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Issue Details

Issue #419
Published August-October 1952
Frequency quarterly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "SERGEANT PRESTON OF THE YUKON, No. 419". Code number is "S.P.O.S. #419-528. Copyright 1952 by Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, Inc. Continues as "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon" #5 (November 1952-January 1953).

Cover Details

Characters Sgt. Preston; Yukon King (dog)
Genre period
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)

1 page filler "The Yukon Wilderness Road to Riches"

Synopsis Facts about the Klondike gold strike and the efforts of the Mounted Police to maintain order.
Genre fact
Pencils John Lehti (signed)
Inks John Lehti (signed)
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. One large illustration with hand-lettered text.

14 page Sergeant Preston story "Sergeant Preston and the Mutiny's Survivor"

Characters Sergeant Preston; Yukon King (dog)
Synopsis The two survivors of a ship's mutiny, each thinking the other is dead, cross paths at a dance hall in Dawson. Baxter, the ringleader of the mutiny, stabs Donahue, who hadn't participated in the mutiny, in order to eliminate the last witness. Yukon King brings Sgt. Preston to save the stabbed man. The next day Donahue tells his story to Sgt. Preston, who then tracks down Baxter.
Genre period
Script Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils Alberto Giolitti
Inks Alberto Giolitti
Notes Script submitted on November 3, 1951. 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)

10 page Sergeant Preston story "Golconda Claim"

Characters Sergeant Preston; Yukon King (dog)
Synopsis Sgt. Preston breaks up a quarrel between two cantankerous old sourdoughs. One claims the other sold him worthless stock in the Golconda Mine. After the two settle down, Preston leaves. Meanwhile, three crooks, who are selling stock in what they thought was the worthless Golconda mine by fooling investors with "salted" golddust, find that there actually is a rich vein of gold there. They go to the cabin of the sourdough to force him to sign over the stock certificates.
Genre period
Script Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils Alberto Giolitti
Inks Alberto Giolitti
Notes Script submitted on November 8, 1951. 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)

10 page Sergeant Preston story "Sergeant Preston and the Printed Tip-Off"

Characters Sergeant Preston; Yukon King (dog)
Synopsis A small gang, headed by "Stony" Logan, is terrorizing the Whitehorse District and the newspaper editor prints an editorial demanding action by the Mounted Police. Headquarters sends Sgt. Preston to investigate.
Genre period
Script Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils Alberto Giolitti
Inks Alberto Giolitti
Notes Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on the back cover in color. Script submitted on November 8, 1951, under the title "Sgt. Preston at Claim 22". 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)