| Issue | #449 |
| Published | February 1953 |
| Frequency | quarterly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia title is "Zane Grey's TAPPAN'S BURRO, No. 449." Code number is Z.G.O.S. #449-532. Copyright 1952 by Zane Grey, Inc. "Published by arrangement with the Hawley Publications, Inc." "Picturized edition adapted from the novel "Tappan's Burro" by Zane Grey, copyright 1923, by Zane Grey; copyright renewed 1951 by Lina Elise Grey." |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | ? (painting) |
| Inks | ? (painting) |
| Colors | ? (painting) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Synopsis | A traditional cowboy song about Sioux Indians attacking a wagon train. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | traditional |
| Pencils | Ray Thayer |
| Inks | Ray Thayer |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Large illustration with typeset text. Stanzas two through seven of the nine stanza song printed under the title "Sioux Indians" in the 1918 book "Cowboy Songs and other Frontier Ballads" by John Avery Lomax. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
| Synopsis | The adventures of the prospector Tappan and his faithful burro Jenet as they battle desert heat, rustlers, and mountain snowstorms over the years. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
| Pencils | Ray Thayer |
| Inks | Ray Thayer |
| Notes | Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on back cover in color. Adapted from the 1923 novel "Tappan's Burro" by Zane Grey. Oddity: Man depicted as Tappan in the cover painting has dark hair and a beard. In the interior story, Tappan has light brown hair and is clean-shaven. Script submitted on June 23, 1952, under the title "Through Fire and Snow". 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). |