |
Synopsis | The story of how James Bowie invented the knife that bears his name. |
Genre | fact; bio |
Pencils | Nicholas Firfires |
Inks | Nicholas Firfires |
Notes | Art identification by Steinar Ådland (Error Report 5138, attachment 179, October 8, 2010) |
Characters | John Colter; Potts |
Synopsis | John Colter's runs for his life after being captured by Blackfeet Indians in 1823. |
Genre | fact |
Pencils | Nicholas Firfires |
Inks | Nicholas Firfires |
Notes | Art identification from Lambiek website. Also from from Steinar Ådland (GCD Error Report 5139, attachment 180, October 10, 2010) |
Characters | Kit Carson |
Genre | fact |
Pencils | Nicholas Firfires |
Inks | Nicholas Firfires |
Notes | Art identification from Steinar Ådland (GCD Error Report 5141, attachment 182, October 10, 2010) |
Characters | Daniel Boone |
Genre | fact |
Pencils | Nicholas Firfires |
Inks | Nicholas Firfires |
Notes | Art identification from Steinar Ådland (GCD Error Report 5140, attachment 181, October 10, 2010) |
Characters | William Barrett Travis; General Santa Anna; Col. Albert Martin; Davy Crockett (cameo mention); James Bowie (cameo mention) |
Synopsis | Account of the siege of the Alamo during the Mexican-American War in 1836. |
Genre | fact |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text and illustrations. Davy Crockett and James Bowie are only mentioned in passing. |
Synopsis | Facts about nine states with their border outlines, which the reader is supposed to name. |
Genre | fact |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Illustrations and text. |
Synopsis | Social activities on the frontier. |
Genre | fact |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text and illustrations. |
Characters | Davy Crockett; Georgie Russel; Jed Wills; Hank Binns; Rafe Dodd |
Synopsis | Davy makes an enemy in Hank Binns by besting him in a knife-throwing contest in a tavern. When Davy and Georgie Russel track a bear named Ol' Three Claws, Binns seeks revenge. |
Genre | period |
Pencils | Jesse Marsh |
Inks | Jesse Marsh |
Notes | Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Art identification by Steinar Ådland. (Error Report 5037, September 22, 2010) |
Synopsis | How to load and fire a flintlock rifle. |
Genre | fact |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Text and illustration. |
Characters | Davy Crockett (as played by Fess Parker) (photo) |
Synopsis | Fess Parker as Davy Crockett, standing on an outcrop with rifle at his side and mountains in the background. |
Genre | period |
Script | Davy Crockett (quote) |
Pencils | ? (photo) |
Inks | ? (photo) |
Colors | ? (photo) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Back cover. |