| Issue | #643 |
| Published | September 1955 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia title is "WILD BILL ELLIOTT, No. 643." Code number is B.E. #18-559 (Apparently originally intended to be Wild Bill Elliott #18 before ending up as a Four Color.) Copyright 1955 by Stephen Slesinger. Continues from Wild Bill Elliott (Dell, 1950 series) #17 (April-June 1955). |
| Characters | Wild Bill Elliott (photo) |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | ? (painting); ? (photo) |
| Inks | ? (painting); ? (photo) |
| Colors | ? (painting); ? (photo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Cover is collage of cropped Wild Bill Elliot photo and painting of various rope knots. |
| Synopsis | Facsimile of Distinguished Achievement Award given Dell publisher George T. Delacorte, Jr. by Newsdealers Post Number 1169, American Legion, on November 14, 1954. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Also includes typeset version of Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." (not in usual form.) |
| Characters | Wild Bill Elliott; Stormy (horse); Furnace Valley Scotty |
| Synopsis | Bill comes to Mojave to meet an old sourdough friend, Furnace Valley Scotty, who owns a ghost town called Akali. He finds that the town is now the base of an borax-hauling operation owned by Mike Gorin, a former rustler, who claims he bought the town from Scotty. |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | Albert Micale |
| Inks | Albert Micale |
| Notes | Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
| Characters | Wild Bill Elliott; Stormy (horse) |
| Synopsis | Bill is serving as temporary sheriff at Sundown. Meanwhile, rancher Gil Carson has an unwelcome guest in outlaw Slip Gavin. Carson was part of a bank robbery with Gavin ten years ago, but has gone straight since. Gavin threatens to expose him unless Carson allows him and his gang to stay at his ranch. While at the ranch, Gavin comes up with a scheme to fleece the local ranchers by pretending to be boss of a survey crew for a new railroad. |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | Albert Micale |
| Inks | Albert Micale |
| Notes | Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on the back cover in color. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
| Genre | western |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Promo for Western Roundup (Dell, 1952 series) #11. Line-drawn version of photo cover is depicted. Promo comes at bottom of last interior page, in the middle of the story. |