| Issue | #1075 |
| Published | February-April 1960 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia title is "TALES OF WELLS FARGO, No. 1075". Code number is W.FARGO O.S. #1075-602. Copyright 1960 by Overland Productions, Inc. Fourth of seven Tales of Wells Fargo Four Colors. Based on the 1957-62 NBC TV series "Tales of Wells Fargo." |
| Characters | Dale Robertson (as Jim Hardie, photo) |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | ? (photo) |
| Inks | ? (photo) |
| Colors | ? (photo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Indicia title is "TALES OF WELLS FARGO, No. 1075". Code number is W.FARGO O.S. #1075-602. Copyright 1960 by Overland Productions, Inc. Fourth of seven Tales of Wells Fargo Four Colors. Based on the 1957-62 NBC TV series "Tales of Wells Fargo." |
| Characters | Dale Robertson (as Jim Hardie, photo) |
| Synopsis | Previews of the two stories. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
| Pencils | ?; ? (photo) |
| Inks | Frank Giacoia; ? (photo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Photo and four illustrations. Script submitted on August 3, 1959 under the title "The Ghost Stage & Wire from War Paint". Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). |
| Characters | Jim Hardie |
| Synopsis | When Jim Hardie and his stage are delayed by a boulder on the road, he and the driver find their intended gold shipment has been picked up by another Wells Fargo stage and signed for by a driver that Hardie knows to be dead. Hardie tracks down the "ghost stage" but eventually realizes that this robbery was just meant to distract him from an even larger gold robbery using another fake driver. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
| Pencils | Frank Giacoia ? |
| Inks | Joe Giella ?; Frank Giacoia ? |
| Notes | Script submitted on July 22, 1959 under the title "Jim Hardie Trails the Ghost Stage". Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). Unknown original indexer from 2003 gives Gil Kane and Joe Giella as artists. Alberto Becattini says it's Frank Giacioa on pencils and inks (May 14, 2007). |
| Characters | Jim Hardie |
| Synopsis | Left for dead in a stage robbery, the guard manages to crawl inside the stage and send it to the next stop. As the guard recovers he sends for Jim Hardie. He tells Hardie who the gunmen are and Hardie rides off to question one of them. Meanwhile a hard-of-hearing old busybody is listening in and after getting a couple of drinks tells the story at a nearby saloon. One of the robbers is at the saloon and hears the gossip. He rides to the same ranch as Hardie, but he plans on leaving no witnesses. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
| Pencils | Mike Sekowsky ?; Frank Giacoia ? |
| Inks | Frank Gianoia ? |
| Notes | Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Script submitted on July 25, 1959, under the title "Jim Hardie Answers a Wire from War Paint". Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). Pencils appear to be mostly by Mike Sekowsky while some panels look like Gil Kane. (Merlin Haas, August 4, 2007). Alberto Becattini says Frank Giacoia on pencils and inks (May 14, 2007) |
| Characters | Charlie Parkhurst |
| Synopsis | Facts about the fast drivers of Wells Fargo stages, called "Jehu"s. One particular jehu, Charlie Parkhurst, was discovered, years after he retired, to have been a woman. |
| Genre | fact; western |
| Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
| Pencils | Frank Giacoia ? |
| Inks | Frank Giacoia ? |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Script submitted on August 1, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
| Genre | fact; western |
| Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
| Notes | Back cover. Script submitted on August 1, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). This sequence replaced by an ad in some copies. See sequence 6. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Back cover; color. Illustrated ad for Kraft Caramels candy. Part of a "hybrid animals" series. This sequence replaces Sequence 5 in some copies. |