| Issue | #493 |
| Published | September 1953 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia title is "JOHNNY MACK BROWN, No. 493." Code number is J.M.B. #493-539. (No O.S. in code number.) Copyright 1953 by Johnny Mack Brown. |
| Characters | Johnny Mack Brown (photo) |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | ? (photo); ? (background) |
| Inks | ? (photo); ? (background) |
| Colors | ? (photo) |
| Notes | Cover is a cropped photo with a line drawing as a background. |
| Characters | Ben Lilly |
| Synopsis | Short bio of mountain man Ben Lilly. |
| Genre | western; fact |
| Pencils | August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed) |
| Inks | August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Two illustrations with typeset text. |
| Characters | Johnny Mack Brown; Rebel (horse) |
| Synopsis | Four prospectors near the town of Pitchfork have been killed by bow and arrow. Sheriff Andy Loper calls on Johnny to help him investigate. On the way there, Johnny has an encounter with the bow and arrow killers himself. |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | Sparky Moore |
| Inks | Sparky Moore |
| Characters | Johnny Mack Brown; Rebel (horse) |
| Synopsis | Johnny wanders into a ghost town that has been taken over by outlaws. He is captured and sentenced in a kangaroo court to hang. |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | Sparky Moore |
| Inks | Sparky Moore |
| Synopsis | True story of gold and silver buried by four bandits near El Tigre, Mexico, in 1879. |
| Genre | western; fact |
| Pencils | August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed) |
| Inks | August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Two illustrations with typeset text. |
| Characters | Johnny Mack Brown (photo) |
| Synopsis | Studio portrait photo of Johnny. |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | ? (photo) |
| Inks | ? (photo) |
| Colors | ? (photo) |
| Notes | Back cover; color. |