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Issue Details

Issue #529
Published January 1954
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "LITTLE BEAVER, No. 529." Code number is unreadable. Copyright 1953 by Stephen Slesinger. Based on the "Red Ryder" newspaper strip by Fred Harman.

Cover Details

Characters Little Beaver
Genre western; children
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)

1 page filler "Indian Toss and Catch Games"

Synopsis Description of Indian toss and catch games.
Genre fact; western
Pencils August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Inks August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Illustrations and typeset text.

14 page Little Beaver story "The Train Robbery"

Characters Little Beaver; Po-Ko
Synopsis Little Beaver and Po-Ko overhear a trio of bandits making plans to rob the payroll at a railroad camp and then to escape by hijacking a train.
Genre western; children

10 page Little Beaver story "The Death Trap"

Characters Little Beaver; Po-Ko
Synopsis Little Beaver gets caught eavesdropping on a gang of crooks trying to get an old prospector to reveal the whereabouts of his gold. The crooks rig up a death-trap for Little Beaver in order to force the prospector to talk.
Genre western; children

2 page text story "Saved by a Crow"

Synopsis A chief tells the story of how, when he was young, his pet crow warned the tribe of an attack by Crow warriors.
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with two illustrations.

6 page story "The Great Buffalo Hunt"

Characters Running Circle; Lame Bull
Synopsis Running Circle shoots buffalo with the traditional bow and arrow. Lame Bull prefers to use the rifle. Their rivalry causes problems on the next buffalo hunt.
Genre western

1 page filler "Indian Snow Snake"

Synopsis Description of the Indian Snow Snake game.
Genre fact
Pencils August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Inks August Lenox [as Lenox] (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Illustrations and typeset text.

1 page Little Beaver story "The Duck Hunt"

Characters Little Beaver; Po-Ko
Synopsis Little Beaver and Po-Ko go duck hunting with bows and arrows.
Genre western; children
Notes Back cover.