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Issue Details

Issue #791
Published April 1957
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "THE 77th BENGAL LANCERS, No. 791." Code number is B.LANCERS O.S. #791-574. Copyright 1957 by Screen Gems, Inc. Based on the 1956-57 "Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers" TV series.

Cover Details - "The 77th Bengal Lancers"

Characters Lt. Michael Rhodes (as played by Philip Carey, photo); Lt. William Storm (as played by Warren Stevens, photo)
Genre period
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Colors ? (photos)

1 page The 77th Bengal Lancers foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Intro"

Characters Lt. Michael Rhodes (as played by Philip Carey, photo); Lt. William Storm (as played by Warren Stevens, photo)
Synopsis Preview of the story.
Genre period
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Four photos from the TV series with typeset text.

20 page The 77th Bengal Lancers story "The Traitor"

Characters Lt. Michael Rhodes; Lt. William Storm; Yakoob Ali (villain)
Synopsis The Lancers go to Landibari, in mountainous northwest India, to receive a present of gold for Queen Victoria. When they arrive they find that the town has been sacked and the gold stolen by the bandits of Yakoob Ali.
Genre period; adventure

12 page The 77th Bengal Lancers story "The Pawn"

Characters Lt. Michael Rhodes; Lt. William Storm; Col. Standish
Synopsis The Lancers go to Ranigunj, under the pretense of playing a polo match, in order to take the young nephew of an ailing maharajah, who is in line to become ruler but has a deadly enemy in his adult cousin who wants to be the choice for the throne.
Genre period; adventure
Notes Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."

1 page filler "Hockey on Horseback"

Synopsis Brief description of the history and rules of polo.
Genre fact; sports
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath.

1 page filler "The Reign of the Bengal Lancers"

Synopsis Short history of the Bengal Lancers.
Genre fact; period
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Hand-drawn map of India with typeset text underneath.