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Issue Details

Issue #1261
Published December 1961-February 1962
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
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Notes Indicia title is "RAWHIDE, No. 1261." Code number is RAWHIDE O.S. #1261-6111. Copyright 1961 by Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. Based on the "Rawhide" TV series.

Cover Details - "Rawhide"

Characters Clint Eastwood (as Rowdy Yates, photo); Eric Fleming (as Gil Favor, photo)
Genre western
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Notes Indicia title is "RAWHIDE, No. 1261." Code number is RAWHIDE O.S. #1261-6111. Copyright 1961 by Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. Based on the "Rawhide" TV series.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Hey Kids! Trade Now!"

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Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Promo for premiums from the Dell Trading Post.

12 page Rawhide story "The Lone Rustler"

Characters Rowdy Yates; Gil Favor; Wishbone
Synopsis Favor catches a young boy stealing a calf. After lecturing him, he lets him go. Later the boy repays the favor by telling Favor and Yates where three rustlers are hiding.
Genre western
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Dan Spiegle
Inks Dan Spiegle
Notes Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

10 page Rawhide story "Hard Knock Trail"

Characters Gil Favor; Rowdy Yates; Wishbone
Synopsis Rancher Dave Howard sends his bull-headed son Jim on the trail drive with Favor and Yates in hopes that they'll be able to make a cattleman of him.
Genre western
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Dan Spiegle
Inks Dan Spiegle
Notes Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

2 page Kool-Aid advertisement "Win this Complete Home Movie Outfit"

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Notes Centerspread ad for Kool-Aid drink mix, with contest to win Bell & Howell 8mm home movie outfit. Ad comes after page three of Sequence 3.

7 page Rawhide story "Tribal Trouble"

Characters Wishbone; Rowdy Yates; Gil Favor (cameo)
Synopsis While returning to camp after getting supplies, Wishbone give an Indian girl a ride to her camp. She is the chief's daughter and he declares that Wishbone must marry her. A brave challenges Wishbone to combat for the girl's hand. Rowdy tracks Wishbone to the camp and comes up with a plan to get Wishbone away without offending the Indians.
Genre western
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Dan Spiegle
Inks Dan Spiegle
Notes Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

Half page Stewart-Warner Corporation story "Riding Your Bike Is More Fun with a Cadet Bike Speedometer"

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Notes Illustrated ad for Cadet bicycle speedometers. Stewart-Warner Corporation, Chicago, Ill.

1 page Rawhide filler "Broken Silence"

Synopsis The ability of men to hide from the law by hiring on as help during cattle drives.
Genre western; fact
Script Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils Dan Spiegle
Inks Dan Spiegle
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Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with text underneath. Sequence has the Rawhide logo, but the characters do not appear. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page advertisement "204 Revolutionary War Soldiers Only $1.98"

Pencils Russ Heath (signed "RH")
Inks Russ Heath (signed "RH")
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Notes Back cover. Ad for 204 piece set of plastic Revolutionary soldiers and equipment for $1.98 from a post office box in Carle Place, Long Island, N.Y.