Issue | #829 |
Published | August 1957 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | ? |
Notes | Indicia title is "TALES OF THE PONY EXPRESS, No. 829." Code number is P.EX. O.S. #829-578. Copyright 1957 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. First of two Tales of the Pony Express Four Color issues. |
Characters | Craig Garrett |
Genre | western |
Pencils | ? (painted) |
Inks | ? (painted) |
Colors | ? (painted) |
Letters | typeset |
Synopsis | Introduction to series. |
Genre | western |
Pencils | Dan Spiegle ? |
Inks | Dan Spiegle ? |
Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. |
Characters | Craig Garrett; Abraham Lincoln |
Synopsis | Lt. Clay Saunders, who is working undercover to try to negotiate a peace treaty with the Paiute chief Keohawk, is sentenced to death by his commanding office who thinks he has committed treason. Saunders sends a letter to Lincoln, who sends a reply via telegraph to Ft. Kearney, Nebraska. The letter is then to be delivered by the Pony Express to Fort Churchill. Craig Garrett must complete the usual nine-day trip in only seven days in order to prevent Saunders' execution. |
Genre | western |
Pencils | Dan Spiegle |
Inks | Dan Spiegle |
Characters | Craig Garrett; Davy Garrett |
Synopsis | When Craig Garrett is sidelined with a back injury, his 11-year-old brother Davy must take an emergency message through a blizzard to the snowbound town of Drewsville, telling that a supply train is on its way. |
Genre | western |
Pencils | Dan Spiegle |
Inks | Dan Spiegle |
Synopsis | Description of the clothing and equipment used by Pony Express riders. |
Genre | fact; western |
Pencils | Dan Spiegle ? |
Inks | Dan Spiegle ? |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. One large illustration and typeset text. |
Characters | Buffalo Bill Cody |
Synopsis | A supposedly true story of how Buffalo Bill fooled robbers while riding for the Pony Express. |
Genre | western |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Back cover. Monochrome colored panels with typeset text underneath. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies. See Sequence 6. |
Synopsis | One large "find the mistakes" drawing. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Back cover. Illustrated ad for Wrigley's Juicy Fruit chewing gum. Part of "Summer Safety" series. This ad replaces Sequence 5 in some copies. |