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Issue Details

Issue #17
Published November 1958-January 1959
Frequency Quarterly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing George T. Delacorte, Jr. (publisher); Helen Meyer (president); Paul R. Lilly (executive vice-president); Harold Clark (vice-president/art director); Albert P. Delacorte (treasurer)
Notes Designed, produced and copyright © 1958, by Western Printing & Lithographing Company.

Cover Details

Characters Ben Bowie; Jim Prentice
Genre Western
Pencils ? (painted)
Inks ? (painted)
Colors ? (painted)

1 page Dell promo (ad from the publisher) "Easy to Order Dell Comic Subscriptions"

Notes On inside front cover in black and white.

14 page Ben Bowie and his Mountain Men story "The Thunder Guns"

Characters Ben Bowie; Jim Prentice; Zeke Moss; Nakah; Hurons; The French
Genre Western

4 page Yellow Hair Child of the Sioux story "The Wagon Train"

Characters Yellow Hair [Billy Star]; Strong Bow; Morning Flower; Stalking Fox; The Sioux; Jim
Synopsis Yellow Hair has a chance to leave and go live with a white family, but he decides to stay.
Genre Western

1 page text story "The Long Rifle"

Characters Billy Hart; John Hart; Mr. Hart; Mrs. Hart
Genre Western
Letters typeset

13 page Ben Bowie and his Mountain Men story "The Hermit's Cave"

Characters Ben Bowie; Jim Prentice; Zeke Moss; Nakah; Bill Burke; Shawnees
Genre Western

1 page text article "General William Ashley"

Characters General William Ashley
Genre Western; Fact
Letters typeset
Notes On inside back cover in black and white.

1 page Mattel Powerarm Barbells advertisement "Build muscles with Mattel Powerarm Barbells"

Notes Back cover.