Ben Bowie and His Mountain Men (1956-1959 Dell) comic books 1957

Stories and art by Al Micale and others. Adventures of the Mountain Men in the early days of the American frontier. Ben and his fellow Mountain Men are attacked by a Blackfeet war party while they're exploring new trapping grounds. It turns out that French trappers got there first and made a murderous arrangement with the Blackfeet to keep out other trappers. But the Arikara capture Jim after he's caught between a prairie fire and a buffalo stampede. Plus the life of explorer and Pike's Peak namesake Zebulon Pike. More terrific horse art on the cover, painted by an unknown artist. The Blackfoot Indians; Flaming Arrows; Captive of the Arikara; Zebulon Pike. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Al Micale and others. Adventures of the Mountain Men in the early days of the American frontier. Ben and his fellow Mountain Men encounter a raiding party on the shores of the Great Salt Lake. It turns out to be the nomadic "Digger" tribes of the high desert plains. A man makes his way to Ben's snow-covered cabin and seeks the Mountain Men's help in rescuing a party of settlers stranded in a blizzard. Plus the life of explorers Nathaniel Wyeth and Lewis and Clark. The Diggers; Island of the Indian Giants; The Wolfpack Trail; Pioneers of the West: Nathaniel Wyeth; The Lewis and Clark Expedition. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Al Micale and others. Adventures of the Mountain Men in the early days of the American frontier. Ben and his fellow Mountain Men are stalked by a Crow war party. After Billy's parents are killed in an accident, he is adopted by a Sioux family, becoming Yellow Hair, Child of the Sioux. Ben and the Mountain Men find a woman hiding out in an abandoned pueblo, and set out to rescue her husband from the Apache. Plus the life of mountain man Jim Bridger. Nice painted cover by an unknown artist actually depicts a scene in the comic. The Crows; The Treacherous Trapper; Yellow Hair, Child of the Sioux; The Refuge; Apache Arrows; Jim Bridger; Epic Events of the West. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Al Micale and others. Adventures of the Mountain Men in the early days of the American frontier. Ben's tracker friend Nakah is recalled to his Iroquois tribe after they face hostile Hurons, and Ben and crew decide to come along and offer support. Adopted Sioux Yellow Hair sets out to win a seat on the tribal council. Ben wants to find the hunting land the Iroquois speak of, but it is in hostile Algonquin territory. The War Drums; Yellow Hair, Child of the Sioux: Winning His Council Seat; The Ambush; The Raging Rapids. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.