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Issue Details

Issue #618
Published February 1955
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "JOHNNY MACK BROWN, No. 618." Code number is J.M.B. O.S. #618-552. Copyright 1955 by Johnny Mack Brown.

Cover Details

Characters Johnny Mack Brown (photo)
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)

1 page filler "Capt. Harry Wheeler"

Characters Capt. Harry Wheeler
Synopsis A summary of the life of Capt. Harry Wheeler, a soldier in the Spanish-American War and World War I, an Army scout at Fort Sill, and a member of the Arizona Rangers from 1902-1917.
Genre western; bio
Pencils Till Goodan (signed)
Inks Till Goodan (signed)
Letters Till Goodan ?
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. One large and one small illustration with hand-lettered text.

12 page Johnny Mack Brown story "Gold of the Arivaipas"

Characters Johnny Mack Brown; Rebel (horse)
Synopsis Two bandits trail an old prospector who has a map woven into an Indian blanket that is a guide to buried Indian treasure. The prospector's granddaughter comes for a surprise visit and Johnny takes her on the trail to find the old man.
Genre western

12 page Johnny Mack Brown story "Dangerous Destination"

Characters Johnny Mack Brown; Rebel (horse)
Synopsis Cattlemen try to stop sheepherder Rufus Blythe from spending his required one day a month on his homestead in PiƱon Valley, so his claim there will be forfeited.
Genre western
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh ?

2 page text story "Thanks to an Outlaw"

Characters Matt Wheeler; Teddy Marlin; Laura Marlin; White Bear; Stub Sloan (villain)
Synopsis When outlaw Stub Sloan takes over an isolated cabin, a young boy uses a trick he learned from an Indian friend to bring three Indians to the cabin who rescue his family.
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with one 1/3 page illustration.

6 page story "Ace Meets His Match"

Synopsis Outlaw Ace Jenner meets his match when he tries to take a horse from a young girl, who's an ace with a slingshot, and her brother, who swings a mean frying pan.
Genre western
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh
Notes A one-shot story, not part of a series.

1 page filler "Old Bill Williams"

Characters Old Bill Williams
Synopsis Summary of the life of Old Bill Williams, a circuit-riding preacher in Missouri who quit the ministry to live among the Osage Indians. Later he became a beaver trapper in the Rocky Mountains and the high plateau country of northern Arizona.
Genre western; bio
Pencils Till Goodan (signed)
Inks Till Goodan (signed)
Letters Till Goodan ?
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. One large and one small illustration with hand-lettered text.

1 page [Johnny Mack Brown] illustration "Johnny with small bag and drawn gun"

Characters Johnny Mack Brown (photo)
Synopsis A photo of Johnny standing in front of a store window, holding a small bag in his left hand and a drawn six-gun in his right.
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Notes Back cover.