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Issue Details

Issue #1163
Published March-May 1961
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "DANIEL BOONE, No. 1163." Code number is DAN.B. O.S. #1163-613. Copyright 1960 by Western Publishing & Lithographing Co.

Cover Details

Characters Daniel Boone
Genre period
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)
Letters typeset
Notes Indicia title is "DANIEL BOONE, No. 1163." Code number is DAN.B. O.S. #1163-613. Copyright 1960 by Western Publishing & Lithographing Co.

1 page Daniel Boone filler "The Promised Land"

Synopsis Life of early settlers on the frontier.
Genre fact
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath. The "Daniel Boone" logo is on the sequence, but no characters appear.

22 page Daniel Boone story "War of the Wilderness"

Characters Daniel Boone; Simon Kenton; John Finley; Rebecca Boone; James Boone; Squire Boone; Judge Richard Henderson; Jemima Boone
Synopsis In 1775, Daniel Boone goes to Virginia to bring his family to the new settlement of Boonesborough in Kentucky. On the way he reminisces about his adventures exploring Kentucky. Later Boone's daughter and two other girls are captured by Shawnee Indians and Boone and his friends must rescue them. On the way back from the rescue Boone is captured by the Shawnee and must live with them for a while before being able to escape.
Genre period
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh
Notes intro to feaure. This feaure is not related to the "Daniel Boone" TV series, which did not air until 1964.

10 page Daniel Boone story "Guide to Treachery"

Characters Daniel Boone; James Boone; Rebecca Boone
Synopsis Two men hire Daniel Boone to guide them on a hunting and trapping trip into Kentucky. The two men are stubborn and don't follow Boone's instructions and Boone has to keep them from getting captured by Shawnee Indians.
Genre period
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh

1 page Daniel Boone filler "The Making of a Pioneer"

Characters Daniel Boone (cameo)
Synopsis Education on the American Frontier.
Genre fact
Pencils Jesse Marsh
Inks Jesse Marsh
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath.

1 page [Daniel Boone] filler "Daniel Boone's Territory"

Synopsis A map showing six places that figured in Daniel Boone's life.
Genre fact
Pencils Jesse Marsh ?
Inks Jesse Marsh ?
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Map, typeset text and one illustration.