| Issue | #835 |
| Published | September 1957 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia title is "Max Brand's SILVERTIP, No. 835: The False Rider." Code number is SILVERTIP O.S. #835-579. Copyright 1957 by Dodd, Mead, & Company, Inc. "Picturized edition based upon "The False Rider" by Max Brand, copyright 1933 by Dorothy Faust." Eighth of nine Silvertip Four Color issues. |
| Characters | Silvertip |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | Sam Savitt (painting) |
| Inks | Sam Savitt (painting) |
| Colors | Sam Savitt (painting) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Cover art credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
| Characters | Silvertip; Duff Gregor; Parade (horse) |
| Synopsis | Preview of story in comic form. |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | Jerry Robinson |
| Inks | Jerry Robinson |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
| Characters | Silvertip; Taxi; Parade (horse); Barry Christian (villain); Duff Gregor (villain) |
| Synopsis | Duff Gregor camps with Silvertip and both men notice how much they look alike. Gregor later meets up with Barry Christian, Silvertip's greatest enemy, and the pair come up with a plan where Gregor will disguise himself as Silvertip and fool the people of Crow's Nest before robbing their bank. Silvertip then rides into town, not knowing what has happened, and gets a hostile reception. |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | Jerry Robinson |
| Inks | Jerry Robinson |
| Notes | Based on the 1933 story "The False Rider" by Max Brand. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). A sort of sequel to this story is in Silvertip Four Color #898, when the ending scenes of this story become the beginning scenes of that one. Duff Gregor returns, but Silvertip's arch-enemy is called Sam Fisk, not Barry Christian. |
| Characters | Silvertip (cameo) |
| Synopsis | Facts about trail-driving cattle to market. |
| Genre | western; fact |
| Pencils | Jerry Robinson |
| Inks | Jerry Robinson |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Sequence is "narrated" by Silvertip with a headshot. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
| Characters | Silvertip (cameo) |
| Synopsis | Various ways miners stored their gold in the early West. |
| Genre | western; fact |
| Pencils | Jerry Robinson |
| Inks | Jerry Robinson |
| Notes | Back cover. Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Sequence is "narrated" by Silvertip with a head shot. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |