Issue | #23 |
Published | August-September 1961 |
Cover Price | 0.15 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | ? |
Notes | Based on the "Cheyenne" TV series. |
Characters | Clint Walker (as Cheyenne Bodie, photo) |
Genre | western |
Pencils | ? (photo) |
Inks | ? (photo) |
Colors | ? (photo) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Based on the "Cheyenne" TV series. |
Synopsis | Facts about California vaqueros in the mid-1800s. |
Genre | western; fact |
Pencils | Tom Gill |
Inks | Tom Gill; assistants |
Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Cheyenne logo is on this sequence; but the character does not appear. |
Characters | Cheyenne Bodie |
Synopsis | A Crow warrior waits for a vision in front of a cave. Unfortunately, a gang of bank robbers has hidden their loot inside the cave and Cheyenne must protect the brave from harm or risk starting a war between the Indians and the settlers. |
Genre | western |
Pencils | Tom Gill |
Inks | Tom Gill; assistants |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Promo for Dell Coloring contest. First prize is $1,000 and a battery powered Thunderbird, Jr. car (five feet, ten inches long). Ad is in the middle of the first story in the comic. |
Characters | Small Bear; Long Lance |
Synopsis | A Cheyenne brave steals a Hopi Prayer God and Small Bear and Long Lance must return it in order to prevent a war between the tribes. |
Genre | western |
Pencils | Jon Small? |
Inks | Jon Small |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Two-page centerfold. Promo for the Dell Trading Post, which gives prizes for sending in the logo strips from the covers of Dell comics. |
Synopsis | A sheriff and his deputy outsmart a robber at a rodeo. |
Genre | western |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text story with 1/4 page illustration. |
Characters | Cheyenne Bodie |
Synopsis | A gang of train robbers force Cheyenne to give them "information" on a train carrying a payroll. |
Genre | western |
Pencils | Tom Gill |
Inks | Tom Gill; assistants |
Characters | Popeye (cameo) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Illustrated at for Pop-Ice frozen treats. Premium is three U.S. Navy and Marine Corps cloth badge insignia for 25ยข and the Parents Magazine seal from the product package. |
Synopsis | Facts about the evolution of the horse saddle. |
Genre | western; fact |
Notes | Inside back cover: black and white. Cheyenne logo is on this sequence; but the character does not appear. |
Pencils | Russ Heath (signed RH) |
Inks | Russ Heath (signed RH) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Back cover. Ad for 204 Revolutionary War solders made of molded plastic for $1.98. |