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Issue Details

Issue #520
Published December 1953
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "WILD BILL ELLIOTT, No. 520." Code number is B.E.O.S. #520-5312. Copyright 1953 by Stephen Slesinger. Continues as Wild Bill Elliot (Dell, 1954 series) #13 (April-June 1954).

Cover Details

Characters Wild Bill Elliott
Genre western
Pencils ?; ? (photo)
Inks ?; ? (photo)
Colors ?; ? (photo)

1 page Wild Bill Elliott's Western Scrapbook filler "Famous Marksmen"

Characters Annie Oakley; Wyatt Earp; Buffalo Bill Cody
Synopsis Short anecdotes about Buffalo Bill Cody, Wyatt Earp, and Annie Oakley's expert marksmanship.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Text article with three illustrations.

16 page Wild Bill Elliott story "Wild Bill Elliott and Death on Black Mesa"

Characters Wild Bill Elliott; Hazy Dimmitt; Stormy (horse)
Synopsis Bill finds a Hopi Indian, apparently dead from a rattlesnake bite. Upon investigation, he discovers a plot by white men to attack a wagon train disguised as Hopis.
Genre western
Pencils Hy Mankin ?
Inks Hy Mankin ?
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

16 page Wild Bill Elliott story "Wild Bill Elliott and the Lone Wolf Killer"

Characters Wild Bill Elliott; Stormy (horse)
Synopsis Three days before Christmas, Bill is summoned by Sheriff Conner of Stirrup Gulch to help him capture a lone wolf killer there. On the way Bill comes across the outlaw as he holds up an old prospector and steals his gold dust. The killer gets away, but not before the prospector sees a rising-sun tattoo on his arm.
Genre western
Pencils Hy Mankin ?
Inks Hy Mankin ?
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Wild Bill Elliott filler "Photo page"

Characters Wild Bill Elliott (photos); Stormy (horse, photo)
Synopsis Photos of Bill patting his horse, lifting a hay bale, and cleaning his six-gun.
Genre fact
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Three photos with typeset text.

1 page Wild Bill Elliott illustration "Bill with saddle on fence"

Characters Wild Bill Elliott (photo)
Synopsis Posed studio photo of Bill leaning on a saddle that is draped over a fence.
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Notes Back cover.