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Issue Details

Issue #798
Published May 1957
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "BUFFALO BILL, JR., No. 798." Code number is B.BILL.JR. O.S. #798-575. Copyright 1957 by Flying A Productions. Fourth of six Buffalo Bill Jr. Four Colors. Based on the 1955-56 "Buffalo Bill Jr." TV series.

Cover Details - "Buffalo Bill Jr."

Characters Buffalo Bill Jr. (as played by Dick Jones, photo)
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)

1 page Buffalo Bill Jr. foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Intro"

Characters Buffalo Bill Jr. (as played by Dick Jones, photo); Calamity (as played by Nancy Gilbert, photo); Chief (horse, photo)
Synopsis Introduction of cast.
Genre western
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Three photos from the TV show with typeset text.

16 page Buffalo Bill Jr. story "The Assassin"

Characters Buffalo Bill Jr.; Calamity; Judge Wiley
Synopsis On his death bed after being ambushed, Marshal Clint Early warns Bill and Judge Wiley of a plot by border smugglers to kill Ramon Chavez, a Mexican lawman, in the town of San Josita. Bill and the Judge ride to San Josita to try to prevent the shooting.
Genre western
Pencils Bob Correa
Inks Bob Correa
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

16 page Buffalo Bill Jr. story "The Golden Plant"

Characters Buffalo Bill Jr.; Calamity; Judge Wiley
Synopsis Mr. Jessup sells Wang Chin a worthless gold mine. After learning that Wang Chin wanted the mine site because it contained valuable ginseng plants, Jessup and his gang shoot Wang Chin to get the mine deed back and try to frame Ah Lee for the crime.
Genre western
Pencils Bob Correa
Inks Bob Correa
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page filler "Trick Riding"

Synopsis Descriptions of two riding tricks.
Genre fact; western
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath.

1 page filler "Gold Mining Methods"

Synopsis The various methods of mining gold in the old West.
Genre fact; western
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Panels with text underneath. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."