| Issue | #472 |
| Published | June 1953 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia title is "WILD BILL ELLIOTT, No. 472." (Large blank spot after "472" in indicia may mean title was changed.) Code number is B.E.O.S. #472-536. Copyright 1953 by Stephen Slesinger. One of two Wild Bill Elliott Four Colors that interrupt his regular numbered series. This issue follows Wild Bill Elliott (Dell, 1950 series) #10 (September-November 1952) and could be considered issue #11. |
| Characters | Wild Bill Elliott (photo) |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | ? (photo); ? (background) |
| Inks | ? (photo); ? (background) |
| Colors | ? (photo); ? (background) |
| Notes | Cover is cropped photo with drawn background. |
| Synopsis | Facts about the western stock saddle. |
| Genre | western; fact |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Two illustrations with typeset text. |
| Characters | Wild Bill Elliott; Stormy Night (horse); |
| Synopsis | Rustlers are stealing cattle, slaughtering them, and selling the meat to a crooked distributer. Bill, with the help of Larry Lane of the Cattlemen's Association and Zeb Waters, an old friend who runs a ferry, has to find the location of the illegal slaughterhouse somewhere along the river. |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | Hy Mankin ? |
| Notes | Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
| Characters | Wild Bill Elliott; Stormy Night (horse) |
| Synopsis | Bill comes across a stage robbery in progress and one of the robbers is captured. After arriving in Twin Peaks with the captive, Bill learns that there have been four other holdups, all involving gold shipments from the Antler Mining and Smelting Company. |
| Genre | western |
| Characters | Black Kettle |
| Synopsis | Story of Cheyenne chief Black Kettle, whose camp was attacked in the Sand Creek Massacre. |
| Genre | western; bio |
| Pencils | Till Goodan (signed) |
| Inks | Till Goodan (signed) |
| Letters | Till Goodan |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Two illustrations with hand-lettered text. |
| Characters | Wild Bill Elliott (photo) |
| Synopsis | Posed photo of Bill washing his hands in an old-fashioned washbowl. |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | ? (photo) |
| Inks | ? (photo) |
| Colors | ? (photo) |
| Notes | Back cover; color. |