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Issue Details

Issue #880
Published February 1958
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "STEVE DONOVAN WESTERN MARSHAL, No. 880." Code number is S.D.O.S. #880-582. Copyright 1958 by National Broadcasting Company, Inc. Based on the 1955-56 NBC TV series "Steve Donovan Western Marshal." Third of three Steve Donovan Western Marshal Four Color issues.

Cover Details - "Shadow of Fear"

Characters Marshal Steve Donovan (as played by Douglas Kennedy, photo)
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Letters typeset

1 page Steve Donovan Western Marshal foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "I've got two partners..."

Characters Marshal Steve Donovan (as played by Douglas Kennedy, photo); Deputy Marshal Rusty Lee (as played by Eddy Waller, photo)
Synopsis Introduction to the feature.
Genre western
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Two photos with a few lines of text.

16 page Steve Donovan Western Marshal story "Shadow of Fear"

Characters Steve Donovan; Rusty Lee
Synopsis Marshal Steve Donovan and his Deputy Rusty Lee go to the town of Daly City to investigate the murder of marshal Hal Grant. There they find the town living in fear of Ma Faulkner, her two sons, and a gang of renegades led by a man named Mapes.
Genre western
Pencils Mort Drucker
Inks Mort Drucker
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

16 page Steve Donvan Westen Marshal story "The Green Star"

Characters Steve Donovan; Rusty Lee
Synopsis A gang is robbing post offices. Steve Donovan and Rusty Lee are given the job of bringing them in and are assigned a new marshal, Jim Allison, who is on his first assignment. The new marshal is out to prove himself and causes problems by not working as part of the team.
Genre western
Pencils Mort Drucker
Inks Mort Drucker
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page filler "Gun Tricks"

Synopsis Tricks of handling a six-gun, including "road agent's spin", "roll", and "border shift".
Genre western; fact
Pencils Mort Drucker
Inks Mort Drucker
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with text underneath.

1 page filler "Early Railroads"

Synopsis Facts about early railroads in the West.
Genre western; fact
Notes Back cover. Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents".