Zane Grey's King of the Royal Mounted Feature Book (1937 David McKay Publishing) comic books 1937
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Published May 1937 by David McKay Publishing.Zane Grey's King of the Royal Mounted Feature Book (1937 David McKay Publishing) 1 VG- 3.5
Starts Jul 6 Stories by Romer Grey and Stephen Slesinger. Art by Allen Dean. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay's Feature Book was the first US comic book to devote complete issues to a single character. This issue (technically the third, but the first numbered) reprinted King of the Royal Mounted comic strips from 1936. Canadian Mountie Dave King was based on a character created by Western novelist Zane Grey. Yukon outlaws set fire to King's cabin to distract him while they ambush a dogsled team, killing the men escorting a gold shipment. 9-in. x 12-in., 52 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.