Issue | #8 |
Published | October-December 1952 |
Frequency | Quarterly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | George T. Delacorte, Jr. (president); Helen Meyer (vice-president); Albert P. Delacorte (vice-president) |
Notes | Designed, produced, and copyright 1952, by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. |
Genre | Western |
Pencils | Sam Savitt (painting) |
Inks | Sam Savitt (painting) |
Colors | Sam Savitt (painting) |
Notes | Art credit from "Sam Savitt Checklist" in Illustration Magazine Vol 1, #4, August 2002. |
Characters | Laughing Fox; Small One |
Synopsis | After his canoe is destroyed by an unseen rock, Laughing Fox and his woman must find material to build a new one. |
Genre | Western |
Script | George Haas |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | This story is printed on the inside front and back cover. |
Characters | Chief Spotted Fox; Crooked Knife; Willow Fern (all Sioux) |
Synopsis | Crippled warrior Crooked Knife seeks ways to be a warrior again so he might wed Willow Fern. After a cliff fall pushes his broken leg bone back into place, he travels to the Blackfoot camp to rescue his fellow warriors. |
Genre | Western |
Characters | Chief Black Otter; Strong Pine; Seal Tooth; Raven Eye (all of the Nootka tribe of fishermen); Chief Whale Fin; Gray Porpoise (Kwakiutl) |
Synopsis | Strong Pine loves Raven Eye, but a Chief's daughter may only marry a Chief's son, such as Gray Porpoise, the son of Chief Whale Fin. |
Genre | Western |
Synopsis | Photograph of a skunk family with commentary. |
Genre | Fact |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Photograph courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History, N.Y. |