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Issue Details

Issue #13
Published January-March 1954
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 1953, by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.

Cover Details

Genre Western
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)

2 page text story "The Deadfall"

Synopsis Caught out checking his traps, Little Coyote of the Ojibway tribe must defeat a Huron warrior who threatens his people.
Genre Western
Pencils ? (2 illustrations)
Inks ? (2 illustrations)
Letters typeset
Notes This story is printed on the inside front and back covers.

16 page White Eagle story "White Eagle and the Hostage"

Characters Chief White Eagle; Fleet Horse (both Sioux); Chief Grey Owl (Cheyenne)
Synopsis Chief White Eagle and Chief Grey Owl meet to talk peace, but some prefer war and Grey Owl is kidnapped.
Genre Western
Pencils John Buscema
Inks John Buscema
Notes Pencils credits from French magazine Back-Up #14, provided to the GCD by Stephane Petit (25 April 2009). Additional art infos come from the John Buscema checklist built by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr and Michel Maillot.

16 page Indian Chief story "The Copper Knife"

Characters Chief Red Hand; Yellow Horn; Black Buck (Cheyenne); Chief Bear Tooth; Diving Gull (Kwakiutl)
Synopsis Chief Red Hand travels to the Great Salt Water to see if monsters really dwell there. He rescues Diving Gull from attackers and is befriended by the Kwakiutl tribe.
Genre Western

1 page advertisement "free wallet for subscribing to Indian Chief"

Notes Ad to receive a free plastic wallet for subscribing to Indian Chief magazine. (This is the back cover.)