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Four Color comic books issue 839

  • Issue #839
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 839

    Indicia title is "THE VIGILANTES, No. 839." Painted cover art by Sam Savitt. The Vigilantes; historical background of the forming of vigilante groups in boom towns and mining camps of the Old West. West of the Law, art by Bill Ziegler; Dart Maddon organizes an army of paid killers to rule the town of Conestoga in the High Sierras in 1859; Brace Wade comes to town and helps Parson Jeb Wright organize an vigilante group to take control from Maddon. The Gold Grabbers, art by Bill Ziegler; Gold is discovered at Yellow Creek. The Golden Glow Mining Company is storing its gold in its mine tunnels for later shipment. Promo for "The Nature of Things" Four Color #842. Boom Town Law filler page; vigilantes in Alder Gulch, Montana, capture an gang of outlaws led by Henry Plummer. Wanted...Justice!; history of the vigilante organization in San Francisco in the 1850s-1860s. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.