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Four Color comic books issue 1018

  • Issue #1018
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 1018

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    Indicia title is "RIO BRAVO, No. 1018." Adapted from the 1959 movie "Rio Bravo." Photo cover of Sheriff John Chance (as played by John Wayne), Dude [Borachón] (Dean Martin), and and Colorado Ryan (Ricky Nelson). Intro with photos and cast credits. Rio Bravo, script by Eric Freiwald and Robert Schaefer, art by Alex Toth; When Sheriff Chance arrests Joe Burdette for murder, the Burdette gang bottles up the town of Rio Bravo and refuses to let anyone in who will help the Sheriff; Chance has to depend on a crippled deputy and a disgraced drunk to hold out and keep Joe Burdette in jail until the Marshal arrives; Matters are complicated by the arrival of a young gunslinger and a mysterious woman on the last stagecoach. Facts about the use of "Wanted" posters in the old West, art by John Ushler. Facts about the posting of notices on trees in old West towns with no newspapers, art by John Ushler. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.