Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion (1955) comic books
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Issue #1HEINZ
Published 1955 by U.S. Pictorial.$2.50
$2.50
Heinz 57 Varieties ad variant. Cover by Don Heck. Stories and art by Don Heck and Jack Sparling. The comic-book version of the 1955 TV series featuring legendary serial actor Buster Crabbe and his son, Cullen. Young Cuffy and Captain Gallant have adventures in the desert with the French Foreign Legion. This variant issue, sponsored by the Heinz food company, features a Heinz "57 Varieties" ad on the inside back cover, and a Junior Legionnaires Membership Certificate bearing the Heinz logo on the back cover. Fuzzy enters his beloved camel Josephine in a camel race, but his competitors want to sabotage her chances. Gallant and company set out to rescue a kidnapped American woman. Bandits target the supply caravan for the fortress. Cover and some art by future Marvel legend Don Heck. Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion; Josie Gets Goin; Marcher on Crever, March on or Die; Desert Dee-light; Last Will and Testament of Georges Bohnert; A Saddle for Baba. 32 pages, Full Color.
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Issue #1PHOTO
Published 1955 by U.S. Pictorial.$3.80
$3.80
$3.60
$9.60
Photo variant. Cover by Don Heck. Stories and art by Don Heck and Jack Sparling. The comic-book version of the 1955 TV series featuring legendary serial actor Buster Crabbe and his son, Cullen. Young Cuffy and Captain Gallant have adventures in the desert with the French Foreign Legion. This variant issue features a publicity still of Cuffy on the inside back cover, and a Junior Legionnaires Membership Certificate (without the Heinz logo) on the back cover. Fuzzy enters his beloved camel Josephine in a camel race, but his competitors want to sabotage her chances. Gallant and company set out to rescue a kidnapped American woman. Bandits target the supply caravan for the fortress. Cover and some art by future Marvel legend Don Heck. Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion; Josie Gets Goin; Marcher on Crever, March on or Die; Desert Dee-light; Last Will and Testament of Georges Bohnert; A Saddle for Baba. 32 pages, Full Color.
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Issue #2
Published Jan 1956 by U.S. Pictorial.$7.90
- Centerfold detached.
Cover by Charles Nicholas and Sal Trapani. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, Vince Alascia and Bill Molno. The comic-book version of the 1955 TV series featuring legendary serial actor Buster Crabbe and his son, Cullen. Young Cuffy and Captain Gallant have adventures in the desert with the French Foreign Legion. Gallant and the Legionnaires must stop rebel warlord Shaga Bey from mounting an attack on his former estates with a shipment of rifles. Gallant and Cuffy learn that Fort Bleak, formerly a deserted ruin, is a hive of insurrectionist activity. Jean, the only survivor of an attack by the forces of Kofrad the usurper, is aided by Silyana, daughter of the man he dethroned. Moroccan Miracle!; The Haunted Garrison!; Four Windows to Freedom; Josephines Rival; The Seven Cities of Cibola; An Eye for an Eye; Camels and Curious Facts About Them. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #4
Published Sep 1956 by U.S. Pictorial.$6.20
- Cover and centerfold detached. Water damage.
Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, Bill Molno and Vince Alascia. The comic-book version of the 1955 TV series featuring legendary serial actor Buster Crabbe and his son, Cullen. Young Cuffy and Captain Gallant have adventures in the desert with the French Foreign Legion. A white-suited stranger in Algiers tries to befriend young Cuffy, but he has a lot of questions about the Legion's location and actions. The six men of the Desert Patrol fear that they are lost in the vast, trackless desert. Fuzzy's mischievous camel Josephine warns the sleeping Legionnaires of an ambush. The Amazing Legion; The Kind Stranger; Josephine's Last Date; The Smuggler's Cove; Elimination by Appointment; Dancing Danger; The Lost Patrol; Doc Sorebones. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
