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Issue Details

Issue #373
Published February 1952
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "SERGEANT PRESTON OF THE YUKON, No. 373." Code number is S.P.O.S. #373-522. Copyright 1952 by Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, Inc. Second of four Sgt. Preston Four Colors.

Cover Details

Characters Sergeant Preston; Yukon King (dog)
Genre adventure
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)

1 page filler "An Alaskan Cache"

Synopsis Directions for building an elevated food cache for storing supplies out of the reach of animals.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Illustrations with typeset text.

9 page Sergeant Preston story "Undercover"

Characters Sergeant Preston; Yukon King (dog); Inspector Conrad; Roy Chase; Capt. Ames
Synopsis Sgt. Preston goes undercover in Skagway, Alaska, to try to get information on who murdered Roger Morton to get $50,000 in gold.
Genre adventure
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Alberto Giolitti
Inks Alberto Giolitti
Notes Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

9 page Sergeant Preston story "The Wrong Map"

Characters Sergeant Preston; Yukon King (dog); Bob Leyden; Helen Summers; Frank Palmer
Synopsis After finding a rich gold strike, Bob Leyden returns to Dawson City to get backing from B. J. Summers, who has a daughter, Helen, who Leyden would like to marry. However, Frank Palmer, Summers' supervisor, is a romantic rival for Helen. Leyden's samples and map of his claim are stolen, but Sgt. Preston comes up with a plan to trap the thieves.
Genre adventure
Script Gaylord DuBois
Pencils Alberto Giolitti
Inks Alberto Giolitti
Notes Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

16 page Sergeant Preston story "Morse Code Mantrap"

Characters Sergeant Preston; Yukon King (dog); Si Moore; Ben Byrd; Angitak; Kulak
Synopsis Old sourdough Si Moore is shot and his gold stolen from his isolated cabin. Moore makes his way to town for medical help and Sgt. Preston takes on the case. Preston is ambushed at a trading post by the robbers but a tribe of Indians helps him capture the fugitives.
Genre adventure
Script Gaylord Dubois
Pencils Alberto Giolitti
Inks Alberto Giolitti
Notes Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on back cover in color. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)