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Issue Details

Issue #340
Published July 1951
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "Zane Grey's KING of the ROYAL MOUNTED, No. 340." Code number is KING O.S. #340-517. Copyright 1951 by Stephen Slesinger. Copyright 1945 by King Features Syndicate.

Cover Details

Characters King of the Royal Mounted
Genre adventure
Pencils Jim Gary (signed)
Inks Jim Gary (signed)

1 page King of the Royal Mounted foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "History of the Mounted Police"

Characters King of the Royal Mounted
Synopsis Brief history of the Mounties.
Genre fact
Pencils Jim Gary (signed)
Inks Jim Gary (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Text with two illustrations.

34 page Zane Grey's King of the Royal Mounted story "The Murder of Slick Jon"

Characters King of the Royal Mounted; Footloose; Coroner Webb (villain)
Synopsis Slick Jon the Gambler is murdered in an ambush, witnessed by Footloose, a young boy. When news of the killing hits town, the most likely suspects are Billy and Mandy, whose father was swindled by Slick Jon. Billy is arrested, and when Footloose is taken to town by King, Coroner Webb, who is part of the gang that killed Slick Jon, dismisses his testimony and threatens to send him to an orphanage. King helps Billy escape from jail and sends him to the gang's hideout to try to join up with the killers.
Genre adventure
Pencils Jim Gary
Inks Jim Gary
Notes Four tiers of panels per page. Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on the back cover in color.
Reprinted from King of the Royal Mounted (King Features Syndicate) 1945 daily newspaper strips.