| Issue | #1013 |
| Published | August-October 1959 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia title is "BAT MASTERSON, No. 1013". Code number is B.M.O.S. #1013-598. Copyright 1959 by Ziv Television Programs, Inc. First and only Bat Masterson Four Color. Becomes Bat Masterson (Dell 1960 series) with #2 (February-April 1960). Based on the "Bat Masterson" TV series. |
| Characters | Gene Barry (as Bat Masterson, photo) |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | ? (photo) |
| Inks | ? (photo) |
| Colors | ? (photo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Indicia title is "BAT MASTERSON, No. 1013". Code number is B.M.O.S. #1013-598. Copyright 1959 by Ziv Television Programs, Inc. First and only Bat Masterson Four Color. Becomes Bat Masterson (Dell 1960 series) with #2 (February-April 1960). Based on the "Bat Masterson" TV series. |
| Characters | Gene Barry (as Bat Masterson, photo) |
| Synopsis | Preview of first story, "The Tough Crew". |
| Genre | western |
| Pencils | Jerry Robinson; ? (photo) |
| Inks | Jerry Robinson; ? (photo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Five panels with text underneath plus photo of Gene Barry as Bat Masterson. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
| Characters | Bat Masterson; Terence O'Rourke; |
| Synopsis | Bat stops a gang of bullies from harrasing an orphan boy. Later the boy tells Bat that the gang is the same one that robbed a railroad payroll and killed his father. Bat leaves town and has the boy keep a lookout on the bank. That night the boy spots the gang breaking into the bank and at the same time Bat comes back into town to disrupt the operation. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
| Pencils | Jerry Robinson |
| Inks | Jerry Robinson |
| Notes | Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Script submitted on February 5, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). |
| Characters | Bat Masterson; June Borden; Shifty Means (villain) |
| Synopsis | June Borden comes west only to find her father murdered in a tussle over a gold nugget. Bat has been entrusted with a map to the gold that the prospector drew while dying. She and Bat go to the prospector's camp, but are followed by a pair of claim jumpers. Bat overcomes them and after they leave, he and the girl find a large bag of gold that was stored at the bottom of a seep-spring. |
| Genre | western |
| Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
| Pencils | Jerry Robinson |
| Inks | Jerry Robinson |
| Notes | Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Script submitted on February 7, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
| Synopsis | Events at Apache Pass. |
| Genre | fact |
| Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
| Pencils | Jerry Robinson |
| Inks | Jerry Robinson |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with text underneath. Script submitted March 2, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). |
| Characters | Wyatt Earp (cameo); Doc Holiday (cameo); John Slaughter (cameo) |
| Synopsis | Some of the more famous events that happened in Tombstone, Arizona. |
| Genre | fact |
| Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
| Pencils | Jerry Robinson |
| Inks | Jerry Robinson |
| Notes | Back cover; color. Panels with text underneath. Script submitted March 2, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). |