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Issue Details

Issue #1116
Published August-October 1960
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "BOOTS AND SADDLES, No. 1116." Code number is BOOTS & S.O.S. #116-608. Copyright 1960 by California National Productions, Inc. Based on the "Boots and Saddles" TV series.

Cover Details

Characters Capt. Shank Adams (as played by Jack Pickard, photo); Luke Cummings (as played by Michael Hinn, photo)
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Indicia title is "BOOTS AND SADDLES, No. 1116." Code number is BOOTS & S.O.S. #116-608. Copyright 1960 by California National Productions, Inc. Based on the "Boots and Saddles" TV series.

1 page Boots and Saddles The Story of the Fifth Cavalry foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "The Winter Fight / Gunshy"

Characters Capt. Shank Adams (as played by Jack Pickard, photo)
Synopsis Previews of two stories in the issue.
Genre western
Pencils Albert Micale; ? (photos)
Inks Albert Micale; ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Photo with two-panel previews of each story.

12 page Boots and Saddles The Story of the Fifth Calvary story "The Winter Fight"

Characters Capt. Shank Adams; Luke Cummings; Sgt. Bullock
Synopsis Riding to help an ambushed detail, Captain Adams falls for a clever Indian trick that leaves the fort almost defense-less against an all-out attack.
Genre western
Pencils Albert Micale
Inks Albert Micale
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

10 page Boots and Saddles The Story of the Fifth Cavalry story "Gunshy"

Characters Capt. Shank Adams
Synopsis An untried officer turns coward in an Apache attack, then finds courage to fight and redeem himself.
Genre western
Pencils Albert Micale
Inks Albert Micale
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

10 page Boots and Saddles The Story of the Fifth Cavalry story "The Perfect Soldier"

Characters Capt. Shank Adams; Sgt. Bullock
Synopsis A soldier spends much time studying Army tactics, then turns traitor to join the Apaches in an attack on the fort.
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)

1 page filler "Winter at the Fort"

Synopsis How Army posts prepared for severe winter weather.
Genre fact; western
Pencils Albert Micale
Inks Albert Micale
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page filler "Army Surveyors"

Synopsis How Army-trained surveyors helped explore the western United States.
Genre western; fact
Pencils Albert Micale
Inks Albert Micale
Notes Back cover. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).