Issue | #961 |
Published | December 1958 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | ? |
Notes | Indicia title is "JACE PEARSON'S TALES OF THE TEXAS RANGERS, No. 961." Code number is J.P.O.S. #961-5812. Copyright 1958 by General Mills, Inc. Based on the "Tales of the Texas Rangers" TV series. This issue follows "Jace Pearson's Tales of the Texas Rangers" (Dell, 1955 series) #20 (June-August 1958). |
Characters | Jace Pearson (as played by Willard Parker, photo) |
Genre | western |
Pencils | ? (photo) |
Inks | ? (photo) |
Colors | ? (photo) |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | Jace Pearson (as played by Willard Parker, photo) |
Synopsis | Medium shot of Willard Parker, as Jace Pearson, handling his six-gun. |
Pencils | ? (photo) |
Inks | ? (photo) |
Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Full-page photo. |
Characters | Jace Pearson; Clay Morgan |
Synopsis | Bandits rob a train of $100,000 in gold pieces. The pieces are marked, so they leave a trail as they spend them. Jace Pearson and Clay Morgan go to Starkton to try to intercept the gang. |
Genre | western |
Pencils | Dan Spiegle [as DS] |
Inks | Dan Spiegle [as DS] |
Notes | Initials "DS" are in the first panel. |
Characters | Herman Bumble; Rosie Bumble |
Synopsis | A husband and wife from Maryland are sold some worthless land in the west by a land agent. They are able to turn the tables on the swindler. |
Genre | western |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text story with 1/6 page illustration. |
Characters | Capt. Richard King |
Synopsis | How Capt. Richard King was able to acquire enough land and cattle in Texas to build an empire so large that no one could afford to buy it. |
Genre | western; fact |
Pencils | Dan Spiegle |
Inks | Dan Spiegle |
Characters | Jace Pearson; Clay Morgan |
Synopsis | Zeke Bragan tries to sabotage the railroad after it puts his freight line out of business. |
Genre | western |
Pencils | Dan Spiegle [as DS] |
Inks | Dan Spiegle [as DS] |
Notes | Initials "DS" are in the first panel. |
Synopsis | How a treaty between the Mexicans and the Texas Rangers was signed on horseback in the middle of the Rio Grande river. |
Genre | fact; western |
Pencils | Dan Spiegle |
Inks | Dan Spiegle |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Panels with typeset text underneath. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.27) |
Synopsis | The differences between the Texas Rangers of the old West and their modern-day counterparts. |
Genre | fact; western |
Pencils | Dan Spiegle |
Inks | Dan Spiegle |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath. Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.27) |
Synopsis | How the Texas Rangers won a battle at sea in 1836. |
Genre | fact; western |
Pencils | Dan Spiegle |
Inks | Dan Spiegle |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Back cover. Panels with typeset text underneath. Art identification by Steinar Ådland (2010.11.27) |