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Issue Details

Issue #23
Published August-September 1961
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Based on the "Cheyenne" TV series.

Cover Details

Characters Clint Walker (as Cheyenne Bodie, photo)
Genre western
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Based on the "Cheyenne" TV series.

1 page Cheyenne filler "The California Vaquero"

Synopsis Facts about California vaqueros in the mid-1800s.
Genre western; fact
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill; assistants
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Cheyenne logo is on this sequence; but the character does not appear.

12 page Cheyenne story "The Deadly Cave"

Characters Cheyenne Bodie
Synopsis A Crow warrior waits for a vision in front of a cave. Unfortunately, a gang of bank robbers has hidden their loot inside the cave and Cheyenne must protect the brave from harm or risk starting a war between the Indians and the settlers.
Genre western
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill; assistants

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Color the Picture and You Can Win"

Letters typeset
Notes Promo for Dell Coloring contest. First prize is $1,000 and a battery powered Thunderbird, Jr. car (five feet, ten inches long). Ad is in the middle of the first story in the comic.

4 page Small Bear story "Trapped"

Characters Small Bear; Long Lance
Synopsis A Cheyenne brave steals a Hopi Prayer God and Small Bear and Long Lance must return it in order to prevent a war between the tribes.
Genre western
Pencils Jon Small?
Inks Jon Small

2 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Start Trading Now"

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Notes Two-page centerfold. Promo for the Dell Trading Post, which gives prizes for sending in the logo strips from the covers of Dell comics.

1 page text story "The Sure Thing"

Synopsis A sheriff and his deputy outsmart a robber at a rodeo.
Genre western
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Notes Text story with 1/4 page illustration.

11 page Cheyenne story "The Train Trap"

Characters Cheyenne Bodie
Synopsis A gang of train robbers force Cheyenne to give them "information" on a train carrying a payroll.
Genre western
Pencils Tom Gill
Inks Tom Gill; assistants

1 page Pop-Ice advertisement "Special Offer from Pop-Ice"

Characters Popeye (cameo)
Letters typeset
Notes Illustrated at for Pop-Ice frozen treats. Premium is three U.S. Navy and Marine Corps cloth badge insignia for 25ยข and the Parents Magazine seal from the product package.

1 page Cheyenne filler "The Saddle"

Synopsis Facts about the evolution of the horse saddle.
Genre western; fact
Notes Inside back cover: black and white. Cheyenne logo is on this sequence; but the character does not appear.

1 page advertisement "204 Revolutionary War Soldiers"

Pencils Russ Heath (signed RH)
Inks Russ Heath (signed RH)
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Notes Back cover. Ad for 204 Revolutionary War solders made of molded plastic for $1.98.