| Issue | #1009 |
| Published | July-September 1959 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia title is "THE RIFLEMAN, No. 1009". Code number is T.RIFLEMAN O.S. #1009-597. Copyright 1959 by Four Star-Sussex. First and only Rifleman Four Color. Becomes The Rifleman (Dell 1960 series) with #2 (January-March 1960). Based on the ABC TV series "The Rifleman". All instances of "The Rifleman" as a logo in this issue have an asterisk at the end with a note somewhere else on the page that says "*Trademark". |
| Characters | Chuck Connors (as Lucas McCain, The Rifleman, photo); Johnny Crawford (as Mark McCain, photo) |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | ? (photo) |
| Inks | ? (photo) |
| Colors | ? (photo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Indicia title is "THE RIFLEMAN, No. 1009". Code number is T.RIFLEMAN O.S. #1009-597. Copyright 1959 by Four Star-Sussex. First and only Rifleman Four Color. Becomes The Rifleman (Dell 1960 series) with #2 (January-March 1960). Based on the ABC TV series "The Rifleman". All instances of "The Rifleman" as a logo in this issue have an asterisk at the end with a note somewhere else on the page that says "*Trademark". |
| Characters | Chuck Connors (as Lucas McCain, The Rifleman, photos); Johnny Crawford (as Mark McCain, photo) |
| Synopsis | Introduction to the series. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer |
| Pencils | ? (photos) |
| Inks | ? (photos) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Three photos and typeset text. |
| Characters | Lucas McCain [The Rifleman]; Mark McCain; Marshal Micah Torrence |
| Synopsis | Lucas joins a posse after the Cattleman's Association is robbed of $3,000. Meanwhile Mark goes fishing at a nearby creek. The posse finds the robbers and Lucas wings one of them and his horse bolts. Mark finds the horse and takes him home. When Lucas returns he finds the stolen money and takes it to the sheriff. After he leaves the robbers come by looking for a horse and Mark stalls them until Lucas returns. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer |
| Pencils | Dan Spiegle |
| Inks | Dan Spiegle |
| Notes | Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
| Characters | Lucas McCain [The Rifleman]; Mark McCain; Marshal Micah Torrence |
| Synopsis | Three Reagan brothers come to town to seek revenge on Lucas McCain for a long-ago incident that left their father crippled. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer |
| Pencils | Dan Spiegle |
| Inks | Dan Spiegle |
| Notes | Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
| Characters | Lucas McCain [The Rifleman]; Mark McCain |
| Synopsis | Two men get the drop on Lucas McCain for testifying against their brother and sending him to jail. McCain challenges them to start shooting and the men back down, dropping their guns. McCain's son then comes by, with some cartridges for his empty rifle. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer |
| Pencils | Dan Spiegle |
| Inks | Dan Spiegle |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
| Characters | Lucas McCain [The Rifleman] (cameo) |
| Synopsis | Facts about Winchester rifles and Lucas McCain's specially-made Winchester, the "Flip Special". |
| Genre | western; fact |
| Pencils | Dan Spiegle ? |
| Inks | Dan Spiegle ? |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Back cover; color. Panels with typeset text underneath. |