| Issue | #996 |
| Published | June-August 1959 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia title is "Zane Grey's STORIES OF THE WEST, Nevada, No. 996." Code number is Z.G.O.S. #996-596. Copyright 1959 by Zane Grey, Inc. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
| Characters | Nevada |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | Sam Savitt (painting) |
| Inks | Sam Savitt (painting) |
| Colors | Sam Savitt (painting) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Indicia title is "Zane Grey's STORIES OF THE WEST, Nevada, No. 996." Code number is Z.G.O.S. #996-596. Copyright 1959 by Zane Grey, Inc. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
| Reprinted | in Zane Grey's Stories Of The West, Nevada (Gold Key, 1964 series) #1 (November 1964) |
| Synopsis | How a cowboy uses his saddle gun, a 30/30 caliber Winchester carbine. |
| Genre | fact; western |
| Pencils | Albert Micale |
| Inks | Albert Micale |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Panels with text underneath. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
| Reprinted | in Zane Grey's Stories Of The West, Nevada (Gold Key, 1964 series) #1 (November 1964) |
| Characters | Nevada; Chuckwalla; Horrocks; Major Doone; Hetty; Raidy; California Red (horse) |
| Synopsis | Major Doone buys a ranch and immediately works on expansion, by hook or crook. Nevada gets involved when Doone's crew threatens a neighbor, an old rancher named Chuckwalla. After Nevada works over the foreman in a fistfight, he and Chuckwalla are ambushed in town, with Chuckwalla being killed. Doone tries to frame Nevada for the killing, but Nevada escapes. He must elude a posse as he tries to find out Doone's real identity. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
| Pencils | Albert Micale |
| Inks | Albert Micale |
| Notes | Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
| Reprinted | in Zane Grey's Stories Of The West, Nevada (Gold Key, 1964 series) #1 (November 1964) |
| Characters | Johnny Keto; Sheriff Cole |
| Synopsis | Old Sheriff Cole turns in his badge when he learns that gunslinger Pony Carter is coming to town. |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | Albert Micale |
| Inks | Albert Micale |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with 1/6 page illustration. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
| Reprinted | in Zane Grey's Stories Of The West, Nevada (Gold Key, 1964 series) #1 (November 1964) |
| Characters | Dave Allison; H. L. Roberson; Mrs. Roberson |
| Synopsis | When cattle rustlers kill two brand inspectors in a hotel in Seminole, Texas, the wife of one of the men killed takes a gun, tracks them down in town, and shoots them. |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | Albert Micale |
| Inks | Albert Micale |
| Notes | The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
| Reprinted | in Zane Grey's Stories Of The West, Nevada (Gold Key, 1964 series) #1 (November 1964) |
| Characters | James Mason Peck |
| Synopsis | The story of James Mason Peck, who produced guidebooks for settlers going west on wagon trains. |
| Genre | fact; western |
| Pencils | Albert Micale |
| Inks | Albert Micale |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with text underneath. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
| Reprinted | in Zane Grey's Stories Of The West, Nevada (Gold Key, 1964 series) #1 (November 1964) |
| Characters | George Reynolds |
| Synopsis | How cowboy George Reynolds survived being struck in the back by an arrow in 1867. |
| Genre | fact; western |
| Pencils | Albert Micale |
| Inks | Albert Micale |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. Panels with text underneath. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |