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Issue Details

Issue #870
Published January 1958
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Notes Indicia title is "LITTLE BEAVER, No. 870." Code number is L.B.O.S. #870-581. Copyright 1957 by Red Ryder Enterprises, Inc. Twelfth of twelve Little Beaver Four Color issues.

Cover Details - "Masquerade Raiders"

Characters Little Beaver
Genre western
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)
Letters typeset

1 page filler "Navaho Warrior Training"

Synopsis How the Navaho trained their boys to become warriors.
Genre fact; western
Pencils Tony Paolo [as Tone] (signed)
Inks Tony Paolo [as Tone] (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

14 page Little Beaver story "The Masquerade Raiders"

Characters Little Beaver; Papoose (horse)
Synopsis Little Beaver finds that Apaches are disguising themselves as Navahos to steal Army horses. With the help of a turncoat Army scout, the Apaches hope to lure the soldiers into an ambush.
Genre western
Pencils Tony Paolo
Inks Tony Paolo
Letters Tony Paolo
Notes Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

5 page Little Beaver story "Feline Folly"

Characters Little Beaver; Papoose (horse)
Synopsis The Army fort is overrun by mice. Little Beaver gets a cat from an traveling salesman, but on the way back the cat scares a band of Apaches who were planning on attacking the fort.
Genre western
Pencils Sparky Moore
Inks Sparky Moore
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

13 page Little Beaver story "Better Late Than Never"

Characters Little Beaver; Papoose (horse); Sheriff Newt
Synopsis When outlaws rob the bank and make for the border, Little Beaver fools them by altering the mileage on a signpost.
Genre western
Pencils Nat Edson
Inks Nat Edson
Letters Nat Edson
Notes Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page filler "Dog Town"

Characters Little Beaver (cameo)
Synopsis Life in a prairie dog town.
Genre fact; animal
Pencils Tony Paolo
Inks Tony Paolo
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Craftint shading. Panels with typeset text underneath. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page filler "Volunteer War Parties"

Synopsis How Sioux women encouraged their relatives to volunteer for war parties.
Genre fact; western
Pencils Tony Paolo [as Tone] (signed)
Inks Tony Paolo [as Tone] (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Panels with typeset text underneath. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).