| Issue | #443 |
| Published | January 1953 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia title is "BEN BOWIE AND HIS MOUNTAIN MEN, No. 443." Code number is M.MEN O.S. #443-531. Copyright 1952 by Western Printing and Lithographing. First of six Ben Bowie Four Colors. |
| Characters | Ben Bowie |
| Genre | period |
| Pencils | ? (painting) |
| Inks | ? (painting) |
| Colors | ? (painting) |
| Synopsis | Facts about beaver trappers. |
| Genre | fact |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Two illustrations and typeset text. |
| Characters | Ben Bowie; Jim Prentice; Zeke Moss; Nakah |
| Synopsis | Ben Bowie and young Jim Prentice find a burned wilderness cabin, reminding Ben of the circumstances in which he found Jim three years earlier. After finding a woman and her young child alive in a hidden cellar in the ruins of the cabin, the four take off in pursuit of Huron Indians who killed the woman's brother and captured her husband. On the way they meet up with trapper Zeke Moss and his blood brother Nakah, an Iroquois Indian. The group finds the Huron camp and after rescuing the captive, Ben, Jim, Zeke, and Nakah decide to stay together. |
| Genre | period |
| Pencils | William Overgard ? |
| Inks | Jon Small ? |
| Notes | Introduction of main characters. Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Inks credit by Merlin Haas (July 14, 2007). |
| Characters | Jim Prentice; Ben Bowie |
| Synopsis | Jim is cornered by a bear in the forest, but manages to escape. With Ben's help he tracks the bear to its den. |
| Genre | period |
| Characters | Ben Bowie; Zeke Moss; Nakah; Jim Prentice (cameo) |
| Synopsis | Zeke and Nakah make a dangerous run with a wagon of ammunition to a fort under siege by Algonquin Indians. |
| Genre | period |
| Inks | Jon Small ? |
| Notes | Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on back cover in color. |