Four Color #1075 Tales of Wells Fargo - File Copy (Dell, 1960) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white to white pages....

Auction amount: $717.00

Sold: Jun 12, 2016

Four Color #1075 Values

Publisher: Dell, 1960

About Four Color #1075

Dale Robertson photo cover.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Ghost Stage

Characters: Jim Hardie (photo of Dale Robertson)

Pencils: ? (photograph)

Inks: ? (photograph)

Colors: ? (photograph)

Letters: typeset

STORY DETAILS

(4 Stories)

Title: The Ghost Stage

Characters: Jim Hardie

Synopsis: When Jim Hardie and his stage are delayed by a boulder on the road, he and the driver find their intended gold shipment has been picked up by another Wells Fargo stage and signed for by a driver that Hardie knows to be dead. Hardie tracks down the "ghost stage" but eventually realizes that this robbery was just meant to distract him from an even larger gold robbery using another fake driver.

Pages: 16.000

Script: Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils: Gil Kane; Frank Giacoia ?

Inks: Joe Giella; Frank Giacoia

Letters: John Duffy

Notes: Script submitted on July 22, 1959 under the title "Jim Hardie Trails the Ghost Stage". Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). Kane credit per original indexer and Nick Caputo, who notes Giacoia may have done some pencil work but the majority of the art is by Kane. Alberto Becattini credited Frank Giacioa on pencils and inks (May 14, 2007). Mickey Coalwell credited Frank Bolle on pencils (November 1, 2015).

Title: The Telegram from War Paint

Characters: Jim Hardie

Synopsis: Left for dead in a stage robbery, the guard manages to crawl inside the stage and send it to the next stop. As the guard recovers he sends for Jim Hardie. He tells Hardie who the gunmen are and Hardie rides off to question one of them. Meanwhile a hard-of-hearing old busybody is listening in and after getting a couple of drinks tells the story at a nearby saloon. One of the robbers is at the saloon and hears the gossip. He rides to the same ranch as Hardie, but he plans on leaving no witnesses.

Pages: 16.000

Script: Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils: Gil Kane; Mike Sekowsky ?; Frank Giacoia ?;

Inks: Frank Giacoia; Joe Giella ?

Letters: John Duffy

Notes: Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Script submitted on July 25, 1959, under the title "Jim Hardie Answers a Wire from War Paint". Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). Pencils appear to be mostly by Mike Sekowsky while some panels look like Gil Kane. (Merlin Haas, August 4, 2007). Nick Caputo suspect the art is a combination of Sekowsky and Kane. Alberto Becattini credits Frank Giacoia on pencils and inks (May 14, 2007). Mickey Coalwell credited Frank Bolle on pencils (November 1, 2015).

Title: The "Jehu"

Characters: Charlie Parkhurst

Synopsis: Facts about the fast drivers of Wells Fargo stages, called "Jehu"s. One particular jehu, Charlie Parkhurst, was discovered, years after he retired, to have been a woman.

Pages: 1.000

Script: Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils: Frank Giacoia ?

Inks: Frank Giacoia ?; Joe Giella ?

Letters: typeset

Notes: Inside back cover; black and white. Script submitted on August 1, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

Title: Wells Fargo Express Box

Pages: 1.000

Script: Gaylord Du Bois

Notes: Back cover. Script submitted on August 1, 1959. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). This sequence replaced by an ad in some copies; see sequence 6.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	1	1	0	0	10
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	1	1	0	0	10

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