Issue | #850 |
Published | October 1957 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | ? |
Notes | Indicia title is "BUCK JONES, No. 850." Code number is B.J.O.S. #850-5710. Copyright 1957 by Mrs. Odille D. Jones. |
Characters | Buck Jones |
Genre | western |
Pencils | Don Spaulding (painting) |
Inks | Don Spaulding (painting) |
Colors | Don Spaulding (painting) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Cover art credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
Synopsis | Possibly factual story of an incident involving Sioux Indians, telegraph lines, and lightning. |
Genre | western |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Zip-a-tone or Crafttint shading is used, not common in Dell comics. Panels with typeset text underneath. |
Characters | Buck Jones; Silver-B (horse) |
Synopsis | Two men ambush Buck and take his horse, Silver-B, to an outlaw gang's hideout called "Devil's Island", a fortress surrounded by a deep gorge and accessible only by a rock bridge. The outlaws track Buck to a sheriff's office, where they try to kill him but fail and one of the outlaws is captured. Buck disguises himself as the captured outlaw and plans to take a wagon-load of dynamite to blow up the doors to the fortress. |
Genre | western |
Pencils | Jesse Marsh |
Inks | Jesse Marsh |
Notes | Story title is not identical to that on the cover. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
Characters | Buck Jones; Silver-B (horse) |
Synopsis | Buck helps Ed Norris, the new sheriff of Pleasant Valley, improve the speed of his draw and gain self-confidence. |
Genre | western |
Pencils | Jesse Marsh |
Inks | Jesse Marsh |
Notes | Story concludes on inside back cover in black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
Synopsis | Facts about the uses of the cowboy's bandana. |
Genre | western; fact |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Back cover. Panels with typeset text underneath. |