Four Color #373 Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (Dell, 1952) CGC NM 9.4 White pages....

Auction amount: $576.00

Sold: Jan 6, 2020

Four Color #373 Values

Publisher: Dell, 1952

About Four Color #373

Painted cover.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Sergeant Preston; Yukon King (dog)

Pencils: Morris Gollub (painting)

Inks: Morris Gollub (painting)

Colors: Morris Gollub (painting)

Notes: Gollub painted Four Color Sergeant Preston 344, 373, 397 and 419. He also did most of the painted covers for the same title when it became an independent series.

STORY DETAILS

(4 Stories)

Title: An Alaskan Cache

Synopsis: Directions for building an elevated food cache for storing supplies out of the reach of animals.

Pages: 1.000

Letters: typeset

Notes: Inside front cover; black and white. Illustrations with typeset text.

Title: Undercover

Characters: Sergeant Preston; Yukon King (dog); Inspector Conrad; Roy Chase; Capt. Ames

Synopsis: Sgt. Preston goes undercover in Skagway, Alaska, to try to get information on who murdered Roger Morton to get $50,000 in gold.

Pages: 9.000

Pencils: Alberto Giolitti

Inks: Alberto Giolitti

Notes: Pencil and ink credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). The radio program "Challenge of the Yukon" featured Sergeant Preston of the Yukon in episode 826 (October 30, 1950) titled "Undercover." The previous indexer (Becattini) credited the script to Gaylord Du Bois, but the story does not appear in Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books. The original author would be the as yet not identified radio script writer. The comic adaptation script writer remains likewise as yet not identified.

Title: The Wrong Map

Characters: Sergeant Preston; Yukon King (dog); Bob Leyden; Helen Summers; Frank Palmer

Synopsis: After finding a rich gold strike, Bob Leyden returns to Dawson City to get backing from B. J. Summers, who has a daughter, Helen, who Leyden would like to marry. However, Frank Palmer, Summers' supervisor, is a romantic rival for Helen. Leyden's samples and map of his claim are stolen, but Sgt. Preston comes up with a plan to trap the thieves.

Pages: 9.000

Script: Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils: Alberto Giolitti

Inks: Alberto Giolitti

Notes: Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

Title: Morse Code Mantrap

Characters: Sergeant Preston; Yukon King (dog); Si Moore; Ben Byrd; Angitak; Kulak

Synopsis: Old sourdough Si Moore is shot and his gold stolen from his isolated cabin. Moore makes his way to town for medical help and Sgt. Preston takes on the case. Preston is ambushed at a trading post by the robbers but a tribe of Indians helps him capture the fugitives.

Pages: 16.000

Script: Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils: Alberto Giolitti

Inks: Alberto Giolitti

Notes: Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on back cover in color. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

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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	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5
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	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5

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