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Issue Details

Issue #685
Published March 1956
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "JOHNNY MACK BROWN, No. 685." Code number is J.M.B. O.S. #685-563. Copyright 1956 by Johnny Mack Brown.

Cover Details

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

1 page filler "The Rodeo Clown"

Synopsis Facts about rodeo clowns.
Genre western; fact
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. One large illustration with typeset text.

18 page Johnny Mack Brown story "The Ridin' Fool"

Characters Johnny Mack Brown; Rebel (horse)
Synopsis A gang of bandits is robbing banks while the townspeople are all attending the rodeo.
Genre western
Pencils Sparky Moore
Inks Sparky Moore
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

16 page Johnny Mack Brown story "Devil's Canyon Deluge"

Characters Johnny Mack Brown; Rebel (horse)
Synopsis Johnny helps a steamboat captain attempt to navigate further upstream than any boat has traveled before. The aim is to connect with a new gold strike 50 miles upriver, but someone is trying to sabotage the voyage.
Genre western
Pencils Nicholas Firfires
Inks Nicholas Firfires
Letters Nicholas Firfires
Notes Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on back cover in color. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)