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Wilderness Ranch

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Morris Gollub (painted)

Inker(s): Morris Gollub (painted)

Colorist(s): Morris Gollub (painted)

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Feature(s): Zane Grey's Stories of the West

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Pages: 1

Pyramid Lake

Filler on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gaylord Du Bois

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: informational

Feature(s): Natural Wonders of the West

Synopsis: Pyramid Lake in western Nevada. Four illustrated panels with text captions show and tell the history, evolution, composition, and fauna of the lake.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 184, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott.

Wilderness Ranch

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gaylord Du Bois (adaptation); Zane Grey (novel)

Penciller(s): Albert Micale

Inker(s): Albert Micale

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Feature(s): Zane Grey's

Character(s): Milt Dale (pioneer rancher); Moze (outlaw); Snake Anson (outlaw); Beasley (cattleman crook); Wilson (outlaw); Auchincloss; Nell Rainer; Bo

Synopsis: Beasley is going to take over the whole cattle kingdom of Auchincloss, and he has hired three outlaw gunmans to do his crooked job. But someone overheard it all.

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Pages: 27

Notes: Adapts Zane Grey's "Man of the Forest" first published as a serial novel beginning in the October 20, 1917 issue of Country Gentleman.

Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 184, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott.

Faces with tiny eyes, hats often with only a line for brim, and horses with heavy head and legs. You can almost feel their weight. That is Micale work. He drew many Roy Rogers and Wild Bill Elliott stories.

Surprise Party

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Character(s): Sheriff Ames; Tom Stapp; Les Hardy; Cal Bruce

Synopsis: In Gulch City, the Sheriff had posted a notice that townspeople were forbidden to carry firearms. All guns must be deposited in his office. Not everybody liked it, until the surprise party for the banker.

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The End of the Daltons

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gaylord Du Bois

Penciller(s): Albert Micale

Inker(s): Albert Micale

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: informational, western

Feature(s): True Western Adventures

Character(s): George; Charley; Bob Dalton; Emmet Dalton; three other Dalton Gang members; Aleck McKenna; Charlie Ball; the combatants

Synopsis: Recounts the events of the morning of October 5, 1892 in Coffeyville, Kansas. The Dalton gang (three Daltons and two others) attempted a bank robbery. Citizens took up arms against the gang, killed four, wounded Emmet, lost four of their own. The names are listed. Emmet converted in prison, later pardonded, spent the remainder of his life a crime-fighter.

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Pages: 4

Notes: Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 184, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott. Du Bois sent the story to his editor with the title "Citizens to Arms."

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Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gaylord Du Bois

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: informational, western

Feature(s): The Cowboy – at Work – at Play

First Line: blizzard

Synopsis: The cowboy and the dreaded blizzard, or the "blue norther".

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Pages: 1

Notes: Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 184, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott.

Henry Clay Pleasants

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gaylord Du Bois

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: informational, western

Feature(s): Heroes of the West

Character(s): Henry Clay Pleasants

Synopsis: In Lampasas, Texas, Judge Henry Clay Pleasants, a hero armed only with a double-barreled shotgun and true grit, ended the Sutton-Taylor feud.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 183, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott.

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